Submarine Entertainment is picking up worldwide sales rights on Chris Skotchdopole’s feature directorial debut “Crumb Catcher.” The move comes just ahead of the darkly comic thriller’s Fantastic Fest world premiere.
Skotchdopole wrote, directed, edited, and produced the movie and Submarine Entertainment, a notable sales and production company, will launch sales out of the festival, which runs from Sept. 21 to Sept. 28 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas. “Crumb Catcher” was described by Fantastic Fest programmer Anna Bogutskaya as a “chamber piece that melds extreme anxiety with the worst salesmanship imaginable.” The film follows a newlywed couple held captive by an entrepreneur desperate to finance his outlandish invention with a blackmail plot.
With ten years of experience working with Glass Eye Pix, the New York independent genre production outfit led by horror auteur Larry Fessenden, Skotchdopole has amassed numerous credits on several films, including working as the cinematographer on Fessenden’s “Depraved,...
Skotchdopole wrote, directed, edited, and produced the movie and Submarine Entertainment, a notable sales and production company, will launch sales out of the festival, which runs from Sept. 21 to Sept. 28 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas. “Crumb Catcher” was described by Fantastic Fest programmer Anna Bogutskaya as a “chamber piece that melds extreme anxiety with the worst salesmanship imaginable.” The film follows a newlywed couple held captive by an entrepreneur desperate to finance his outlandish invention with a blackmail plot.
With ten years of experience working with Glass Eye Pix, the New York independent genre production outfit led by horror auteur Larry Fessenden, Skotchdopole has amassed numerous credits on several films, including working as the cinematographer on Fessenden’s “Depraved,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Odds are if you're a fan of independent genre films, you've probably come into contact with Jenn Wexler's work at one point or another. A longtime fan of horror, Wexler began her career as a producer for Glass Eye Pix, where she oversaw such projects as Mickey Keating's Darling, Robert Mockler's Like Me, Ana Asensio's Most Beautiful Island,…...
- 5/5/2019
- by Kalyn Corrigan
- JoBlo.com
"Each year, millions visit our national parks. Not everyone gets to leave." Jenn Wexler's The Ranger has been creating some genre buzz on its festival circuit, and soon it could be coming to a city near you, as theatrical release dates for New York City and Los Angeles have now been revealed, along with a tense new clip.
The Ranger will be released theatrically at New York's IFC Center on August 17th, followed by a September 7th release at Los Angeles' Laemmle Music Hall. Below, we have additional details on the new slasher film from Glass Eye Pix and Hood River Entertainment, as well as a new clip:
"After a run-in with the cops at a punk show goes sideways, Chelsea and her pals flee the city in search of a place to lay low. Running to the security of Chelsea's old, abandoned family cabin in the woods,...
The Ranger will be released theatrically at New York's IFC Center on August 17th, followed by a September 7th release at Los Angeles' Laemmle Music Hall. Below, we have additional details on the new slasher film from Glass Eye Pix and Hood River Entertainment, as well as a new clip:
"After a run-in with the cops at a punk show goes sideways, Chelsea and her pals flee the city in search of a place to lay low. Running to the security of Chelsea's old, abandoned family cabin in the woods,...
- 8/7/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
While it may do a better job at depicting the nihilistic depravity of living through social media at the detriment of “real life” than Ingrid Goes West, Robert Mockler’s Like Me still fails to capture the psychological prison this artificial life creates beyond its surface chaos. We watch Kiya (Addison Timlin) with a voyeuristic relish much like the viewers of her YouTube page—craving insanity as though it’s all an act because it very well could be exactly that. What we watch online isn’t inherently “real.” There isn’t some contract that says “Celebrity A” actually uses “Product B” and isn’t being paid to pretend. There’s no disclaimer stating if a video is staged because not knowing is part of its appeal. But what does this say about us?
That’s the question many cinematic attempts at portraying this blurring of artificial and authentic haven’t answered.
That’s the question many cinematic attempts at portraying this blurring of artificial and authentic haven’t answered.
