Joe Maggio’s “Bitter Feast” (2010) is now streaming on SCREAMBOX. Check out the full coverage at BLOODY DISGUSTING.
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"BLISS" TO PREMIERE AT SLAMDANCE 2024 - "SPOTLIGHT" SCREENING
Incidental Films is very pleased to announce that “Bliss”, the sequel to Joe Maggio’s debut feature, “Virgil Bliss” (2001) will be having its world premiere at Slamdance 2024. “Bliss” picks up the story of Virgil Bliss after 23 years, with Virgil now an opioid addicted fugitive living off the grid in the desert canyons north of LA, playing a twisted game of cat and mouse with a sexually repressed holy-roller in search of her missing sister. Clint Jordan reprises the role which earned him a 2002 Independent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Actor. Slamdance, which is where “Virgil Bliss” had its world premiere in 2001, runs from January 19th-25th in Park City, Utah. https://slamdance.com/
TIME CAPSULE: FILMMAKER MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON "INCIDENTAL CINEMA"/ SPRING 2009
Back in the Spring of 2009, fresh off the sale of “PAPER COVERS ROCK” to IFC Films, Filmmaker Magazine’s Scott Macaulay interviewed director Joe Maggio about the launch of his “Incidental Cinema” initiative. Thirteen years later, the independent film landscape, and the world in general, feels radically different. And so, as Incidental Films prepares to re-launch the Incidental Cinema initiative with the upcoming release of its newest film, “BLISS” (Incidental Film #2) we thought it would be fun to re-visit Macaulay’s article.
"BITTER FEAST" TO SCREEN AT MoMA, STARTING APRIL 2, 2022
Incidental Films is proud to announce that “BITTER FEAST” will be screening at the Museum of Modern Art starting April 2nd, 2022 as part of the Larry Fessenden/Glass Eye Pix retrospective “OH THE HUMANITY.”
“BITTER FEAST” was the first official collaboration between Glass Eye Pix and Incidental Films, and it has spawned a long and fruitful creative relationship that includes the films “THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY” (2011), “SUPERMOTO” (2017), and the upcoming “BLISS” (2022). Maggio and Fessenden have also collaborated on three radio plays - “MAN ON A LEDGE”, “RAM KING” and “CANNIBALS.” - as part of the Glass Eye Pix series TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE.
For more information on the MoMA screening dates and times, log on to www.moma.org, or click here.
"BITTER FEAST" TO SCREEN AT THE 2020 WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL DRIVE-IN SERIES
Incidental Films is proud to announce that “BITTER FEAST”, shot on location in the Hudson Valley and 2010 Woodstock Film Festival alum, will be screening at the 2020 Woodstock Film Festival’s drive-in tribute to Glass Eye Pix. The film stars James Le Gros, Joshua Leonard, Amy Seimetz and Glass Eye Pix’s own Larry Fessenden. Specific scheduling details to come, but check out this article in Chronogram for more information on the festivities.
Also, check out the trailer here.
Enjoy,
- JM
James Le Gros and Joshua Leonard square off in a culinary battle royale.
Joe Maggio's "RAM KING" is the featured podcast on "TALES FROM BEYOND THE PALE"
Check out my radio play, RAM KING, recorded live at Dixon Place and starring the inimitable Vincent D’Onofrio and Larry Fessenden. It’s free and strangely relevant to life in the time of pandemic. There’s also a short interview with yours truly.
Enjoy,
- JM
"BITTER FEAST" BEHIND-THE-SCENES FILM
One of the things I really miss in our streaming age is a great DVD extra. I never went to film school, but like so many filmmakers of my generation, I received a pretty thorough film education watching the making-of extras and commentaries of the films that made me want to become a filmmaker in the first place. Cassavetes’ “A Woman Under the Influence” comes to mind, as does Kieszlowski’s “Dekalog.”
While I’m certainly biased, I think that the “Bitter Feast” behind-the-scenes film presented here is one of the finest examples of the genre, perfectly capturing the madness and beauty that is low-budget horror film production.
Enjoy.
-JM
