"Life isn't about toys... it's about mistakes." FilmBuff has released a trailer for a weird indie film titled The Arbalest, a quirky romantic drama starring Mike Brune. It's about an inventor of the world's greatest toy (called the Kalt Cube) who reflects through flashbacks on his obsession with a woman who hates him. The cast includes Tallie Medel, Matthew Stanton and Felice Heather Monteith. One review describes: "If David Lynch and Wes Anderson had a cinematic baby, it might look something like The Arbalest." It won the top prize at this year's SXSW Film Festival, and looks like it has some twisted but amusing aspects to it. There's all kinds of weird touches, including the production name: "A Fake Wood Wallpaper Film." Check it. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Adam Pinney's The Arbalest, direct from YouTube: From the minds behind "Too Many Cooks" comes The Arbalest: the tale of enigmatic,...
- 11/10/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Adam Pinney’s “The Arbalest” won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at this year’s South by Southwest. Now, the drama will be released later this month for all to enjoy.
From the minds behind “Too Many Cooks,” comes the story of a famed and enigmatic toymaker named Foster Kalt (Mike Brune), the inventor of the “Kalt Cube.” The film follows him in a series of flashbacks over the course of an interview with a TV reporter while he reflects on his lifelong obsession with Sylvia Frank (Tallie Medel).
FilmBuff Movies released a new trailer for the upcoming movie, which features Kalt discussing his first meeting with the apple of his eye, to years later stalking her from a cabin in the woods.
Read More: SXSW 2016 Review: Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘The Arbalest’ Isn’t For Everyone
The film is produced by Fake Wood Wallpaper, the same...
From the minds behind “Too Many Cooks,” comes the story of a famed and enigmatic toymaker named Foster Kalt (Mike Brune), the inventor of the “Kalt Cube.” The film follows him in a series of flashbacks over the course of an interview with a TV reporter while he reflects on his lifelong obsession with Sylvia Frank (Tallie Medel).
FilmBuff Movies released a new trailer for the upcoming movie, which features Kalt discussing his first meeting with the apple of his eye, to years later stalking her from a cabin in the woods.
Read More: SXSW 2016 Review: Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘The Arbalest’ Isn’t For Everyone
The film is produced by Fake Wood Wallpaper, the same...
- 11/9/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
After being behind the Adult Swim viral sensation Too Many Cooks, the production team of Fake Wood Wallpaper Films brought their latest film, The Arbalest, to South by Southwest Film Festival this year. Written and directed by Adam Pinney, it picked up the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature and now it’ll get a release later this month.
A shape-shifting dark comedy, which follows the life of a toymaker and inventor, the first trailer has now arrived today, which throws around comparisons to Wes Anderson and David Lynch. We said in our review, “The Arbalest is one of the sharpest black comedies of recent memory, never apologizing or justifying the insanity of Kalt as those around him and the audience watch with morbid curiosity as to what he’ll do next and why.”
Check out the trailer and poster below.
From the minds behind “Too Many Cooks” comes...
A shape-shifting dark comedy, which follows the life of a toymaker and inventor, the first trailer has now arrived today, which throws around comparisons to Wes Anderson and David Lynch. We said in our review, “The Arbalest is one of the sharpest black comedies of recent memory, never apologizing or justifying the insanity of Kalt as those around him and the audience watch with morbid curiosity as to what he’ll do next and why.”
Check out the trailer and poster below.
From the minds behind “Too Many Cooks” comes...
- 11/9/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Albert Lamorisse, the talented maker of fantasy short films and the board game Risk (here the game is rebranded as The Arbalest) influences a young Foster Kalt, a dreamer whose invention, despite being dazzling, is laughed at on the eve of its debut in 1968. His proposal is a device that converts oxygen to helium, filling a balloon without a clunky tank. It appears the world, or at least the object of his affection, prefers the Rubik’s Cube.
Luckily for writer/director Adam Pinney, The Arbalest is a far more fitting title than Risk. A piercingly original and very funny debut feature, the picture takes no prisoners as it constantly changes shapes and form. Its subject, the elusive fictional Foster Kalt (Mike Brune), is a narcissist who takes aim at those that dare laugh at him — an unholy combo of Donald Trump’s ego and The Hudsucker Proxy’s Norville Barnes...
