Tag: timheidecker

Trailer for US: Jordan Peele Wishes You a Scary Christmas

As my colleague Josh Hurtado noted, not many of us would have guessed that Jordan Peele, known mainly as a comedian, would turn out to be a great horror director. His feature debut Get Out, a brilliant social satire-horror, won...

Interview: Rick Alverson On ENTERTAINMENT And Other Dirty Words

When it comes time for year-end list-making, of all the memorable films in the running, not one will resemble Rick Alverson's bitter film, Entertainment. It's a tough film to summarize, mostly because the events of the film are secondary to...

Interview: Rick Alverson and Tim Heidecker Get Serious About THE COMEDY

Rick Alverson's not-comedy, The Comedy, is currently one of my favorite films of the year. It haunts me. It is, and I quote myself, "hilarious, transgressive, brilliant, and most people will find it unwatchable." But that doesn't mean you shouldn't...

VIFF 2012 Review: THE COMEDY Is Hilarious, Transgressive, Brilliant, and Most People Will Find It Unwatchable

I've never set foot in Vancouver, but I did see The Comedy at BAMcinemaFest back in June. That's right, I saw it before it was cool. And since there's no full review of the film in the ScreenAnarchy archive, it...

TIM AND ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE Review

Having never seen the comedic TV work of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim ("Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"), I went into their feature-length variation, "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie", braced for a merciless expansion of inside...

Sundance 2012: THE COMEDY Exclusive Clip #2 - Hipsters Rapping in a Cab

We've got another clip from The Comedy, Rick Alverson's hipster comedy / drama that debuted at Sundance over the weekend to wildly divergent reactions. And this one gives you a brief, but bigger, taste of the film's tone, I...

Sundance 2012: Exclusive New Clip From THE COMEDY - Hipsters Wear Blue Sunglasses

Debuting tonight in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, Rick Alverson's The Comedy follows a character named Swanson and his hipster friends, who "live in a tepid social paradise, a.k.a. Williamsburg, where their good fortune breeds indifference and recreational cruelty." Now...

More Tim! More Eric! It's The Red Band Trailer For TIM AND ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE!

Fresh off their selection in the Park City At Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival a new red band trailer has arrived for Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar Movie.After two guys are given a billion dollars to make a...

TIM AND ERIC's BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE Teaser

Adult Swim legends Tim and Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim respectively) have been creating some of the most cutting edge and just plain bizarre TV comedy for a few years now, utilizing old school techniques and analog productions. Their show, Tim...