Articles & Interviews about I Love Bad Movies
"What to Look Out For at the Brooklyn Zine Fest 2013"
Time Out NY's feature on the Brooklyn Zine Fest 2013 included almost every copy of I Love Bad Movies in a big pile-up photo for the This Week section. Many thanks to editor Andrew Frisicano, who put together well-crafted blurbs about I Love Bad Movies and other zines and zine makers we love, all of whom joined us at the Brooklyn Zine Fest. In print April 18-24, 2013. 
"My Favorite Contemporary Zines"
in Utne Reader Jay Ruttenberg, editor of The Lowbrow Reader, chooses I Love Bad Movies in this guest column on self-published treats. When it comes to respectful appreciation of subpar film, our zine "taps into the phenomenon with gusto." August 13, 2012 - Online Nov/Dec 2013 Issue - Print Mass Appeal's "Know Your Zine"
How we develop each new issue, which bad movie makers we'd love to talk with, the films we used to think were good but are now ashamed of, and more. September 28, 2012 Arts Feature & Interview in the Brooklyn Paper
"The Worst Hollywood Has to Offer"
Featuring a photo of (part of) our extensive VHS collection, this article profiles the zine as well as its creators (Kseniya & Matt), and serves as a preview for our then-upcoming variety show in Brooklyn. We took our Quiet Cool poster out of storage just for this photo shoot with the Brooklyn Paper's staff photographer, so you know it was a big deal for us! September 17, 2012 Indiewire's "Movie Lovers We Love"
Indiewire loves movies, and they also love other people who love movies. A perfect match for I Love Bad Movies, right? And this time, someone finally asks us about the good movies we love. July 13, 2012 Design Envy In recognition of Kseniya's excellent design skills and our cover artists' great work, I Love Bad Movies was featured on industry blog Design Envy. It's nice to be appreciated for our looks and not just our words. May 2, 2012 Capital New York: "At the First Annual Brooklyn Zine Fest..." Well-researched article about zine history in New York, zines in general, and the Brooklyn Zine Fest. Includes many sound bites and tidbits from an interview with Kseniya & Matt. April 19, 2012 WNYC Interviews Matt at the Brooklyn Zine Fest Arun Venugopal of radio station WNYC stopped by the I Love Bad Movies table at the Brooklyn Zine Fest to talk with Matt about bad movies, the story behind the zine, and why we love this project. April 16, 2012 Unemployed Philosophers Guild "Guestperts" Feature In which we talk with Jay Stern, social media maven for UPG, makers of intelligent novelty products (i.e. Virginia Woolf plush dolls and Freudian Slippers.) March 14, 2012 |
Reviews of I Love Bad Movies
One Minute Zine Reviews (of Issue #5, our latest): "It's like a 2am movie festival at the last drive-in within 100 miles."
Movie Puke One Minute Zine Reviews: Audio review of Issue 4, "Kids' Movies" (Click on red and white button to listen) Syndicated Zine Reviews of I Love Bad Movies #1 One Minute Zine Reviews: Looking back at our first two issues, two years after they were published! Hold Onto Yr Genre Panel Patter Blog Mentions
The Cinematologist
Nevermind the Bolex Laura Jayne Martin Jeremy Jusay Mark Burrier Panel Patter Oct. 2010 in Review Tiny Paper Hearts "From A to Zine": An Interview with The Blood Sprayer
Accompanied by contributors Tenebrous Kate, Christine Makepeace of Paracinema, and Kevin Maher. March 1, 2012 "Meet Your Zine Maker" Segment for the Brooklyn Zine Fest Why we make zines, what we like to read, and what we do when we're not watching bad movies. Dec. 1, 2011 The Hoot! Radio Show- Bad Movie Edition Kseniya & Matt chat with I Love Bad Movies contributor and Emmy-winning Daily Show writer Elliott Kalan on Eleanor Kagan's radio show The Hoot! (Play button and download links near bottom) June 27, 2011 Gelf Magazine - "For the Love of Gigli" An interview with Gelf Magazine writer Lucas Hazlett shortly before our first-ever public presentation at a variety show in a DUMBO art gallery. Sept. 27, 2010 |
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