Luckily for writer/director Adam Pinney, The Arbalest is a far more fitting title than Risk. A piercingly original and very funny debut feature, the picture takes no prisoners as it constantly changes shapes and form. Its subject, the elusive fictional Foster Kalt (Mike Brune), is a narcissist who takes aim at those that dare laugh at him — an unholy combo of Donald Trump’s ego and The Hudsucker Proxy’s Norville Barnes...
- 5/12/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Inspired by the cult obsessions around icons like Lou Reed and Klaus Kinski, the sort that points to an artist’s work as forgiveness for ugly behavior, “The Arbalest” similarly presents a prickly personality while displaying some unique merits. A period film at first look, director Adam Pinney frames this folk tale of obsession in a parallel reality, with history getting a revisionist tweak, jumping back and forth over a decade in the mind of Foster Kalt (Mike Brune), an enigmatic toymaker during the ‘60s and ‘70s. A definite vision sells the world that Pinney aims to create, but the flat characters that populate the film prove it as little more than an ambitious curio piece. Emotionally, “The Arbalest” explores the dangerous lengths of nagging regret. It opens in 1968, within a hotel room during a toy convention, as Foster Kalt meets the woman that will haunt him -- or he...
- 3/22/2016
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
Title: The Arbalest Director: Adam Pinney Cast: Mike Brune, Tallie Medel, Felice Monteith, Matt Stanton and Marc Farley Trying to decipher the complicated and puzzling nature of people’s complex emotions can be a bewildering experience, especially when their intentions are seemingly drastically different from your own. That’s certainly the case with both the main character and the story in first-time feature film director Adam Pinney’s new drama, ‘The Abalest.’ The movie, which the filmmaker also wrote the script for, chronicles a mystifying anti-hero’s baffling motivations as he unsuccessfully pursues the woman he proclaims to love, who doesn’t reciprocate his romantic feelings, for nearly a decade. The drama, which received the [ Read More ]
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- 3/21/2016
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
A narrative film about an obsessive toymaker and a documentary that re-creates the University of Texas sniper attacks were the big winners on Tuesday night
The 2016 SXSW film festival awarded its top prizes on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.
The Arbalest, from first-time film-maker Adam Pinney, won the grand jury prize for narrative feature. Past winners of the award include Short Term 12 – the indie film that put Brie Larson on the map before Room won her an Oscar – and last year’s family drama Krisha, which opens this Friday in the Us. Pinney’s film centers on a famed 1970s toy inventor and his lifelong obsession with a woman named Sylvia Frank.
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The 2016 SXSW film festival awarded its top prizes on Tuesday in Austin, Texas.
The Arbalest, from first-time film-maker Adam Pinney, won the grand jury prize for narrative feature. Past winners of the award include Short Term 12 – the indie film that put Brie Larson on the map before Room won her an Oscar – and last year’s family drama Krisha, which opens this Friday in the Us. Pinney’s film centers on a famed 1970s toy inventor and his lifelong obsession with a woman named Sylvia Frank.
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- 3/16/2016
- by Nigel M Smith
- The Guardian - Film News
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.NEWSDr No. Production design by Ken Adam.Our beloved production designer Ken Adam, the man behind Stanley Kubrick's War Room and the glacial period interiors of Barry Lyndon, as well as defining the look of the most gloriously grandiose era of James Bond films, has passed away.Austin's cultural mega-event South by Southwest has just announced the winners of its film festival competition, with Adam Pinney's The Arbalest taking home the Grand Jury prize for Narrative Feature and Keith Maitland's Tower the Documentary Feature Grand Jury prize. We were at the festival but, alas, didn't catch either of those films. Our favorite coverage of SXSW has been David Hudson's writing on Richard Linklater's new feature, Everybody Wants Some!! at Keyframe.The brilliant new film magazine Fireflies,...