- 2/21/2018
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
For nearly 40 years now, Larry Fessenden has been a cornerstone of the independent horror scene. He’s directed over 20 projects, produced around 70 shorts and features, and has even performed in almost 100 cinematic endeavors. One of the more recent films that Fessenden has been involved with is Robert Mockler’s Like Me, in which he co-stars alongside Addison Timlin and also serves as a producer.
Written and directed by Mockler (who makes his feature debut here), Like Me follows the social media-obsessed Kiya (Timlin), who sets out to film uncomfortable situations (robberies, kidnappings, you name it) in an effort to gain more fame and notoriety amongst the online community at large. But after she takes things too far, Kiya is faced with the ugly truth that the quest for internet fame can come with a hefty price tag attached.
Daily Dead recently had the chance to speak with Fessenden about Like Me,...
Written and directed by Mockler (who makes his feature debut here), Like Me follows the social media-obsessed Kiya (Timlin), who sets out to film uncomfortable situations (robberies, kidnappings, you name it) in an effort to gain more fame and notoriety amongst the online community at large. But after she takes things too far, Kiya is faced with the ugly truth that the quest for internet fame can come with a hefty price tag attached.
Daily Dead recently had the chance to speak with Fessenden about Like Me,...
- 2/19/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Whoever still generalizes January as a cinematic wasteland has clearly not watched Robert Mockler’s Like Me. This is an introspective timebomb that bursts with ambition, execution and payoff, all the while told through a lens that burns with the vibrant fluorescence of this first timer’s splash-making debut. Mockler has a vision that’s never sacrificed; boundaries are […]
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- 1/31/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
Robert Mockler is what you might call an up and coming success in the entertainment industry. He’s recently put his own film, Like Me, through the rigors of the SXSW (South by Southwest) Film Festival and it was a hit with many individuals. He’s a newcomer basically and thankfully is on the right track already as he’s getting rave reviews and has done a few different interviews as well. Now that his film is ready to be unleashed on the rest of the population we’ll just have to wait and see how people will react. Hopefully others will find his
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- 1/29/2018
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
Robert Mockler’s Like Me is a surreal “loner with a web page” meltdown starring Addison Timlin as the filmmaker’s millennial muse. It is, with title wordplay intended, very much a commentary on finding comfort in today’s technofied age and how civilization now measures happiness in status “likes” or hot-take “retweets.” As you might expect, some […]
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- 1/26/2018
- by Matt Donato
- Slash Film
We've already seen a fair number of films, most of them lousy, about the strange damage social-media addiction can do to the human psyche. Robert Mockler's Like Me, while hardly for every taste, rises above the pack in a few ways — ranging from its ambitious style to the out-of-whack humanity of its two lead performances. Though very unlikely to set the box office on fire, it may well benefit from word of mouth on streaming platforms, generating interest in Mockler's future work.
Addison Timlin plays Kiya, seen in the opening sequence as she stages a puzzling convenience store holdup....
Addison Timlin plays Kiya, seen in the opening sequence as she stages a puzzling convenience store holdup....
- 1/25/2018
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The horrors of our contemporary society are plentiful and genre films have always excelled at probing our cultural fears and discomforts. In Robert Mockler’s debut film, the paradox of the digital media age, which allows us to connect with everyone without ever having to meet another person in the flesh, is placed on the chopping block. Like Me is off to a winning start, with an opening that ably establishes a prankster’s joy in humiliating others in the pursuit of likes and shares, before juxtaposing this setup with an avalanche of seemingly nonsensical images that risks alienating viewers from the get-go. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, and Mockler’s striking aesthetic flair is meant to be disorienting as it comments on 21st-century modes of discourse but early...
