Festival Coverage
X-Dance Review: Strength In Numbers
Following mountain biking over the past several years has revealed that this is the most exciting sport to watch. Two wheels and huge balls keep these guys rolling through nearly everything Mother Nature throws at them. … read more
X-Dance Review: We: A Collection of Individuals
This installment from PBP highlights the belief that skiing with your buddies is always better than flying solo. The segments range from tall-tee clad urban sliders to big-mountain badassery. … read more
X-Dance Review: Ready To Fly
Kicking off the 13th Annual X-Dance Action Sports Film Festival was the full-length ski jumping feature, Ready to Fly. The film follows world champion Lindsey Vonn and her US teammates through their controversial journey to get women’s ski jumping accepted as an official Olympic sport. … read more
X-Dance Review: Resonance
Illy riders, awesome tricks and killer locations all wrapped into one is Absinthe’s latest film release, Resonance. … read more
Duck Beach To Eternity @ Tower 09.22
Hitting close to home, the screening of Duck Beach To Eternity was definitely the most interesting of the films I saw at the festival over the weekend. The documentary follows four Mormon singles who travel to Duck Beach, North Carolina for the annual “Mormon Spring Break” … read more
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard @ Brewvies 09.22
This film is a great documentary of Reatard’s life, showing his transformation from a wild 19-year-old punk, to a 29-year-old man coping with a relentless lifestyle of touring and recording. … read more
Intro @ Tower Theatre 09.22
It only seems right that for a man of few words, such as David Williams, a documentary of the local musician would feature the same. … read more
Children of the Stars @ Tower Theatre 09.22
I don’t think this documentary was intended to be a comedy, but the members of the California cult, Unarius, are so fucking crazy, you can’t help but laugh at times. … read more
Off Label @ Tower Theatre 09.21
What made this film so unique were the characters whose stories were presented. From a homeless, volunteer test lab “guinea pig” to a young Iraq War veteran struggling with PTSD, each person has a very different relationship with prescription medication, able to articulate why they condemn or rely on the meds. … read more
Cartoon College @ Tower 09.21
Following a group of aspiring artists who make their way through the intense MFA program at The Center For Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont, filmmakers Josh Melrod and Tera Wray spent three years shooting the failure and success of these students in an interesting and emotional documentary. … read more