There’s a holy grail out there, I just know it. Okay, I don’t know it. Might be a myth. Maybe it doesn’t exist. Even if it does exist, there are likely forces that wouldn’t want it discovered, not to mention revealed to the world at large. Or maybe they’d simply prefer to use it to […]

Backstory: So, I’m actually a big fan of the Dogme95 film movement. The Celebration rocked my cinematic world. Similarly, some of the low-budget Cassavetes-ish movies oft-dubbed “Mumblecore” strike me with merit and occasionally even “cohones grande”… They break a mold that needs breaking, from time to time. And I’ve had the great pleasure of working […]

Okay, so it’s officially only been finished for a little over three years, since late 1999. But we started this sucker way back in ’93, more than a decade ago now. Still, eventually, things do happen. Hell is Texas is getting an official domestic home video — well, DVD — release. North American Films, a […]

Here’s a first pass on the opening titles to “Unexplored Wonderland,” a short film I wrote and planned to direct before American McGee’s Alice came along and stole my thunder. Carl Kaphan (a talented animator and general nice guy) helped me with the 3D for this sequence. I’ve entertained returning to this original concept and […]