This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss Bobcat Goldthwait's newest film, God Bless America (available now on VOD) and reflect on what the imminent death of physical film means for filmgoers and for the movie industry. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. We'll be reviewing Sleepless…
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The Independent Film Festival of Boston gets under way this week, and as I've mentioned in my past coverage, it's probably my favorite film-related event of the year. Given that I'm moving out to Seattle within two weeks, this'll probably be my last IFFB for awhile, but it looks like it will not disappoint. After…
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Attendees of South by Southwest 2012 are in for a treat. 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas festival taking place March 9-17. Among them are 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. The organization already announced Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods would open…
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Have you ever felt a flash of murderous hate for someone who regularly behaves like a total dickbag? Have you wanted to live in a world free of reality-TV personalities who, through their perverse celebrity status, have a greater effect on behavior than do people whose lives are truly upstanding? Have you wanted to just…
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Back in September, Bobcat Goldthwait's new film God Bless America premiered at TIFF, where Peter called it "a biting deconstruction of American culture" and "a pitch-black comedy that is crude, violent and intelligent." Magnolia picked up the film almost immediately, and now we've got premiere info and a new poster. God Bless America, in which…
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The latest buy out of TIFF is a good one: Bobcat Goldthwait's new black comedy God Bless America has been bought by Magnet for release in 2012. This is the same company that got behind Goldthwait's last film, World's Greatest Dad. So once God Bless America got a great reception at TIFF it was, if…
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Bobcat Goldthwait has been pushing the line of political correctness over the years: Sleeping Dogs Lie told the story of a guy who learns his girlfriend has had sexual relations with a dog, World's Greatest Dad was about a man who uses the freak accidental death of his son to gain local fame as the…
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Of all the potentially great films showing at TIFF this year, perhaps the one I'm most excited for is Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America. There are good films and great films, and then movies that somehow seem made to tap directly into your own sensibilities and perspective. Goldthwait's last film, World's Greatest Dad, was one…
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Today the Toronto International Film Festival announced many new films, including the full feature documentary slate and the Midnight Madness picks. The latter is the suite of ten films that represents the festival's genre offerings; the program is one of the best at any festival, period. I was thrilled to see that one of the…
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If Bobcat Goldthwait made more movies, he might be a real cinematic treasure. Simply on the strength of Shakes the Clown and World's Greatest Dad -- especially the latter -- he can claim one of the darker corners of American comedy as his own. World's Greatest Dad is that very rare thing: a seriously funny…
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