- 3/16/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
“The Arbalest,” director Adam Pinney’s ’60s and ’70s-set comedy about a toymaker, has been named the best competition feature of the 2016 South By Southwest feature film jury. The film won in a field of 10 world-premiere films selected from more than 1,400 submissions. The jury, which included TheWrap’s film critic Alonso Duralde, gave Andre Royo and Lily Rabe special acting awards for “Hunter Gatherer” and “Miss Stevens,” respectively. In the documentary competition, the top prize went to Keith Maitland’s “Tower,” an animated film about America’s first mass shooting. It also won the Louis Black “Lone Star” award. Other docs that.
- 3/16/2016
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Adam Pinney’s period pic The Arbalest took the narrative feature tonight as the SXSW fest announced its award winners at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. Keith Maitland’s Tower, which chronicles the 1966 mass shooting at the University of Texas, won the documentary feature prize. Here is the full list of winners: Feature Film Grand Jury Awards Narrative Feature Competition Winner: The Arbalest Director: Adam Pinney Special Jury Recognition for Best Actor: Hunter…...
- 3/16/2016
- Deadline
The Jury and Special Award winners were announced for the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival on Tuesday, with Adam Pinney's The Arbalest taking the top prize for narrative film and Keith Maitland's Tower winning for documentary. Mike Birbiglia, director of Don't Think Twice, which debuted at SXSW on March 13, hosted the awards ceremony at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas. The Audience Awards will be announced separately on Saturday, March 19. The Jury Award-winners in Shorts Filmmaking and Film Design were also announced Tuesday, as well as Special Awards, including the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award
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- 3/15/2016
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As part of the Atlanta-based film collective Fake Wood Wallpaper, Adam Pinney has accumulated credits as an actor, editor, cinematographer, camera operator, grip, producer and director on projects such as Joe Swanberg’s 24 Exposures and Alex Orr’s A Is for Alex. With his latest project, The Arbalest, which has its world premiere tonight in the narrative feature competition at SXSW, Pinney makes his feature debut as a writer-director with a distinct visual aesthetic. The Arbalest, which was selected for the 2015 Ifp Narrative Lab, tells the story of Foster Kalt (Mike Brune), a famous and reclusive toy inventor, who reflects on his lifelong obsession with Sylvia Frank […]...
- 3/14/2016
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
SXSW has some big, starry movies on the way, but it has long been the place where emerging filmmakers can make their voices heard, and writer/director Adam Pinney is one of them hoping to make his mark this year. He'll be unveiling his debut feature film, "The Arbalest," and today we have the exclusive trailer for what looks like a unique comedy. Read More: SXSW Adds New Fede Alvarez Thriller, Remastered 'Phantasm,' Sundance Hits 'Newtown,' 'Morris From America,' And More Starring Mike Brune and Tallie Medel, the movie follows a '70s toy inventor who recounts his life and the obsession with one woman he couldn't let go. Here's the synopsis: Foster Kalt, a famous toy inventor in the 1970s, reflects on his lifelong obsession with Sylvia Frank. From his first meeting with Sylvia in a New York Hotel Room in 1968, to years later when...
- 3/9/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Ready to premiere shortly as part of SXSW's Narrative Feature Competition, The Arbalest has a very intriguing premise: Foster Kalt, a famous toy inventor in the 1970s, reflects on his lifelong obsession with Sylvia Frank. From his first meeting with Sylvia in a New York Hotel Room in 1968, to years later when he is stalking her from a cabin in the woods, the puzzle pieces of Kalt's obsession come together to form his latest, shocking invention. Adam Pinney wrote and directed; he's an industry vet with credits as a writer, editor, and director of photography (Joe Swanberg's 24 Exposures). Mike Brune and Tallie Medel star. Here's a clip that hints at the drama that awaits. The Arbalest will screen at SXSW next Monday, Tuesday,...
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- 3/7/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Foster Kalt, a famous toy inventor in the 1970s, reflects on his lifelong obsession with Sylvia Frank. From his first meeting with Sylvia in a New York Hotel Room in 1968, to years later when he is stalking her from a cabin in the woods, the puzzle pieces of Kalt’s obsession come together to form his latest, shocking invention. The film stars Mike Brune & Tallie Medel and was written, edited, and directed by Adam Pinney. “The Arbalest” is part of SXSW Film Festivals 2016 Narrative Feature Competition starting on March 11.
