Pretty Problems, Bad Axe, Atlanta among other winners announced on Wednesday.
James Morosini’s I Love My Dad starring the writer-director alongside Patton Oswalt has won its second major prize at the in-person SXSW 2022, earning the Narrative Feature Competition audience award.
The film won the Narrative Feature Competition jury prize last week and tells of a man who catfishes his son in an effort to reconnect.
‘I Love My Dad’: SXSW Review
David Siev’s Bad Axe took the Documentary Feature Competition prize for its account of an Asian-American family fighting to survive in Trump’s America, while Kestrin Pantera...
James Morosini’s I Love My Dad starring the writer-director alongside Patton Oswalt has won its second major prize at the in-person SXSW 2022, earning the Narrative Feature Competition audience award.
The film won the Narrative Feature Competition jury prize last week and tells of a man who catfishes his son in an effort to reconnect.
‘I Love My Dad’: SXSW Review
David Siev’s Bad Axe took the Documentary Feature Competition prize for its account of an Asian-American family fighting to survive in Trump’s America, while Kestrin Pantera...
- 3/23/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Updated, 12:23 Pm: South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced the Audience Award winners for the 29th SXSW Film Festival, with the Patton Oswalt comedy I Love My Dad, FX’s comedy series Atlanta, Sony Pictures Classics’ music doc The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile and AMC’s drama series 61st Street coming in as notable recipients.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
- 3/23/2022
- by Valerie Complex and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
We Are Not Ghouls Review — We Are Not Ghouls (2022) Film Review from the 29th Annual South by Southwest Film Festival, a movie directed by Chris James Thompson and starring Yvonne Bradley, Clive Stafford Smith, Darrel Vandeveld, Janet Hamlin, Stephen Grey, Cori Crider, Pam Bradley, Dick Blau and Rowan Crider. A truly haunting documentary [...]
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- 3/22/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
In-person festival to run in Austin, Texas, from March 11-20.
A starry SXSW 2022 film line-up announced on Wednesday (2) includes world premieres of new work from Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Richard Linklater and Nicolas Cage, among many others.
The Austin, Texas, festival ran online editions over the past two years and is planned to take place from March 11-20 as an in-person event against a backdrop of declining Omicron infection levels across the United States.
The roster includes Irish filmmaker and actor Campbell-Hughes’s It Is In Us All (pictured) in Narrative Feature Competition starring Cosmo Jarvis, Claes Bang and Campbell-Hughes about a...
A starry SXSW 2022 film line-up announced on Wednesday (2) includes world premieres of new work from Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Richard Linklater and Nicolas Cage, among many others.
The Austin, Texas, festival ran online editions over the past two years and is planned to take place from March 11-20 as an in-person event against a backdrop of declining Omicron infection levels across the United States.
The roster includes Irish filmmaker and actor Campbell-Hughes’s It Is In Us All (pictured) in Narrative Feature Competition starring Cosmo Jarvis, Claes Bang and Campbell-Hughes about a...
- 2/2/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In her first two feature films, director Carol Brandt has already ably explored the intricacies of being a modern young woman and what that means for fraught interpersonal relationships. Her first film, “Things Found on the Ground,” was about letting go of expectations, while her “Dear Coward on the Moon” centered on an unearthed family secret. For her next film, set to debut at SXSW later this month, Brandt is turning her eye to a different kind of relationship. (With the added bonus of a cute pug.)
Per the film’s official synopsis, “Grad-school-dropout Leigh spends seemingly endless days caring for her ill mother in her childhood home. A chance encounter with her ex, Cam, leads Leigh to make a last-minute decision to invite him on her solo camping trip. Falling into old patterns of familiarity is easy for the duo; what’s hard is facing deep-seated wounds between them that never healed.
Per the film’s official synopsis, “Grad-school-dropout Leigh spends seemingly endless days caring for her ill mother in her childhood home. A chance encounter with her ex, Cam, leads Leigh to make a last-minute decision to invite him on her solo camping trip. Falling into old patterns of familiarity is easy for the duo; what’s hard is facing deep-seated wounds between them that never healed.
