The Buried Alive Film Festival keeps screaming in its Ninth Year
Atlanta’s Fabrefaction Theatre is recessed in a small shopping center on Edgewood Avenue, virtually invisible from the street. This is the home of the 9th Annual Buried Alive Film Festival (or BAFF). The Fabrefaction is not a “movie theater” but a “theatr ...
Ninth Annual BAFF winner movie reviews
"What The Fuck" Award: “Split” Directed by: Andy Stewart Runtime: 17 minutes Based on his body of work, Glasgow’s Andy Stewart is a fascinating filmmaker, but maybe not the type of guy you’d want to have a beer with. His debut film, “Dysmorphia, ...
Live Review: Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Skeletonwitch at Iron City Oct. 26
Review and photos by David Feltman Presumably in a bid to win “World’s Longest Tour,” Amon Amarth actually began The Deceiver of the Gods tour in Europe back in July 2013 and it reached the US in January this year. In fact, Target Audience covered the ...
Friction of Life: Building a Brand
“For the most part, we just get out there. We stay involved with the community and we don’t hesitate to give someone a card and tell them, ‘Check out our work!’" By David Feltman Hayden Bryars was a freshman at Jefferson State Community College and hea ...
Movie Review: “Tusk” (2014, Rated R)
Smith melds classic horror pacing with modern torture porn tropes. Yes, this is a Kevin Smith film. Yes, it appears to share DNA with “Human Centipede.” Yes, it is being marketed as a horror movie. No, you should not let any of these facts inform your exp ...
Film Review: “Pizza Shop The Movie”
This is the type of movie you keep rooting for, even if it doesn’t always deliver. Review by David Feltman Pulling from the Kevin Smith playbook, writer/director George O’Barts creates a blue-collar, gross-out comedy with “Pizza Shop The Movie.” The f ...
CD Review: “Constricting Rage of the Merciless” by Goatwhore
The album is relentlessly fast and coarse. Review by David Feltman Criminally underrated and perhaps unfairly pigeonholed into the blackened death metal genre, Goatwhore is one of the most consistent and hardest working acts in extreme metal. Despite m ...
Book Review: “Heavy Metal Movies”
"Heavy Metal Movies” catalogues a surprising collection of lost gems and campy stinkers, all lovingly curated by McPadden. Review by David Feltman Mike “McBeardo” McPadden likes his music as extreme as his movies. It’s a passion that shows in his writin ...
CD Review: Mastodon – “Once More ‘Round the Sun”
Once More ‘Round the Sun builds on the cleaner hard rock leanings of The Hunter. Review by David Feltman Like The Melvins or Frank Zappa, Mastodon is a band that refuses to settle. The band has tinkered and pushed its so ...
CD Review: EYEHATEGOD by EYEHATEGOD
Review by David Feltman After four albums, four years of silence, and the death of drummer Joey LaCaze, the progenitors of southern sludge seemed finished. The members had moved on to such successful side projects as Down, Superjoint Ritual, Corr ...