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- 2/18/2016
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Sundance has only just wrapped up, and already we’re thinking abut the next big film festival on our horizon. SXSW 2016 runs March 11th through the 19th in Austin, TX, and while there are still a few more titles to come — including my personal favorite section, the Midnighters — the bulk of the titles playing this year’s fest have just been announced. My own most-anticipated of the festival is John Michael McDonagh’s War on Everyone (pictured above) as his last film, Calvary, was my favorite of 2014. Other highlights include Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice, Ti West’s In a Valley of Violence, and Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special. Narrative Feature Competition Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,442 narrative feature submissions in 2016. The Arbalest Director/Screenwriter: Adam Pinney The inventor of the world’s greatest toy reflects on his decade-long obsession with a woman who hates him. Cast:...
- 2/4/2016
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Top brass at the festival announced on Tuesday several sections of the features line-up for the 23rd edition, set to run from March 11-19, 2016 in Austin, Texas.
SXSW will screen 139 features of which 89 are world premieres, 13 are North American Premieres and 8 are Us premieres selected from 2,456 feature submissions (1,467 Us and 990 international). Fifty-two films hail from debutants.
Narrative Feature Competition selections are: The Arbalest by Adam Pinney; Before The Sun Explodes by Debra Eisenstadt; Claire In Motion by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell; collective:unconscious by collective:unconscious (Lily Baldwin, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, Lauren Wolkstein); Donald Cried by Kris Avedisian; Hunter Gatherer by Josh Locy; Miss Stevens by Julia Hart; The Other Half by Joey Klein; A Stray by Musa Syeed; and Transpecos by Greg Kwedar.
Documentary Feature Competition entries are: Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America by Matt Ornstein; Alive And Kicking by Susan Glatzer; Best And Most Beautiful Things directed by Garrett Zevgetis; Goodnight...
SXSW will screen 139 features of which 89 are world premieres, 13 are North American Premieres and 8 are Us premieres selected from 2,456 feature submissions (1,467 Us and 990 international). Fifty-two films hail from debutants.
Narrative Feature Competition selections are: The Arbalest by Adam Pinney; Before The Sun Explodes by Debra Eisenstadt; Claire In Motion by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell; collective:unconscious by collective:unconscious (Lily Baldwin, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, Lauren Wolkstein); Donald Cried by Kris Avedisian; Hunter Gatherer by Josh Locy; Miss Stevens by Julia Hart; The Other Half by Joey Klein; A Stray by Musa Syeed; and Transpecos by Greg Kwedar.
Documentary Feature Competition entries are: Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America by Matt Ornstein; Alive And Kicking by Susan Glatzer; Best And Most Beautiful Things directed by Garrett Zevgetis; Goodnight...
- 2/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
There will be late additions, but the bulk of this year’s SXSW feature film slate has been unveiled. From the festival, here’s the rundown section by section. Obvious highlights: world premieres of Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some and Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, Joel Potrykus’ follow-up to Buzzard, and a documentary about the making of Smokey and the Bandit from Jesse Moss (The Overnighters). Narrative Feature Competition Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,443 narrative feature submissions in 2016. The Arbalest Director/Screenwriter: Adam Pinney The inventor of the world’s greatest toy reflects on his decade-long obsession with a woman […]...
- 2/2/2016
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
There will be late additions, but the bulk of this year’s SXSW feature film slate has been unveiled. From the festival, here’s the rundown section by section. Obvious highlights: world premieres of Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some and Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, Joel Potrykus’ follow-up to Buzzard, and a documentary about the making of Smokey and the Bandit from Jesse Moss (The Overnighters). Narrative Feature Competition Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,443 narrative feature submissions in 2016. The Arbalest Director/Screenwriter: Adam Pinney The inventor of the world’s greatest toy reflects on his decade-long obsession with a woman […]...
- 2/2/2016
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...
- 7/22/2015
- by admin
- IONCINEMA.com
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