![]() ![]() ![]() Snatchers is said to be about “gentrification, immigration, and a relentless monolithic hegemony. ![]() “Everybody is acting weird,” says one character. The trailer, featuring an appearance by comedian/author/rocker extraordinaire Dave Hill, is as fun as you’d expect. Alien pods that look like purple corn get spread through Brooklyn’s hipster food truck scene, commandeering people’s bodies and turning Brooklyn, NY into something closer to Suburbia, USA - unless a rogue FDA agent and a rudderless trust-fund millennial can stop them in time.” The movie’s creators pitched it on Indiegogo as “a Sci-fi Comedy about an alien invasion in Brooklyn, NY. But the one we’re most looking forward to is a homegrown one, Snatchers, by Brooklyn director John Kingman. The good news is: Unlike, say, the Greenwich International Film Festival, which started yesterday and required a $175 “virtual pass,” the movies here can be screened for free so long as you register at Brooklyn Film Festival’s website.ĭespite the fest’s name, selections hail from all over the world (there were submissions from 92 countries this year, according to a press release). Instead, over 140 films will be presented online. The Brooklyn Film Festival usually occurs at venues in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, but that obviously won’t be happening when the 23rd edition rolls out May 29 to June 7. The virtual film festival circuit rolls on, as last night the Tribeca Film Festival announced its jury awards via an online awards ceremony and today the Brooklyn Film Festival announced much of its programming for what will be a streaming version this summer. ![]()
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