- 3/6/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Well, that’s a wrap! The Sundance Film Festival came to a close this weekend, and my filmmaking partner, Chris James Thompson and I are already back with our families in Milwaukee. We attended three of the five scheduled screenings for our film, The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers. The week was sometimes intense, sometimes boring and often enlightening. By our second day it became clear why people love the Sundance Film Festival; the film screening portion of the fest is pure cinema. The hot and sweaty pop-up theaters are always full as volunteers pack in human bodies like Tetris pieces, […]...
- 2/6/2015
- by Michael Vollman
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Well, that’s a wrap! The Sundance Film Festival came to a close this weekend, and my filmmaking partner, Chris James Thompson and I are already back with our families in Milwaukee. We attended three of the five scheduled screenings for our film, The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers. The week was sometimes intense, sometimes boring and often enlightening. By our second day it became clear why people love the Sundance Film Festival; the film screening portion of the fest is pure cinema. The hot and sweaty pop-up theaters are always full as volunteers pack in human bodies like Tetris pieces, […]...
- 2/6/2015
- by Michael Vollman
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
My filmmaking partner, Chris James Thompson and I are more than halfway through our time here at Sundance and it’s been pretty incredible. So far we’ve had two screenings of our short doc The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers, and the audience response has been extremely positive. Some of the other highlights include spotting Kristen Wiig hanging out on Main Street, getting a bunch of legit full-sized posters printed courtesy of the pros at the Hp center and taking the trek out to the Sundance Mountain Resort for the Directors brunch, where Robert Redford was in attendance. But nothing can […]...
- 1/28/2015
- by Michael Vollman
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
My filmmaking partner, Chris James Thompson and I are more than halfway through our time here at Sundance and it’s been pretty incredible. So far we’ve had two screenings of our short doc The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers, and the audience response has been extremely positive. Some of the other highlights include spotting Kristen Wiig hanging out on Main Street, getting a bunch of legit full-sized posters printed courtesy of the pros at the Hp center and taking the trek out to the Sundance Mountain Resort for the Directors brunch, where Robert Redford was in attendance. But nothing can […]...
- 1/28/2015
- by Michael Vollman
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
My name is Michael T. Vollmann; I am the director of the Sundance short The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers and this is my first trip to Sundance — I have absolutely no idea what to expect! I hear there are mountains involved, mega enormous celebrity sightings and maybe even a grab bag. My filmmaking partner Chris James Thompson (producer on The 414s) has been to Sundance once before, working on a film called The Pool — a 2007 Sundance award winner directed by Chris Smith and edited by Barry Poltermann. Chris and Barry have been important mentors for us, […]...
- 1/24/2015
- by Michael Vollman
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
My name is Michael T. Vollmann; I am the director of the Sundance short The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers and this is my first trip to Sundance — I have absolutely no idea what to expect! I hear there are mountains involved, mega enormous celebrity sightings and maybe even a grab bag. My filmmaking partner Chris James Thompson (producer on The 414s) has been to Sundance once before, working on a film called The Pool — a 2007 Sundance award winner directed by Chris Smith and edited by Barry Poltermann. Chris and Barry have been important mentors for us, […]...
- 1/24/2015
- by Michael Vollman
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
One of the best damned documentaries of the year, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, is on its way to home video, and we've got all the details you need along with the artwork right here. Check it out and look for it on DVD July 23, 2013.
From the Press Release
What drove a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies over a 13-year period. Stories of necrophilia and cannibalism added to the horror of Dahmer's crimes. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files talks to those who knew Dahmer during and after his hidden killing spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy and Dahmer neighbor Pamela Bass, among others, are interwoven with archival footage...
From the Press Release
What drove a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies over a 13-year period. Stories of necrophilia and cannibalism added to the horror of Dahmer's crimes. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files talks to those who knew Dahmer during and after his hidden killing spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy and Dahmer neighbor Pamela Bass, among others, are interwoven with archival footage...
- 7/12/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Reviewed by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is an artistically shot documentary that will appeal mostly to those familiar with the Dahmer case.
