Briefly: Your typical outdoor summer screening series is a cavalcade of well-known hits; there'll be a Spielberg film, a musical or comedy classic or two, maybe Gone With the Wind or Lawrence of Arabia. CinemaEast, which kicks off its 2013 program in Austin this weekend, is appealingly different. The program features films like the documentary Cutie…
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"What does Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons do when he goes home at night?" At a post-film Q&A for the role playing game dramedy Zero Charisma, co-director Katie Graham suggested that question, which is wrapped in so much potential comedy and tragedy, as a perfect description of the film. She couldn’t be more right.…
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All you may need to hear about Zero Charisma is that it follows a tabletop RPG dungeon master who isn't well-adjusted enough to deal with real life in any fashion. But the film has a great pedigree: Best Worst Movie and The American Scream director and Troll 2 actor Michael Paul Stephenson is the exec…
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