Festival Fun
Stranger Things is about to hit some great US regional festivals. We’ll be travelling with the film and attending as many screenings as possible. Stay tuned: we’ll be posting all the info here!
Winging Our Way to Phoenix
In festival news, Stranger Things will be hitting the 2011 Phoenix Film Festival in Arizona this April. Here are our screening times: April 01, 2011 @ 11:30AM April 02, 2011 @ 4:40PM April 03, 2011 @ 11:40AM All the screenings are at the Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre (7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054) If […]
What Meets the Eye
While we were in Park City we were interviewed for the Edmonton Journal by Ashley Elaine York. She wrote a very nice piece about Stranger Things, which she chose as her favorite film of Slamdance 2011. She was particularly excited by the cinematography, describing the camera as a character in its own right. Actually, Ashley […]
Sound on Sight Interview
The film blog, Sound On Sight, interviewed the two of us just before the Slamdance Awards. They also seemed to be very interested in how we work as a couple! Click here to read the full interview.
“Stranger Things”: An Absolute Must See
Gordon and the Whale, the movie blog, has reviewed Stranger Things and has some incredibly glowing things to say about the film. The reviewer, Joshua Brunstein, wasn’t entirely satisfied by the ending, but on the other hand, calls the film “an absolute must see feature” and particularly praises the lead performances. [Oona is] played wonderfully […]
Salt Lake Tribune Filmmaker Profile
The Salt Lake Tribune has posted an interview with us about the the making of Stranger Things and… erm…. about making films as a married couple. Click here to check it out.
Help us get buzz at Slamdance
Even if you’re not sure if you can make it, please help get our film noticed at the Slamdance Film Festival. There are two simple ways you can help us: 1) The boldest and best way you can help us is to join b-side (just click here to register) and then, as a b-side member, […]
Slamdance Schedule is online
We hope to see you at one of the two screenings of Stranger Things at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City this January. Stranger Things will be in competition at the festival and will be screened with the short film Mam. Here are our screening times: January 21, 2011 @ 12:30PM January 25, 2011 […]
Excellent review of “Stranger Things”
Matthew Connolly of the Times Herald-Record, who saw “Stranger Things” at Woodstock, has given it an “excellent” rating in his review. Connolly writes: A nuanced and perfectly-proportioned character study, Stranger Things attunes itself to those small shifts in trust and temperament that occur when two strangers first discover a shared connection. Here, that recognition becomes […]
Filmmaker Magazine on Woodstock Win
Scott Macaulay has posted a mention of our Woodstock Best Feature Award on the Filmmaker Magazine blog. Scott picked us for the 25 New Faces of Independent Film list in 2009 after seeing a cut at the IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab. He writes about “Stranger Things”: This is a beautiful, delicate, and extremely well directed […]