The film is directed by Chris James Thompson and stars Andrew Swant (as Dahmer), Jeffrey Sentzen, Pat Kennedy, and Pamela Bass.
The Jefferey Dahmer Files contains some interesting interviews, creatively re-created scenes of actual places Dahmer frequented (which wonderfully capture's the 'feel' of the late 80's/early 90's), and pertinent details about his murders.
Unfortunately the film doesn't offer much insight into the case that hasn't already been reported. The True Crime fan in me wanted to learn some unreported informational nuggets. The horror fan in me wanted to see some unpublished crime scene photos. That didn't happen.
This film will certainly attract fanatical Dahmer investigators, and also offers some meat for those unfamiliar with his crimes. Andrew Swant portrays an almost perfect Dahmer...
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is an artistically shot documentary that will appeal mostly to those familiar with the Dahmer case.
The film is directed by Chris James Thompson and stars Andrew Swant (as Dahmer), Jeffrey Sentzen, Pat Kennedy, and Pamela Bass.
The Jefferey Dahmer Files contains some interesting interviews, creatively re-created scenes of actual places Dahmer frequented (which wonderfully capture's the 'feel' of the late 80's/early 90's), and pertinent details about his murders.
Unfortunately the film doesn't offer much insight into the case that hasn't already been reported. The True Crime fan in me wanted to learn some unreported informational nuggets. The horror fan in me wanted to see some unpublished crime scene photos. That didn't happen.
This film will certainly attract fanatical Dahmer investigators, and also offers some meat for those unfamiliar with his crimes. Andrew Swant portrays an almost perfect Dahmer...
- 3/7/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
What drove an ordinary man from Milwaukee to kill 17 people in the summer of 1991? "The Jeffrey Dahmer Files", directed by Chris James Thompson, explores this question through archival footage and interviews with the people who knew the infamous serial killer during that horrific summer. IFC Midnight's new chilling and experimental documentary is now playing in select theaters and available to watch on Cable VOD, SundanceNow, iTunes and other digital outlets! ...
- 2/21/2013
- www.ohmygore.com/
For those of you fascinated by true crime non-fiction stories, there's no serial killer story more shocking or notorious than that of Jeffrey Dahmer. And now IFC Midnight presents the docu-drama The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, which takes an in-depth look at the story of a seemingly ordinary man who became Milwaukee's most infamous killer. It's currently playing in select theaters and available on cable VOD & digital outlets, but for now, check out these four clips and trailer from the film, along with the full synopsis below.
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What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files - Trailer Dahmer Files - Clip1 Dahmer Files - Clip3 Dahmer Files - Clip4 Dahmer Files - Clip5
What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
- 2/18/2013
- by Rob Galluzzo
- FEARnet
Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is now on VOD. The documentary features archival footage and interviews with people who knew the man behind the 17 killings in Milwaukee in 1991. A trailer has been released, as well as some new clips from the film.
Here’s the synopsis:
What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer’s life, working collectively to disassemble the facade of an...
Here’s the synopsis:
What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer’s life, working collectively to disassemble the facade of an...
- 2/18/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Editor’s Note: This review originally ran during the 2012 SXSW Film Festival (when the film was titled Jeff), but we’re re-running it now as the film opens in limited theatrical release. Documentary director Chris James Thompson would like us to remember that even serial killers have neighbors, or ride the bus, or go the pharmacy. Of course, they also kill and maim and even eat their victims or get caught, but they still have some of the same needs as everyone else. In Thompson’s Jeffrey Dahmer documentary, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, the filmmaker attempts to take us inside the mind of both Dahmer and a handful of those who surrounded him during his crimes and their aftermath. Unfortunately, the film lacks any sort of suitable or satisfying entry point for the uninitiated, and might still prove to be a bit obtuse even for those who know what they’re getting into. As...
