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Living and working in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Joel Potrykus belongs to a diverse American tradition of eccentric, independent regional filmmakers ranging from John Waters in Baltimore to Joe Swanberg in Chicago to Kelly Reichardt in Western Oregon. As with those of his spiritual peers, Potrykus’s films exude a handmade quality that stems not only from their authentically non-Hollywood production locales, but also from their low-budget resourcefulness and friends-and-family-staffed production teams.

What most stands out about his work, from 2012’s Ape to, now, Vulcanizadora, is its relationship to time. Channeling the cynical, anti-conformist ethos of ’90s pop culture, Potrykus evokes the era of his teenage years with a light touch, to the point that we may wonder whether his characters are devoted nostalgists or actually living through the end of the 20th century.

Vulcanizadora revisits two characters—Marty (Joshua Burge) and Derek (Potrykus)—introduced a decade ago in Buzzard. When we left them,...

Stars: Sherryl Despres, Peter Tell, Laura Golinski, Haley Heslip, Zoe Cunningham, Jovonnah Nicholson | Written and Directed by Matt Cunningham

3 Demons is writer/director Matt Cunningham’s latest release after delivering one of last year’s better surprises, The Spore. That was a low-budget science-fiction/horror hybrid with great effects but whose episodic storyline kept it from reaching its full potential. This is a pandemic shot supernatural tale that he’s referred to as a “Lynchian possession movie” and backed up with a trailer that oozes Evil Dead influences.

Dr. Sawyer is interviewing James Fisher (Peter Tell; The Spore) in his prison cell as part of a psychiatric evaluation. A former cop, he was assigned to babysit the corpse of Matya Abelman (Laura Golinski).

She was found in a circle of stones in front of a remote cabin. The family and their lawyer were quite adamant that there was to be...

Now available on Digital, DVD and On Demand from Uncork’d Entertainment, we have an exclusive clip from 3 Demons that you can watch right now!

"D.M Cunningham’s 3 Demons, a supernatural horror film headlined by Peter Tell, releases this summer from Uncork’d Entertainment. The film, hitting digital and physical platforms July 5, fixes on a Deputy that is tasked with watching over the body of a recently deceased woman until her family can arrive & claim her. As his curiosity gets the better of him, he inadvertently concludes an unfinished ritual. The conjuring now complete, strange & sinister forces begin to target him. As his past is unearthed, he’s forced to face his own demons with terrifying consequences. Haley Heslip, Laura Golinski, Jovonnah Nicholson, Zoë Cunningham, and Sherryl Despres also star."

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Exclusive: Dear Producer has set Liz Cardenas (7 Days), Megan Gilbride (Tower), Sabrina Schmidt Gordon (To the End) and Avril Z. Speaks (Jinn) as the recipients of its inaugural Dear Producer Award, recognizing excellence in independent producing.

The prize sponsored by Maida Lynn’s Genuine Article Pictures was established to help lift the financial burdens on indie film producers and to help build the independent film community through leadership and mentoring. It’s different from other filmmaking grants in that it supports the producer and is not based on a project or specific work. Each of this year’s recipients will receive an unrestricted grant of 50,000, attend a retreat focused on rest and community building, and commit to mentoring an emerging producer for one year.

Dear Producer is a digital platform founded by producer Rebecca Green, which was established to amplify the voices of independent producers and help make the industry more sustainable.