Let me start by saying that I truly, deep in my heart appreciate the youngsters who take all the time from their other campus pursuit to being each year’s B-Fest to life…. Read Article →

I’m too tired to think of  a joke, so have at it, guys. So, I’m not dead or anything. I was felled by a spring cold for a few days, though. Great… Read Article →

So, B-Fest back in the day ended with a Godzilla movie. They were fun and colorful and loud and woke everyone up before the trip home. Basement Fest continues that tradition. This… Read Article →

So we went old school for last Friday’s Watch Party, viewing Man Beast, a *gasp, choke* Jerry Warren movie from 1956. Running a scant 60 minutes, it was surprisingly non-painful, considering all… Read Article →

Following a sumptuous breakfast break at Walker Bros., a place that really knows what they’re about (I was especially tickled by several families having brought their kiddies in their PJs. Is that… Read Article →

In scheduling Basement Fest I try to follow a classic (i.e., out of date) B-Fest format. So midnight-ish is the “Plan 9” slot. Then the next slot is what I call the… Read Article →

So I was feeling my oats this time around and counterpunched Joe Bannerman’s choice of Boardinghouse with 1961’s Dondi. It’s a horrible schmaltzy comedy / drama adaptation of the comic strip about… Read Article →

Back to life. Well, back to work today, anyway. So two weekends ago we ran Basement Fest, the private event we started when B-Fest was shuttered for Covid. The first film was… Read Article →