- 2/16/2013
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Title: The Jeffrey Dahmer Files Director: Chris James Thompson An unusual blend of nonfiction recollection and rather tranquil dramatic re-enactment, “The Jeffrey Dahmer Files” attempts to disassemble and reconstruct the ordinary-guy façade of a necrophiliac murderer by way of testimonial from three people whose lives intersected the notorious Milwaukee serial killer. The result, while intermittently engaging, feels less cinematic and more suited to television news magazine programming of the sort one might see on A&E or MSNBC during any given weekend. Dahmer, for those perhaps too young to remember, was arrested in the summer of 1991 when a man’s head was found in his refrigerator, and he was eventually charged [ Read More ]
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- 2/16/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com
The Jefferey Dahmer Files, a new chilling and experimental documentary from IFC Midnight is now playing in select theaters and available to watch on Cable VOD, SundanceNow, iTunes and other digital outlets.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, directed by Chris James Thompson, explores this question through archival footage and interviews with the people who knew the infamous serial killer during that horrific summer.
Take a look at the trailer and larger one sheet below the official synopsis.
Synopsis:
What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen,...
The Jefferey Dahmer Files, a new chilling and experimental documentary from IFC Midnight is now playing in select theaters and available to watch on Cable VOD, SundanceNow, iTunes and other digital outlets.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, directed by Chris James Thompson, explores this question through archival footage and interviews with the people who knew the infamous serial killer during that horrific summer.
Take a look at the trailer and larger one sheet below the official synopsis.
Synopsis:
What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen,...
- 2/16/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
IFC Films is celebrating the release of its new experimental independent documentary, ‘The Jeffrey Dahmer Files,’ with the debut of new clips and photos. The film, which was directed by Chris James Thompson, opens in a limited theatrical release today. The documentary is also available nationwide on VOD, including such platforms as Comcast, Cox, Cablevision and Time Warner, as well as SundanceNow and iTunes. ‘The Jeffrey Dahmer Files’ chronicles how in the summer of 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The critically-acclaimed “The Jeffrey Dahmer Files” explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those [ Read More ]
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- 2/15/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
It's time once again to peer a little bit deeper into the mind of an absolute madman with several new clips from IFC Midnight's chilling documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Check 'em out and lose your lunch.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
- 2/15/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Watch new clips from IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, as well as the trailer and photos in the gallery. Chris James Thompson directs the release which opens in theaters today, and on cable VOD and digital outlets. Pic includes Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy, Tom Ashbrook, Peter Batchelder and Todd Bishop, among others. What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer's life, working collectively...
- 2/15/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch new clips from IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, as well as the trailer and photos in the gallery. Chris James Thompson directs the release which opens in theaters today, and on cable VOD and digital outlets. Pic includes Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy, Tom Ashbrook, Peter Batchelder and Todd Bishop, among others. What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer's life, working collectively...
- 2/15/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Twenty years after he was caught red handed, Jeffrey Dahmer continues to be a storytelling gold mine, but for newbie doc helmer Chris James Thompson, he was merely a demented center of a much bigger storm. His culturally struggling hometown of Milwaukee was sent into a frenzy after Dahmer’s story hit national news, but behind those fifteen gruesome murders was a rather mundane man who’s affect reached far beyond the poor families of his victims. From the African-American neighbors he befriended, to the police officers that were forced to sort through the horror that was recovered from his apartment, all were touched by evil. With suitably grainy 16 mm reenacted footage, and startling candid interviews from the people that were closest to the case, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a hybrid doc that delves into the affect of a serial killer on the community he was a part of...
- 2/15/2013
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Striking theaters, VOD and SundanceNow tomorrow (February 15th) is The Jeffrey Dahmer Files by filmmaker Chris James Thompson. Inside, you'll find an exclusive clip for this experimental documentary film that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
The synopsis? What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer's life, working collectively to...
The synopsis? What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival footage and everyday scenes from Dahmer's life, working collectively to...
- 2/14/2013
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Striking theaters, VOD and SundanceNow tomorrow (February 15th) is The Jeffrey Dahmer Files by filmmaker Chris James Thompson. ShockTillYouDrop.com has an exclusive clip for this experimental documentary film that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991. The synopsis? What drives a seemingly mundane man to commit a series of acts so heinous that it captured the attention of a horrified nation? In the summer of 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores this Midwestern city by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his...
