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IFFY: The Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti

By Mark | February 23, 2020

For three days this April, Ypsilanti’s Riverside Arts Center will be host to a new film festival. The festival, called IFFY (Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti), is the brainchild of local filmmakers Donald Harrison and Martin Thoburn, who, as you may recall, pulled a few strings this last summer and brought the traveling version of the […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 24 Hour Shootout, 48-hour film project, afro-futurism, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Chris Sandon, Cinemasports, Clermont Lounge, Deja Vu, Donald Harrison, Hafsah Mijinyawa, Hump, IFFY, independent film, Independent Film Festival Ypsilanti, international film, Juliet Hinely, Martin Thoburn, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Riverside Arts Center, Shadow Art Fair, Welcome to Commie High | 8 Comments

The Ann Arbor Film Festival to celebrate 50 years with ambitious agenda

By Mark | March 1, 2012

In a few short weeks, the Ann Arbor Film Festival will begin celebrating its 50th anniversary. It’s a huge milestone that, to my knowledge, no other North American independent film festival has reached, and, as you might expect, organizers are pulling out all the stops. As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1963, 2 Live Crew, 3D, 826Michigan, A2Geeks, American Falls, animation, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor Film Festival, art films, Arthur Lipsett, Barbara Hammer, Ben Rivers, Bentley Historical Library, bike-powered zoetrope, Bruce Baillie, burlesque, corporate rats, costumes, Craig Baldwin, culture jamming, Devo, Don Hertzfeldt, Donald Harrison, Encore Records, experimental film, Exquisite Motion Corpse, family-friendly shorts, feral films, Festifools, Film, film archives, founders syndrome, Gallery Project, George Manupelli, Gus Van Sant, Hauling Toto Big, Irina Leimbacher, Japanese avant-garde film, Jodie Mack, Krampus, La Jetée, Leighton Pierce, LGBTQ, Luther Campbell, Mark Toscano, Mark's Carts, Martin Thoburn, Matthew De Gennaro, Michael Robinson, Michigan Theater, MOCAD, Neutral Zone, Nickels Arcade, Pat Oleszko, Paul Clipson, Peter Rose, Phil Solomon, Robert Nelson, Scott MacDonald, Silvio's, Slusser Gallery, Spatial Shift, Star Wars, Summer Festival, Tate Modern, UMS, Voluptuous Sleep, Work Gallery | 8 Comments

Hump!

By Mark | November 15, 2010

A former housemate of mine in Ann Arbor now lives in Portland. I try to get him to move back to Michigan on occasion, but it’s hard to compete with a city like Portland. Case in point… when I went out to there to visit him a few years ago, he took me to a […]

Posted in Art and Culture | Also tagged ass hook, bike powered movies, blowjobs, crucifixion, cycle powered cinema, Dave Miller, DIY, gay, giantess, Hump, It Gets Better, Ken Burns, masturbating clowns, naked people, nudity, nuns, porn, pornification, Portland, R Crumb, Seattle, sex, sex tape, the snapping off of dicks | 23 Comments

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