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- 1/25/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Tomorrow evening, we’re excited to host a livestream Q&A with Like Me (review) director Robert Mockler and genre icon Larry Fessenden that will be moderated by our own Matt Donato. The event will begin at 8:20pm Est, so make sure to be on our Facebook page to catch the action! The first feature from writer/director […]
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- 1/24/2018
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Starring Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden Directed by Robert Mockler While Like Me is not dystopian in the classic science-fiction sense, it does aptly put the downer vibe across. If the present is abysmal, then the future is downright hopeless. We learn this as we follow an unhinged teenage loner called Kiya (Addison Timlin) […]
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- 1/21/2018
- by Staci Layne Wilson
- DreadCentral.com
After seeing Like Me on Dreadit yesterday and on Quiet Earth today, Like Me steps out of the ordinary. Developed by director Robert Mockler, the film involves a lonely, young woman. She documents her crime spree, via social media. Slightly reminiscent of Natural Born Killers (1994) on a smaller scale, the film involves: violence, chaos and recording it all for a live audience. The film's trailer was released late in December. New stills and a concept poster have also been released. Fans of the surreal should take a look at this intriguing film. The trailer shows Kiya (Addison Timlin) interacting with bizzare characters. A drifter tells her to stop filming. Not much later, the screen is full of strange, unconnected imagery. What happens next? Film fans will have to wait until the end of January. In late January, the film will show in select theatres, before moving to Video-on-demand in February.
- 1/11/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
As we head towards a new year, we still have plenty to celebrate in the horror and sci-fi genres in 2017, including a new trailer and release details for Like Me, which tops today's Horror Highlights. We also have details on Nitehawk Shorts Festival's streaming partnership with Sundance Now and Shudder, information on Screambox's "New Year, New Fear" titles, Hero Complex Gallery's Back to the Future screen prints, and a trailer for Cannibal Farm.
Like Me Trailer & Release Details: Kino Lorber will release Like Me in theaters on January 26th, followed by a VOD release in February. Written and directed by Robert Mockler, the film stars Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden, and Jeremy Gardner. In case you missed it, read our own Heather Wixson's SXSW review of the film here.
Synopsis: "A reckless loner (Addison Timlin, Fallen, Little Sister) sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media.
Like Me Trailer & Release Details: Kino Lorber will release Like Me in theaters on January 26th, followed by a VOD release in February. Written and directed by Robert Mockler, the film stars Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden, and Jeremy Gardner. In case you missed it, read our own Heather Wixson's SXSW review of the film here.
Synopsis: "A reckless loner (Addison Timlin, Fallen, Little Sister) sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media.
- 12/29/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Set for release next month, here’s a trailer and poster for writer/director Robert Mockler’s Like Me – his psychedelic horror-thriller feature debut, which stars stars Addison Timlin, Ian Nelson, Larry Fessenden and Jeremy Gardner.
A reckless loner (Addison Timlin) sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. After releasing a video of herself robbing a convenience store, she amasses a huge following. While traveling along the coast, she encounters a drifter, an Internet troll, and a paint huffing outsider who are all pulled into her circle of chaos, junk food, and drugs. Robert Mockler’s visually arresting debut feature, produced by indie horror veteran Larry Fessenden, takes the viewer into a world of fabricated personalities and offers a thought-provoking portrait of isolation in our increasingly digital world.
Like Me is set for release in select Us cinemas and VOD on January 26th.
A reckless loner (Addison Timlin) sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. After releasing a video of herself robbing a convenience store, she amasses a huge following. While traveling along the coast, she encounters a drifter, an Internet troll, and a paint huffing outsider who are all pulled into her circle of chaos, junk food, and drugs. Robert Mockler’s visually arresting debut feature, produced by indie horror veteran Larry Fessenden, takes the viewer into a world of fabricated personalities and offers a thought-provoking portrait of isolation in our increasingly digital world.
Like Me is set for release in select Us cinemas and VOD on January 26th.
- 12/29/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
I've got an insane trailer here for you to check out for a movie called Like Me and it looks like it's going to be a psychedelic and twisted movie. The movie comes from writer and director Robert Mockler, and it tells the story of a young woman who sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. The movie is a reflection of our times and it's loaded with some crazy, trippy visuals that are sure to enhance the experience of the story being told. Here's the synopsis:
A reckless loner (Addison Timlin) sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. After releasing a video of herself robbing a convenience store, she amasses a huge following. While traveling along the coast, she encounters a drifter, an Internet troll, and a paint huffing outsider who are all pulled into her circle of chaos,...
A reckless loner (Addison Timlin) sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. After releasing a video of herself robbing a convenience store, she amasses a huge following. While traveling along the coast, she encounters a drifter, an Internet troll, and a paint huffing outsider who are all pulled into her circle of chaos,...