- 2/14/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Next up for you cats is the first clip from IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to start its VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. Check it out.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree.
- 2/13/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Even twenty-plus years later, the name Jeffrey Dahmer sends chills down the spine. With the details of his series of murders still as grisly and disturbing today as they were back then, it's no surprise that his story continues to captivate, and the upcoming experimental documentary "The Jeffrey Dahmer Files" attempts to delve into the person behind the moster. Directed by Chris James Thompson, the film presents interviews with lead detective Pat Kennedy, medical examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, and Dahmer's then-neighbor Pamela Bass, as they all weigh in with their experiences at the time. But adding to the eeriness are dramatic recreations featuring Andrew Swant as the killer going about his everyday routine. And in our exclusive clip from the film below, we saw both the documentary work and re-enactments together, and how they pair to paint an interesting portrait of someone no one ever really knew. "The Jeffrey Dahmer Files" opens in limited.
- 2/13/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
Directed by Chris James Thompson
Written by Chris James Thompson and Andrew Swant
2012, USA
The opening frames of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, which linger on fish swimming in an aquarium as Jeffrey Dahmer (Andrew Swant) admires them, suggest this film isn’t like the other documentaries. And in many ways it is not. Begun as a fictionalized account of Jeffrey Dahmer doing his errands, director Chris James Thompson eventually decided to turn the film into a documentary to make it more dynamic. His interest was not in the specifics of the case (which are mentioned off hand when at all) but in the ways everyone involved in the case was effected.
The main interviewees are Pamela Bass, Dahmer’s former neighbor, Jeffrey Jentzen, the medical examiner on the case, and Pat Kennedy, the detective assigned to the Dahmer. All are incredibly interesting interviews, with Pat Kennedy...
Directed by Chris James Thompson
Written by Chris James Thompson and Andrew Swant
2012, USA
The opening frames of The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, which linger on fish swimming in an aquarium as Jeffrey Dahmer (Andrew Swant) admires them, suggest this film isn’t like the other documentaries. And in many ways it is not. Begun as a fictionalized account of Jeffrey Dahmer doing his errands, director Chris James Thompson eventually decided to turn the film into a documentary to make it more dynamic. His interest was not in the specifics of the case (which are mentioned off hand when at all) but in the ways everyone involved in the case was effected.
The main interviewees are Pamela Bass, Dahmer’s former neighbor, Jeffrey Jentzen, the medical examiner on the case, and Pat Kennedy, the detective assigned to the Dahmer. All are incredibly interesting interviews, with Pat Kennedy...
- 2/13/2013
- by Emmet Duff
- SoundOnSight
Our age's chief exemplar of evil's banality might be Jeffrey Dahmer, the unassuming chocolate factory worker who in 1991 was found to have murdered, experimented on, dismembered, and eaten 17 victims in his Milwaukee apartment. Writer/director/editor Chris James Thompson's documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files revisits the gruesome tale via the perspective of the investigation's medical examiner and lead detective, as well as Dahmer's neighbor, all of whom recount their experiences with horror (neighbor), disbelief (medical examiner), and borderline-creepy pride (detective). Alas, new insights are sorely lacking from their various anecdotes, as well as from the archival footage and dramatic re-creations of Dahmer's day-to-day errands—eating fast food on the bus, buyi...
- 2/13/2013
- Village Voice
Next up for you cats is the first official trailer for IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to start its VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. You know, just in time to help wash down all of that Valentine's Day candy!
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files...
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files...
- 2/4/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next up for you cats is the first official still and one-sheet for IFC Midnight's The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Look for the film to see a VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15th. You know, just in time to help wash down all of that Valentine's Day candy!
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for...
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for...
