“I WENT TO THE DANCE/J’AI ETE AU BAL is a feature-length documentary made in the late 1980s by Arhoolie Records producer, Chris Strachwitz, the late celebrated filmmaker Les Blank and me. The film has been digitally restored in 5k, a rare process for a documentary film, through Blank’s son, Harrod, and digital restoration magician Anthony […]
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Facebook Contest – Win MY SALINGER YEAR on Apple TV from Mongrel Media!

It’s a new Get Reel Giveaway and we are THRILLED to feature the much-anticipated new title MY SALINGER YEAR from Mongrel Media! We have some Apple TV digital copies up for grabs, so visit our Facebook page to enter. Contest runs now until March 5th. ABOUT: In New York City in the late ‘90s, Joanna […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE GOOD WIFE’S GUIDE director Chloe Merriman

As part of the Texas High School Shorts Program, THE GOOD WIFE’S GUIDE is a take on 1950s housewife culture based off of Housekeeping Monthly‘s article “The Good Wife’s Guide” published in 1955. We spoke with director Chloe Merriman who is premiering the title at SxSW 2021 Online. Welcome to SxSW and congratulations! Is this […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – HOLOGRAPHIC DREAMS & A REALLY DARK COMEDY writer Jackson Coates

HOLOGRAPHIC DREAMS, which is about a teenage boy goes on an exploration of his own fears about death, religion, and sin is celebrating its Texas Premiere, and A REALLY DARK COMEDY is having its world premiere at SxSW Online; In a frantic rush to ask his crush out to prom, Gus and his friend Elliot […]
SxSW 2021 Interview – THE EXPECTED director Carolina Sandvik

Having its North American premiere at SxSW 2021 Online, THE EXPECTED is about a father-to-be ends up in a feverish nightmare after a miscarriage, when a strange entity seems to be growing in the mother’s blood. We spoke to director Carolina Sandvik ahead of the film’s screening in the Animated Shorts Competition. Welcome to SxSW! […]
Facebook Contest Weekend! Win copies of THE MAURITANIAN, THE WORLD TO COME, ZAPPA & THE END OF THE STORM!
It’s another weekend of Get Reel Giveaways over on our Facebook Page! We have FOUR new titles up for grabs! All are in separate posts on Facebook and you are welcome to enter all of them! See below for previews and information on each title. THE MAURITANIAN ABOUT: Directed by Kevin Macdonald and based on […]
Facebook Contest – Win a Free Rental of MINARI on the Cineplex Store!

From our always-wonderful promo partners at Taro PR, Elevation Pictures & Cineplex, we have a few rental codes for the much-anticipated new release MINARI up for grabs! ABOUT: A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and […]
Facebook Contest – Win passes to an advance virtual screening of THE MAURITANIAN!

Hey Canada! Remember when you used to win those screening passes to see advance screenings at your local movie theatre? They still exist but now they are online to watch in the safety and comfort of your own home. Our friends at Elevation Pictures and Taro PR have partnered with us for an upcoming Virtual […]
Facebook Weekend Giveaway! Win copies of LAST CALL, COLLECTIVE or WRONG TURN!

It’s a weekend Get Reel Giveaway! Along with our current running contest of THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, we are also thrilled to do a contest with our NEW partners at Mill Creek Entertainment for the upcoming release of the Indie hit LAST CALL. In addition, our terrific partners at Mongrel Media also have sent […]
Facebook Contest: Win a copy of THE CROODS: A NEW AGE on Blu Ray from Universal!

Yes our faithful Get Reel Movies friends, we are doing another contest and this time with our friends over at Universal Pictures and Taro PR. We have a few Blu Ray copies of THE CROODS: A NEW AGE, the new sequel to the animated hit THE CROODS, and we want to get some physical Blu […]