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Dad & Step Dad Screenshot: Colin Burgess/YouTube A dad and his grill is something that can actually be so personal. It’s a cliche for a reason, because so many suburban American fathers take a proprietary pride in grilling for their loved ones. That’s what makes the tension...

Dad & Step DadScreenshot: Colin Burgess/YouTube

A dad and his grill is something that can actually be so personal. It’s a cliche for a reason, because so many suburban American fathers take a proprietary pride in grilling for their loved ones. That’s what makes the tension in a...

Cringe comedy and pathos converge with unlikely grace in Dad & Step-Dad, the debut feature from director Tynan DeLong. Expanded significantly from short films that DeLong crafted with recurring collaborators Colin Burgess (recent star of Ryan Martin Brown’s debut feature Free Time) and Anthony Oberbeck, the premise of the feature is nonetheless pretty straightforward. On a weekend trip to an Airbnb in upstate New York, titular dad Jim (Burgess) and step-dad Dave (Oberbeck) quarrel incessantly, both over the affection of teenage ward Branson (played hilariously by adult Brian Fiddyment) and for inconsequential paternal bragging rights over the other. Passive aggression […]

The post “We Shot for Four-and-a-Half Days”: Tynan DeLong on Dad & Step-Dad first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Cringe comedy and pathos converge with unlikely grace in Dad & Step-Dad, the debut feature from director Tynan DeLong. Expanded significantly from short films that DeLong crafted with recurring collaborators Colin Burgess (recent star of Ryan Martin Brown’s debut feature Free Time) and Anthony Oberbeck, the premise of the feature is nonetheless pretty straightforward. On a weekend trip to an Airbnb in upstate New York, titular dad Jim (Burgess) and step-dad Dave (Oberbeck) quarrel incessantly, both over the affection of teenage ward Branson (played hilariously by adult Brian Fiddyment) and for inconsequential paternal bragging rights over the other. Passive aggression […]

The post “We Shot for Four-and-a-Half Days”: Tynan DeLong on Dad & Step-Dad first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

"Really, really, funny." NoBudge has debuted a brand new official trailer for an indie comedy called Dad & Step-Dad, made by filmmakers Tynan DeLong and Colin Burgess. After initially releasing on the streaming service NoBudge last year, this is getting a proper VOD release (with limited theatrical showings) starting in March. Here is the full intro to this cinema creation via Indiewire: "Dad & Step-Dad was filmed in just four days during summer 2021, with a production budget of $18,000. The feature is entirely improvised and based on an outline and multiple rehearsals... The film uses cinéma vérité, documentary filmmaking, Asmr, and Japanese environmental music as cinematic inspirations." Jim and Dave, a dad and a step-dad, have trouble bonding during a 3-day weekend upstate with their son, Branson. It's entirely improvised, based off of a robust outline + several rehearsals. Starring Colin Burgess and Anthony Oberbeck, with Brian Fiddyment and Clare O'Kane.

Comedians Colin Burgess and Anthony Oberbeck lead a fully improvised indie film about the hilarious hijinks of fatherhood.

Burgess and Oberbeck are credited as co-writers for “Dad & Step-Dad,” which marks Brooklyn-based artist Tynan DeLong’s feature directorial debut. IndieWire exclusively debuts the trailer for the buzzed-about film that debuted on indie streaming platform NoBudge.

Now, after a premiere at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park, sold-out screenings at Spectacle theater, and a limited theatrical run at Alamo Drafthouse, “Dad & Step-Dad” arrives on digital platforms. The movie marks NoBudge’s first move into distribution.

Director DeLong co-wrote “Dad & Step-Dad” with lead stars Burgess and Oberbeck. The official synopsis reads: “A comedy about family, communication, insecurity, and the fragility of the male ego, the film follows Jim and Dave, a dad and a step-dad, as they struggle with bonding during a weekend upstate with Branson, the son they share.”

Brooklyn-based comedian...