- 1/29/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Check out the new poster for serial killer documentary 'The Jeffrey Dahmer Files' -- Exclusive Image
More than two decades after he was sentenced to 957 years in jail for murdering 17 people, Jeffrey Dahmer remains, thankfully, America’s most notorious serial killer. Now, a new documentary from director Chris James Thompson called The Jeffrey Dahmer Files details the crimes of the so-called “Milwaukee Cannibal” using archive footage and interviews with, amongst others, one of the lead detectives on the Dahmer case and the killer’s next door neighbor. (Thompson has committed to donating any profits from the film to The Milwaukee Community Service Corps, a non-profit vocational training organization.)
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files debuts theatrically at New...
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files debuts theatrically at New...
- 1/29/2013
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
IFC Midnight has finally given dates to two very infamous films - My Amityville Horror and The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Read on for the details of when and where you can dig upon these latest two slivers of real life terror.
My Amityville Horror will be released on VOD and in select theaters March 1st. It’ll hit SundanceNOW and other VOD platforms in February. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files will see a VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15.
Directed by Eric Walter, My Amityville Horror focuses on an adult Daniel Lutz, one of the survivors of the infamous Amityville hauntings.
Chris James Thompson’s Dahmer Files is “an experimental documentary film that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991.”
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My Amityville Horror will be released on VOD and in select theaters March 1st. It’ll hit SundanceNOW and other VOD platforms in February. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files will see a VOD and limited theatrical run on February 15.
Directed by Eric Walter, My Amityville Horror focuses on an adult Daniel Lutz, one of the survivors of the infamous Amityville hauntings.
Chris James Thompson’s Dahmer Files is “an experimental documentary film that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991.”
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- 12/18/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Fango got the scoop on dates for Eric Walter’s My Amityville Horror (pictured) and Chris James Thompson’s The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, both coming from IFC Films under its IFC Midnight banner. My Amityville Horror, in which Daniel Lutz—the oldest son of the family who suffered the infamous haunting—reveals his side of the much-debated story for the first time, hits VOD and select theaters March 1, and premieres on the subscription VOD service SundanceNOW two weeks prior. See our rave review of the movie here. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files examines the infamous serial killer via exclusive interviews with those who knew him and investigated the case, plus re-enactments and vintage news footage; it premieres on VOD and in select theaters February 15. Look for a feature story on My Amityville Horror in Fango #321, on sale in February.
- 12/18/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Fango got the scoop on dates for Eric Walter’s My Amityville Horror (pictured) and Chris James Thompson’s The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, both coming from IFC Films under its IFC Midnight banner. My Amityville Horror, in which Daniel Lutz—the oldest son of the family who suffered the infamous haunting—reveals his side of the much-debated story for the first time, hits VOD and select theaters March 1, and premieres on the subscription VOD service SundanceNOW two weeks prior. See our rave review of the movie here. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files examines the infamous serial killer via exclusive interviews with those who knew him and investigated the case, plus re-enactments and vintage news footage; it premieres on VOD and in select theaters February 15. Look for a feature story on My Amityville Horror in Fango #321, on sale in February.
- 12/18/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Fango got the scoop on dates for Eric Walter’s My Amityville Horror (pictured) and Chris James Thompson’s The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, both coming from IFC Films under its IFC Midnight banner. My Amityville Horror, in which Daniel Lutz—the oldest son of the family who suffered the infamous haunting—reveals his side of the much-debated story for the first time, hits VOD and select theaters March 1, and premieres on the subscription VOD service SundanceNOW two weeks prior. See our rave review of the movie here. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files examines the infamous serial killer via exclusive interviews with those who knew him and investigated the case, plus re-enactments and vintage news footage; it premieres on VOD and in select theaters February 15. Look for a feature story on My Amityville Horror in Fango #321, on sale in February.
- 12/18/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Fango got the scoop on dates for Eric Walter’s My Amityville Horror (pictured) and Chris James Thompson’s The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, both coming from IFC Films under its IFC Midnight banner. My Amityville Horror, in which Daniel Lutz—the oldest son of the family who suffered the infamous haunting—reveals his side of the much-debated story for the first time, hits VOD and select theaters March 1, and premieres on the subscription VOD service SundanceNOW two weeks prior. See our rave review of the movie here. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files examines the infamous serial killer via exclusive interviews with those who knew him and investigated the case, plus re-enactments and vintage news footage; it premieres on VOD and in select theaters February 15. Look for a feature story on My Amityville Horror in Fango #321, on sale in February.
