Arthouse Garage is back! After a long hiatus, the podcast is back to look at the best films of 2024. Film critic Russell Miller returns to the show to talk about the best scenes, performances, and films of the year.

The Best Films of 2024

On this episode, I interview the filmmakers behind BIG BOYS, a queer coming-of-age film that's playing at the 2024 Reel Queer Film Festival this Saturday, Aug. 10. Info and tickets at ReelQueerFilm.com [http://reelqueerfilm.com/]

Writer/director Corey Sherman and producer Allison Tate were kind enough to talk with me about this film, which is one of my favorite of the year so far. It's the rare queer coming-of-age story that's also a crowd-pleaser-- emotional, but ultimately sweet and funny. I highly recommend checking it out at the film festival this weekend or catching it on-demand.

Links

 * ReelQueerFilm.com [http://reelqueerfilm.com/]
 * BigBoysFilm.com [https://www.bigboysfilm.com/]

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141: Big Boys (2024), interview with dir. Corey Sherman (Reel Queer Film Festival 2024)

On this episode, we speak with filmmaker Rocky Roggio, the director of 1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE. The film looks at Bible translation and the controversy around the word "homosexual" and how it's translation has harmed people in the LGBTQ+ community for decades.

The film is playing at the Reel Queer Film Festival, Aug 9, 2024 and Rocky Roggio will be in attendance for a live Q&A after the screening. Tickets and info at ReelQueerFilm.com [http://reelqueerfilm.com/].

In honor of the upcoming screening, I decided to re-release this interview from 2022, that I did with Roggio as the film was still in post-production. We speak about her religious upbringing and how the film came to be.

Links

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 * 1946TheMovie.com [http://1946themovie.com/]

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140: 1946 - The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture, interview with dir. Rocky Roggio (Reel Queer Film Festival 2024)

The Reel Queer Film Festival (formerly Kaleidoscope) is almost here!

The 10th annual festival is August 8th - 11th at the Studio Theatre in Downtown Little Rock. Festival Executive Director Zack Baker and Artistic Director Cameron Vaughan join the show to tell us all about the lineup, the panels, the special guests and more.

Notable films playing the festival:

 * The People's Joker, with special guest Vera Drew
 * 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture, with special guest Rocky Roggio
 * Big Boys
 * Sebastian
 * National Anthem
 * plus Arkansas short films
 * and much more!

Get all the details and tickets at reelqueerfilm.org [https://reelqueerfilm.org/]

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: Reel Queer 2024

Today on the show, filmmaker Michael J. Dougherty returns to the show to discuss IN A VIOLENT NATURE, the new horror film from writer/director Chris Nash. We talk about violence in cinema, and some of the memorable violence we've seen in movies over the years, and we talk about the connection between horror and disability.

Watch the video for this episode on our YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsbryx-u0Q4mqOA0bvU8bcw]

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139: In a Violent Nature (2024), violence in cinema, and the relationship between horror and disability

"Sometimes The Pink Opaque feels more real than real life."

On this episode, filmmaker Lara Hill joins the show for a Jane Schoenbrun double feature! First we have a spoiler-free discussion about their 2021 film WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR, and then we get into their latest, I SAW THE TV GLOW. For the TV Glow discussion, the first section is spoiler-free, but after that we dig into all the spoilery details of this film and it's ending.

See the video for this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JXDYfSA7UtY

Links

 * Lara's Instagram: @laraonset [https://www.instagram.com/laraonset]
 * Website: www.jankismedia.com [http://www.jankismedia.com/]
 * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy3Uxrk0PME9pz5oN5BBQ3Q
 * How Do I Tell You This on Crafty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLm9qY9PqHE&list=LL&index=7&t=5s
 * Invitation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6XFspDC85Y&t=5s
 * Slip Instagram: @slipthemovie [https://www.instagram.com/slipthemovie]

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138: Jane Schoenbrun double feature - I Saw the TV Glow (2024) & We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021) 

Film critic Russell Miller returns to the show to talk CIVIL WAR, the new film from writer and director Alex Garland.

Plus, we give our reactions to a few other films including:

 * Monkey Man
 * Immaculate
 * Late Night with the Devil
 * Drive Away Dolls
 * Dune Part 2
 * Monty Python's Life of Brian
 * Mad Max: Fury Road
 * Nathan for You
 * Bluey: The Sign
 * Wicked Little Letters
 * ISS
 * How to Have Sex

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137: Alex Garland's Civil War, plus: Monkey Man, Immaculate, Late Night with the Devil

The new film HARD MILES hits theaters April 19th, and the writer/direct RJ Daniel Hanna stopped by the podcast to tell us all about it. He's an Arkansas filmmaker, and this is his second feature. Based on a true story, the film stars Matthew Modine, Sean Astin, Leslie David Baker, and Cynthia Kaye McWilliams. Modine plays a social worker who takes some incarcerated young men on a life-changing cycling trip 700 miles from Denver, CO to the Grand Canyon.

Links

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 * Follow HARD MILES on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/hardmiles_movie/]
 * Follow RJ Daniel Hanna on instagram [https://www.instagram.com/rjdanielhanna/]
 * Learn more about RJ Daniel Hanna on IMDB

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BONUS - Interview with AR filmmaker RJ Daniel Hanna, director of HARD MILES, in theaters Apr. 19

On today's episode, filmmaker and cinephile Michael J. Dougherty returns to the show to discuss not one but two films from writer/director Rose Glass. We start with her feature debut SAINT MAUD starring Morfydd Clark, and her latest LOVE LIES BLEEDING starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Ed Harris, Jena Malone and Dave Franco.

If you want to skip the Saint Maud portion and go straight to Love Lies Bleeding, jump ahead to 40:35.

About Michael J. Dougherty

Michael Dougherty is a filmmaker and a disability advocate. He helped start the LA chapter of the Reel Abilities film festival, and he's a very thoughtful cinephile who is always a pleasure to talk with. Find links below to follow him online.

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136: Rose Glass double feature - Saint Maud (2019) & Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

This Friday, March 29, 2024, The Arkansas Cinema Society is hosting Arkansas filmmaker Alexander Jeffery at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts to screen his new film YOU HAVE NO IDEA, a documentary about living with Autism. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Alexander as well as two of the film's subjects, Beth Burns and Paul Burns.

Alexander was kind enough to come by the podcast and fill us in on the film and the upcoming screening.

Get tickets at ArkansasCinemaSociety.org [https://www.arkansascinemasociety.org/programs/you-hve-no-idea]

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BONUS - Interview with AR filmmaker Alexander Jeffery, director of YOU HAVE NO IDEA, screening Mar. 29

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