- 12/29/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"An edgy vision of millennial lunacy." Kino Lorber has debuted an official trailer for the indie psychedelic horror feature titled Like Me, the feature debut of director Robert Mockler. This film is a reflection of the times, telling a twisted coming-of-age story about a young woman who sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. Starring Addison Timlin (from Little Sister, Fallen, Submission), along with Ian Nelson, Jeremy Gardner, and Larry Fessenden (who also produced it). This has some seriously trippy, neon visuals and Jodorowsky-esque set pieces that some will love, some will hate, but I'm definitely curious. The film "takes the viewer into a world of fabricated personalities and offers a thought-provoking portrait of isolation in our increasingly digital world." Worth a watch, just for the totally wild visuals alone. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Robert Mockler's Like Me, direct from YouTube:...
- 12/28/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Kino Lorber as acquired U.S. rights to Like Me, a psychedelic thriller written and directed by Robert Mockler that bowed at this year’s SXSW in the Narrative Feature competition. A January theatrical release is planned followed by a VOD release in March. Addison Timlin stars as Kiya, who posts a video of herself robbing a convenience store and amasses a huge social media following and goes on a crime spree propelled by social media broadcasts. In her quest for…...
- 11/21/2017
- Deadline
The horrors of our contemporary society are plentiful and genre films have always excelled at probing our cultural fears and discomforts. In Robert Mockler’s debut film, the paradox of the digital media age, which allows us to connect with everyone without ever having to meet another person in the flesh, is placed on the chopping block. Like Me is off to a winning start, with an opening that ably establishes a prankster’s joy in humiliating others in the pursuit of likes and shares, before juxtaposing this setup with an avalanche of seemingly nonsensical images that risks alienating viewers from the get-go. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, and Mockler’s striking aesthetic flair is meant to be disorienting as it comments on 21st-century modes of discourse but early...
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- 4/27/2017
- Screen Anarchy
In today's Horror Highlights, we have an update and a video for Clive Barker Presents: Reel Fear Horror Contest, as well as Ghost Brothers clips, The Ranger casting details, info on the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, and a new zombie-themed song on Coolzey and Soce the Elemental Wizard's new Ep, Coolsay Too.
Clive Barker Presents: Reel Fear Horror Contest: "Are you more of a slasher fan, or would you prefer a paranormal thriller? Do you like blood and guts, or do the twists and turns of psychological horror keep you on the edge of the seat? Well, now’s the chance for you and genre fans everywhere to greenlight your next favorite horror flick.
Public voting for the “Clive Barker Presents: Reel Fear Horror Contest” from Project Greenlight Digital Studios and Shudder officially opens today!
Filmmakers have submitted one-to-three minute pitches for their original horror film concepts on projectgreenlight.
Clive Barker Presents: Reel Fear Horror Contest: "Are you more of a slasher fan, or would you prefer a paranormal thriller? Do you like blood and guts, or do the twists and turns of psychological horror keep you on the edge of the seat? Well, now’s the chance for you and genre fans everywhere to greenlight your next favorite horror flick.
Public voting for the “Clive Barker Presents: Reel Fear Horror Contest” from Project Greenlight Digital Studios and Shudder officially opens today!
Filmmakers have submitted one-to-three minute pitches for their original horror film concepts on projectgreenlight.
- 4/21/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The newly formed Overlook Film Festival has announced it inaugural year programming lineup, including 37 films (20 features and 17 short films from 16 countries), along with a bevy of location-appropriate genre-themed parties, interactive events, and live experiences. This year, the festival will also fete director Roger Corman with their Master of Horror Award. The award “was established to honor a living legend who has contributed lasting innovations to the genre throughout a long career, inspiring new filmmakers for years to come.”
The fest is styled a 4-day celebration of horror that runs from April 24 – 30 at the historic Timberline Lodge located in Mt. Hood, Oregon, featured in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” as the location of the infamous Overlook Hotel. The new festival comes from some of the same minds behind the now-defunct Stanley Film Festival, a similar horror-themed gathering based in a hotel in Estes Park, Colorado that inspired Stephen King to write his 1977 “Shining” novel.