- 12/18/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
BAMcinématek will run its fifth annual IFC Sneaks from Friday, Oct. 26, through Sunday, Oct. 28. The series will host numerous special guests, including directors Adam Leon ("Gimme the Loot"), Chris James Thompson and detective Patrick Kennedy ("The Jeffrey Dahmer Files"), screenwriter Jose Rivera ("On The Road"), actress India Menuez ("Something in the Air"), as well as others. Additionally, seven IFC sneak previews will be showcased at the weekend event, including the New York premieres of Walter Salles' "On the Road" and Thompson's "Dahmer Files."...
- 10/22/2012
- by Justin Krajeski
- Indiewire
Fango has learned that IFC Films has snagged the rights to Dracula 3D and will release it under the IFC Midnight label in 2013; further details are forthcoming. The latest vision of Bram Stoker’s classic, starring Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula, Rutger Hauer as Abraham Van Helsing and Asia Argento as Lucy, joins a heavy IFC lineup of fright fare for next year, including Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, Franck Khalfoun’s Maniac remake, Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral, Neil Jordan’s Byzantium, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, Justin Dix’s Crawlspace, Jon Wright’s Grabbers and a pair of genre-oriented documentaries, Rodney Ascher’s Shining examination Room 237 and Chris James Thompson’s Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Dario Argento’s in good company…...
- 10/12/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Fango has learned that IFC Films has snagged the rights to Dracula 3D and will release it under the IFC Midnight label in 2013; further details are forthcoming. The latest vision of Bram Stoker’s classic, starring Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula, Rutger Hauer as Abraham Van Helsing and Asia Argento as Lucy, joins a heavy IFC lineup of fright fare for next year, including Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, Franck Khalfoun’s Maniac remake, Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral, Neil Jordan’s Byzantium, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, Justin Dix’s Crawlspace, Jon Wright’s Grabbers and a pair of genre-oriented documentaries, Rodney Ascher’s Shining examination Room 237 and Chris James Thompson’s Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Dario Argento’s in good company…...
- 10/12/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Fango has learned that IFC Films has snagged the rights to Dracula 3D and will release it under the IFC Midnight label in 2013; further details are forthcoming. The latest vision of Bram Stoker’s classic, starring Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula, Rutger Hauer as Abraham Van Helsing and Asia Argento as Lucy, joins a heavy IFC lineup of fright fare for next year, including Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, Franck Khalfoun’s Maniac remake, Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral, Neil Jordan’s Byzantium, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, Justin Dix’s Crawlspace, Jon Wright’s Grabbers and a pair of genre-oriented documentaries, Rodney Ascher’s Shining examination Room 237 and Chris James Thompson’s Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Dario Argento’s in good company…...
- 10/12/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Fango has learned that IFC Films has snagged the rights to Dracula 3D and will release it under the IFC Midnight label in 2013; further details are forthcoming. The latest vision of Bram Stoker’s classic, starring Thomas Kretschmann as Dracula, Rutger Hauer as Abraham Van Helsing and Asia Argento as Lucy, joins a heavy IFC lineup of fright fare for next year, including Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, Franck Khalfoun’s Maniac remake, Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral, Neil Jordan’s Byzantium, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers, Justin Dix’s Crawlspace, Jon Wright’s Grabbers and a pair of genre-oriented documentaries, Rodney Ascher’s Shining examination Room 237 and Chris James Thompson’s Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Dario Argento’s in good company…...
- 10/12/2012
- by gingold@starloggroup.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Chicago – The 48th Chicago International Film Festival has released the first 22 titles in its lineup to be screened from Thursday, October 11th, through Thursday, October 25th. Over 150 films from more than 50 countries are expected to be presented at this year’s festival.
