Abel Ferrara

The original King of Indie Abel Ferrara made a stop at Emir Kusturica’s Küstendorf Film and Music Festival this January to screen his latest film 4:44 Last Day on Earth. The Loisaida-set film paints a picture of addiction at the end of the world, starring Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh. Ferrara has always felt a connection to Kusturica, and felt very welcome at Küstendorf, the Serbian director’s wooden village high in the mountains of Mokra Gora. “We just kinda have a connection, other than I...Read Full Story

Remember the gangster magnum opus " The King of New York " starring Christopher Walken , Laurence Fishburne and Wesley Snipes ? Turns out sweaty, cantankerous cretin Abel Ferrara is planning a prequel to his 1990 ahead-of-its-time classic. Ok , this isn't exactly new, we admit. The low-life malcontent director announced his intentions on making this film ages ago , but like any good Ferrara film, financing usually takes a couple of years. Titled, " The Last Crew ," (or " Pericle il Nero...Read Full Story

For anyone who might not know, the film "MacGruber" is based on a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch in which Will Forte sends up the old school TV character "MacGyver" who could fashion a bomb out of absolutely anything (like, say, a pipe wrench, a hand towel and a sausage egg mcmuffin) wherein MacGruber always fails to deactivate a ticking time bomb meaning he and his cohorts are then blown to bits. These sketches typically last 19 seconds. How in the world this can possibly be...Read Full Story

This Saturday’s New York International Independent Film and Video Festival reception at 2nd Avenue’s Pangea restaurant was a convenient walk across the street from the Village East Cinemas where Filmmakers, actors, and artists assembled from Japan, China, Austria, Botswana, South America, Italy, India, and all across the USA. Though interpreters were used to translate across language barriers - no translators were necessary to convey the passion and pride these Independents showed for each...Read Full Story

It's sad and just a bit bewildering to think that Abel Ferrara's little gem Ms. 45 (aka Angel of Vengeance ) received mostly negative reviews from critics upon its limited theatrical release in 1981, but there were a few who realized the film's merit and championed it, such as Mick Martin and Marsha Porter .  The low-budget sleeper was generally ignored and left theatres as quickly as it came, but slowly built up a cult following after its 1983 VHS release by USA Video.  Several memorable...Read Full Story