By the time he became a YouTube celebrity earlier this decade, Jack Rebney had already established himself as a cult phenomenon in the 1990s. He found his fame courtesy of copied and recopied VHS tapes in circulation that depicted the mustachioed Winnebago salesman going off on angry profanity-filled rants between takes of an infomercial shot [...]
Archive for the ‘Screenings and Events’ Category
The LFC Review – “Winnebago Man”
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged brattle theater, Winnebago Man, Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, American Movie, Kendall Square Theater, South by Southwest, SXSW, Hot Docs film festival on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Brattle Theatre Trailer Smackdown 2010
Posted in Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Brattle Theatre, Trailer Smackdown, Trailer Treats on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve ever wanted to make your own film but don’t have the millions of dollars needed to fund it, why not do the next best thing – create a trailer for it! The Brattle Theatre recently announced their Trailer Smackdown 2010 contest, and the deadline for entries is quickly approaching. The idea is pretty [...]
“Shutter Island” screens at Chelmsford Public Library June 17
Posted in Screenings and Events, tagged Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese, Dennis Lehane, Chelmsford Public Library, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, One Book One Chelmsford on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Shutter Island Thursday, June 17 | 6:30PM Chelmsford Public Library 25 Boston Road, Chelmsford Free admission In case you missed it in theaters but still want to enjoy the crazy ride in a group setting, Shutter Island – Martin Scorsese’s hit adaptation of the eerie Dennis Lehane novel – will screen at the Chelmsford Public [...]
Standing room only at “Enlighten UP!” screening!
Posted in Screenings and Events on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The LFC has been flying on air from our last two film events, Browsing Through Birke’s and Enlighten Up! It seems our wishes for hosting full-house screenings and bringing the community together around film have been granted as of late, and we are here to thank YOU. Thank you for your attendance and support; thank you [...]
Thanks / More Film!
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged (500) Days of Summer, Birke's Department Store Lowell, BromYoga, Browsing Through Birke's, Chelmsford Public Library, Enlighten Up, Jon Brandi, Life Alive, Szifra Birke on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We here at the Lowell Film Collaborative couldn’t be happier or more honored for the wonderful turnout we had on Tuesday at the National Park Visitor Center for our community screening of the documentary Browsing Through Birke’s. Our partnership for this (ad)venture with Szifra Birke, daughter of the film’s subjects Nathan and Sally Birke, has [...]
Local film news, courtesy of NewEnglandFilm.com
Posted in Film Festivals, Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Boston Film Festival, Boston LGBT Film Festival, Camden International Film Festisval, CT Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Kevin Bright, Mass Cultural Council, New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival, Perkins School for the Blind, Principle Pictures Plymouth Mass, Vermont Film Commission, Walpole HS Film Festival, Williamstown Film Festival on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We at the LFC try to keep our fingers on the pulse of Great New England film news. Here are some juicy nuggets, courtesy of one of our favorite online resources, NewEnglandFilm.com. It’s worth the time to sign up for their e-mail notifications, especially if you’re a local film festival buff — there are film fests aplenty [...]
Cult Horror – An LFC Guilty Pleasure
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Army of Darkness, brattle theater, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, Evil Dead: The Musical, House, mill city mayhem, Nobuhiko Obayahshi, Rocky Horror Picture Show, sam raimi on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As those of you who followed or attended our 2009 Mill City Mayhem event know, the Lowell Film Collaborative has a soft spot for horror films. This weekend, we are getting the chance to indulge in our guilty pleasure at not one but two unique events easily categorized as “cult horror.” The ghoulish fun began [...]
Disney’s “Up” Screening at Chelmsford Library Tomorrow
Posted in Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged Chelmsford Public Library, Christopher Plummer, Ed Asner, John Ratzenberger, Jordan Nagai, Up on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Disney’s Up Thursday, January 21 @ 7PM Chelmsford Public Library McCarthy Meeting Room 43 Newfield St., North Chelmsford Free and open to the public! After a lifetime of dreaming of traveling the world, 78-year-old homebody Carl flies away on an unbelievable adventure, with Russell, an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer, unexpectedly in tow. Together, the unlikely pair embarks on a [...]
Free Fantastic Films Are Right in Your Backyard!
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events, Screenings and Events Outside Lowell, tagged (500) Days of Summer, Chelmsford Public Library, Film Movement, Mine, Moon, Nashua Public Library, Pollard Library, The Inglorious Basterds on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve convinced yourself there are no indie film viewing opportunities in Lowell and the surrounding area, you just aren’t looking hard enough. In addition to the events hosted by the Lowell Film Collaborative, several libraries in our vicinity offer regular free film events. On the second Thursday of each month, the Pollard Library right here in [...]
El Dia de Los Muertos
Posted in Lowell Screenings and Events, Movie Rants-N-Raves, Screenings and Events, tagged The Music Hall, mill city mayhem, Second Wind Cafe, Middlesex Community College, Nancye Tuttle, Nightmare New England, The Black Cat, The Innocents, The Children, Dead End, Splinter, Fear(s) of the Dark, Wendigo, Long Weekend, The Exorcist, Linda Blair on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the Day of the Dead descends upon us, we here at the Lowell Film Collaborative are giggling with an evil grin, as we have had a frightfully fantastic Halloween season over the past few weeks. It all started with a hugely successful Mill City Mayhem event at Second Wind Cafe on October 24. Then, [...]