One of the most buzzed-about titles on the roster is Ben Lewin’s “The Sessions,” which stars John Hawkes as a 36-year-old man in an iron lung who decides to lose his virginity by hiring a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) with the help of his priest (William H. Macy). The film was a big hit at Sundance and received the Audience Award as well as the Special Jury Prize for ensemble acting. Another wildly anticipated picture is Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors,” which reportedly garnered the most divisive yet impassioned reactions of any selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Earning comparisons to the work of David Lynch,...
One of the most buzzed-about titles on the roster is Ben Lewin’s “The Sessions,” which stars John Hawkes as a 36-year-old man in an iron lung who decides to lose his virginity by hiring a sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) with the help of his priest (William H. Macy). The film was a big hit at Sundance and received the Audience Award as well as the Special Jury Prize for ensemble acting. Another wildly anticipated picture is Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors,” which reportedly garnered the most divisive yet impassioned reactions of any selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Earning comparisons to the work of David Lynch,...
- 8/23/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Serial killers are the subjects of endless fascination, especially in the realm of entertainment. The more heinous the crime, the more compelling it is, and that’s definitely true in the case of Jeffrey Dahmer. The cannibalistic murderer is the focus of countless movies and books; just last month, the graphic novel My Friend Dahmer was picked up for a big-screen adaptation.
His story resurfaces once again in director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, which made its world premiere at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. Soon, it will see a wider release, as a press release tells us IFC Midnight have acquired all North American and UK rights to the film.
Based on a screenplay by Thompson and his co-writers, Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those...
His story resurfaces once again in director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, which made its world premiere at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. Soon, it will see a wider release, as a press release tells us IFC Midnight have acquired all North American and UK rights to the film.
Based on a screenplay by Thompson and his co-writers, Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those...
- 8/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
In a press release made public just a few hours ago, IFC Midnight dropped some very exciting new regarding the companies acquisition of all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson's documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Being a huge fan of documentaries and such, I will definitely be looking forward to checking this out! Read on for more. In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in pr…...
- 8/9/2012
- Horrorbid
Evil. There have been many names associated with that word, but few come close to defining it. Many people consider cannibal serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer the epitome of evil. Or maybe he was just completely insane? This is all examined in the new documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
From the Press Release
IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary.
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies.
- 8/8/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
IFC Midnight is acquiring all North American and U.K. rights to Chris James Thompson's documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, which retraces the life of the infamous Milwaukee serial killer. In addition to directing, Thompson produced the documentary and co-wrote the script with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Dahmer Files made its world premiere at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. IFC MIdnight is planning an early 2013 theatrical release. Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in 1991 and sentenced to 975 years in prison for killing 17 people. Dahmer Files includes interviews a number of people involved in the case, as
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- 8/8/2012
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
New York, NY (August 8, 2012) – IFC Midnight announced today that the company is acquiring all North American and UK rights to director Chris James Thompson’s documentary The Jeffrey Dahmer Files. Thompson also produced the film with Jack Turner and co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann executive produced the project, which world premiered in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival and also played the 2012 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto. IFC Midnight is planning an early 2013 release for the documentary. In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee and sentenced to 957 years in prison for killing 17 people and dismembering their bodies. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files is a documentary that explores the city of Milwaukee by meeting those surrounding Dahmer during and after his hidden spree. Recollections from Milwaukee Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen, Police Detective Patrick Kennedy, and neighbor Pamela Bass are interwoven with archival...
- 8/8/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Here’s something to chew on. IFC Midnight has acquired all North American and UK rights to Chris James Thompson's documentary “The Jeffrey Dahmer Files,” which had its world premiere in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival (where it screened with the title "Jeff"). The specialty distributor plans an early 2013 release for the project, which investigates the life and madness of the infamous serial killer through interviews with the people of Milwaukee who knew or came into contact with Dahmer before and after his 1991 arrest. Andrew Swant and Joe Riepenhoff wrote the screenplay with Thompson, who also produced along with Jack Turner. Chris Smith and Barry Poltermann are executive producers. “Chris James Thompson has made one of the creepiest documentaries of the year that lingers in the mind long after the film has ended,” said Sundance Selects/IFC Films president Jonathan Sehring. “He's approached the...
- 8/8/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
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