Vincent Albarano

Aug 18, 2024 | brightlightsfilm.com | Vincent Albarano

Just as his characters presume safety and security in their home space, so too does his audience approach each title with a sense of comfort through repeat exposures. The unseating of normal life is aided greatly by the intrusion of unwelcome forces into this sphere.

Feb 9, 2024 | splittoothmedia.com | Vincent Albarano

Among the many sketches of Grindhouse decadence and decay captured in his essential Sleazoid Express zine, Bill Landis wrote of the Fake Man — The Ecco: the one who deludes himself while walking confidently and arrogantly through life in shoes that are not his own. Presented as a distinctly Times Square phenomenon in Landis’ pages, the Fake Man exists beyond that space as a resolutely real archetype of masculine insecurity.

Dec 18, 2023 | splittoothmedia.com | Vincent Albarano

The 1990s saw a drastic shift in operations in the shot-on-video (SOV) marketplace, with enterprising filmmakers taking matters of distribution and promotion into their own hands. One of the most prolific filmmakers from this direct-sale era, Todd Jason Cook carved out his own niche from his Missouri City, Texas, home.

Nov 13, 2023 | splittoothmedia.com | Vincent Albarano

Teenage productions are a rite of passage for aspiring underground filmmakers, and the horror genre has proven the most fertile realm for such adolescent experimentation. This is the proving ground, the realm where mainstays like Tim Ritter and the incomparable Nathan Schiff got their starts and developed unlikely yet highly respected and influential bodies of work.

Oct 31, 2023 | splittoothmedia.com | Brett Wright |Jim Hickcox |Vincent Albarano

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