Director of GIVING BIRTH TO A BUTTERFLY (2023) and proud founder of COINTELPRO

Brooklyn, New York
Joined March 2011
Despite colour's ubiquity, black-and-white remains one of cinema's most powerful visual tools. From #EIFF premieres to modern classics, we've curated 10 films on @letterboxd that prove monochrome is as bold, emotional and visually arresting as ever.
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Letterboxd Lovers for DEAD LOVER — thank you so much to all the fans who saw us on the festival trail. As we get ready to head into our official premiere week, we wanted to thank all of the stanky freaks who've been with us from the beginning. Tell your friends to get tickets at deadlovermovie.com Official screenings for premiere week: New York City
 —IFC Center
 With Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, and Leah Doz
 3/19 @ 7pm: Q&A moderated byBroeyDeschanel
 3/20 @ 7pm: Q&A moderated by Griffin Newman of the Blank Check Podcast 3/21 @ 7pm: Q&A moderated by Sarah Sherman
 3/22 @ 7pm: Q&A moderated by John Early ADDITIONAL NON-STINKY SCREENINGS AVAILABLE FOR THE FAINT OF NOSE Los Angeles —
Laemmle Glendale
 With Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie
 3/26 @ 7:30pm: Q&A moderated byVera Drew
 3/27 @ 7:40pm: Q&A moderated by Sandy Honig
 3/28 @ 7:40pm: Q&A moderated by Jamie Loftus
 3/29: @ 7:40pm: Q&A moderated by Amanda Kramer ADDITIONAL NON-STINKY SCREENINGS AVAILABLE FOR THE FAINT OF NOSE Toronto—Revue Cinema With Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Leah Doz and Lown Morrow 4/3@ 6:45pm: Q&A moderated byBruce LaBruce 4/4@ 6:45pm: Q&A moderated by Matt Johnson SOLD OUT ADDITIONAL NON-STINKY SCREENINGS AVAILABLE FOR THE FAINT OF NOSE
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NEW YORK, next week - you smell what the @IFCCenter is cookin’? Get tickets at deadlovermovie.com
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MADDIE’S SECRET is having its New York premiere at ❤️‍🔥New Directors /New Films 2026❤️‍🔥. What a dream! I’ll see you there: filmlinc.org/new-directors-n…
- MADDIE'S SECRET | New York Premiere John Early’s first feature, starring the director, in drag, as a bulimic food influencer, is bracingly comic and wrenchingly tender—a Sirkian melodrama from the age of short-form video.
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Our new poster for Nathan Silver's CAROL & JOY. Now playing exclusively on @criterionchannl
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Premieres TODAY on @criterionchannl
Check out the trailer for Nathan Silver's touching short documentary CAROL & JOY. Coming to @criterionchannl on 12/1!
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We're elated to have acquired Nathan Silver's latest film CAROL & JOY which will debut exclusively @criterionchannl 12/1.
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MADDIE’S SECRET written & directed by me! Opening night @TIFF_NET!! Discovery Programme!!!
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Charting the four seasons of a magnetic young woman unsettled by change, TENDABERRY composes an urban symphony in the key of love.
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✨Joel Potrykus's Closet Picks!✨
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TENDABERRY. The one-of-a-kind debut feature from Haley Elizabeth Anderson is streaming tomorrow. Exclusively on MUBI.
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Hit the road without leaving your couch. These films take you on journeys real, surreal, and everything in between. No map, no rules, no fixed address — just the cinema of the open road. Catch these and more, now on Fandor.
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Great December @cahierscinema cover:
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This week, we're presenting the theatrical premiere of WEEKNIGHTS (Alfred Giancarli, 2023). Observes three people on the graveyard shift. Plays every night with Q&As with Giancarli. spectacletheater.com/weeknig… vimeo.com/1037623428
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