Nathan Zellner and David Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset is stomping into circa 850 theaters this weekend after debuting in 9 with a solid opening for a film many could find weird. A tribe of Sasquatch, possibly the last of their kind, live and love in the woods of northern California, where it was shot.
“We are taking Bigfoot to America. We have high hopes that the broader market will embrace the movie,” says Kyle Davies of distributor Bleecker Street, calling it “a very different” kind of movie and “a bit of an unknown.”
“It’s a wildcard.”
Marketing was mainly through social activations. “I wouldn’t call it traditional marketing. It doesn’t really fit in that box,” Davies adds. The Sasquatch standees in theaters are fun. And Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is displaying a baby Sasquatch sitting in a glass case with umbilical cord and placenta.
This is “a polarizing film.
“We are taking Bigfoot to America. We have high hopes that the broader market will embrace the movie,” says Kyle Davies of distributor Bleecker Street, calling it “a very different” kind of movie and “a bit of an unknown.”
“It’s a wildcard.”
Marketing was mainly through social activations. “I wouldn’t call it traditional marketing. It doesn’t really fit in that box,” Davies adds. The Sasquatch standees in theaters are fun. And Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar is displaying a baby Sasquatch sitting in a glass case with umbilical cord and placenta.
This is “a polarizing film.
- 4/19/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“Stress Positions” is a new live-action comedy feature, directed by Theda Hammel, starring John Early, Hammel, Qaher Harhash, Amy Zimmer, Faheem Ali, Rebecca F. Wright, Davidson Obennebo and John Roberts, releasing April 19, 2024 in theaters:
“…during the early months of the pandemic in Brooklyn, a young man named ‘Bahlul’ (Qaher Harhash) recovers from a broken leg while quarantining with his uncle ‘Terry’ …”
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“…during the early months of the pandemic in Brooklyn, a young man named ‘Bahlul’ (Qaher Harhash) recovers from a broken leg while quarantining with his uncle ‘Terry’ …”
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- 3/28/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Everybody in writer-director Theda Hammel’s comedy Stress Positions wants to know about Bahlul (Qaher Harhash), the 19-year-old Moroccan model. Bahlul’s leg is broken, and he’s being nursed back to health by his white uncle, Terry Goon (John Early), who’s living in the Brooklyn “party house” of his soon-to-be-ex-husband, Leo (John Roberts). Terry shelters Bahlul like a wounded bird, vacating all evidence of whatever debauchery took place within the house and insisting that his nephew is too grievously injured for visitors. But the more that Terry tries to keep people away, the greater the mystique is attached to Bahlul.
Of course, as it’s the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, anything that breaks the monotony of self-isolation gains a grand allure—especially if it happens to be a person whose job is to be hot for a living. Right out of the gate, Hammel’s threading...
Of course, as it’s the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, anything that breaks the monotony of self-isolation gains a grand allure—especially if it happens to be a person whose job is to be hot for a living. Right out of the gate, Hammel’s threading...
- 1/28/2024
- by Steven Scaife
- Slant Magazine
‘Stress Positions’ Review: Where So Many Have Failed, This Team Delivers a Hilarious Pandemic Comedy
Building on the promise of her short film “My Trip to Spain,” which played Sundance in 2022, filmmaker Theda Hammel returns to the festival with her feature debut, “Stress Positions.” Joined by favorite collaborator and lead actor John Early, she brings along the same wry sharp humor and the same incisive parody of her generation, only this time, Hammel is playing on a bigger canvas, directing a larger cast and tackling more topics and themes. Among other things, the film might be the first genuinely enjoyable film made about the pandemic.
Set entirely within a few days in the summer of 2020, “Stress Positions” follows Terry Goon (Early) as he navigates a rather stressful few weeks. Recently divorced and unemployed, he’s living in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone, scared out of his mind about getting infected with Covid. At the same time, he’s caring for 19-year-old nephew Bahlul (Qaher Harhash...
Set entirely within a few days in the summer of 2020, “Stress Positions” follows Terry Goon (Early) as he navigates a rather stressful few weeks. Recently divorced and unemployed, he’s living in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone, scared out of his mind about getting infected with Covid. At the same time, he’s caring for 19-year-old nephew Bahlul (Qaher Harhash...
- 1/23/2024
- by Murtada Elfadl
- Variety Film + TV
Theda Hammel’s latest dramedy at Neon, Stress Positions, stars Hammel, John Early, Qaher Harhash, Amy Zimmer, Faheem Ali and Rebecca F. Wright. It follows Bahlul, a queer Moroccan-American model that everyone wants to meet. While moments emerge showing the glimmer of an insightful character study, the film quickly dissolves into an endurance test drowned out by superficial noise. One must tip the cap to Hammel’s sheer feat of micro-budget production, but her organic style choices bewilder more than enlighten.
The film follows Bahlul (Harhash), a 20-year old spending his time in recovery from a broken leg with his uncle Terry (Early) in Brooklyn. Terry is not Moroccan but American and white, and they are family by marriage. The injured Bahlul meets a cast of eccentric characters including Terry’s best friend Karla (Hammel); Karla‘s girlfriend Vanessa (Zimmer); Terry’s husband Leo (John Roberts); Ronald (Ali), the local...
The film follows Bahlul (Harhash), a 20-year old spending his time in recovery from a broken leg with his uncle Terry (Early) in Brooklyn. Terry is not Moroccan but American and white, and they are family by marriage. The injured Bahlul meets a cast of eccentric characters including Terry’s best friend Karla (Hammel); Karla‘s girlfriend Vanessa (Zimmer); Terry’s husband Leo (John Roberts); Ronald (Ali), the local...
- 1/19/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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