The fest is styled a 4-day celebration of horror that runs from April 24 – 30 at the historic Timberline Lodge located in Mt. Hood, Oregon, featured in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” as the location of the infamous Overlook Hotel. The new festival comes from some of the same minds behind the now-defunct Stanley Film Festival, a similar horror-themed gathering based in a hotel in Estes Park, Colorado that inspired Stephen King to write his 1977 “Shining” novel.
- 4/11/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It was a busy year for me at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival, as I had the opportunity to watch 16 films (17, including the 10th anniversary screening of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon). Here are my thoughts on the final three films that I had a chance to see while in Austin: Like Me, Game of Death, and The Honor Farm.
Like Me: I had absolutely no idea what to expect from first-time director Robert Mockler’s Like Me, but after seeing what he could do with his cautionary tale about the dangers of social media obsession, and how it can affect those unable to cope with the isolation it often leads to, I’m an instant fan of Mockler. Like Me ended up being the most unpredictably wonderful movie-going experience I had during all of SXSW 2017.
Like Me opens at a drive-thru window of a small-town convenience store,...
Like Me: I had absolutely no idea what to expect from first-time director Robert Mockler’s Like Me, but after seeing what he could do with his cautionary tale about the dangers of social media obsession, and how it can affect those unable to cope with the isolation it often leads to, I’m an instant fan of Mockler. Like Me ended up being the most unpredictably wonderful movie-going experience I had during all of SXSW 2017.
Like Me opens at a drive-thru window of a small-town convenience store,...
- 3/22/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
A haunting, neon-soaked fever dream that tackles the dangers of viral media and loneliness, first-time director Robert Mockler’s drama, Like Me, was unlike anything else I saw during the 2017 SXSW Film Festival, and features brilliant performances from Addison Timlin as Kiya and indie filmmaking icon Larry Fessenden as a man she kidnaps on her crime-fueled journey.
While in Austin, Daily Dead spoke with Mockler about his approach to the story of Like Me, his experiences collaborating with Timlin, how Fessenden became a mentor to him throughout the process of making his debut feature, and more.
Really great job, Robert. I would love to hear about where the genesis of this idea for the film came from. Clearly, there are a lot of issues that you tackle in this that are very relevant to what's going on, especially with online culture these days. You took an unusual route here, and it's incredibly fascinating.
While in Austin, Daily Dead spoke with Mockler about his approach to the story of Like Me, his experiences collaborating with Timlin, how Fessenden became a mentor to him throughout the process of making his debut feature, and more.
Really great job, Robert. I would love to hear about where the genesis of this idea for the film came from. Clearly, there are a lot of issues that you tackle in this that are very relevant to what's going on, especially with online culture these days. You took an unusual route here, and it's incredibly fascinating.
- 3/18/2017
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Like Me is more than a movie title. It’s a plea made to an entire generation of social media users. Filmmaker Robert Mockler dives into murky online waters of constant approval, fame and millennial obsessions with a like-based culture, all prevalent in society’s 21st-century screen fixation. As a junkie tweaks for their next hit, social media users also calculate their next play at attention. Yesterday’s shocks are forgotten overnight, as audiences awake with a new craving daily. Please the masses, and watch the hits roll in. But even then, when will the hunger subside?
Addison Timlin stars as Kiya, a young woman searching for her next YouTube masterpiece. Kiya’s photographic artwork only garners so much attention from internet fans (food chewing videos/yoga poses), which means the ante must be raised. It’s a “harmless” stunt, where she holds a convenience store clerk at *fake* gunpoint...
Addison Timlin stars as Kiya, a young woman searching for her next YouTube masterpiece. Kiya’s photographic artwork only garners so much attention from internet fans (food chewing videos/yoga poses), which means the ante must be raised. It’s a “harmless” stunt, where she holds a convenience store clerk at *fake* gunpoint...
- 3/17/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
The internet can be a weird and dark place, which is something I think anybody who has spent any amount of time online can agree on. How much online culture will grow to shape society versus how much society shapes online culture is still something to be seen played out around us but as we see a generation now reaching maturity having spent their entire lives inundated in broadband video and social media it's clear enough that it's doing something to us. And what that thing may be is very much the subject of Robert Mockler's striking debut feature Like Me. After posting a video of herself robbing a convenience store, Kiya (Addison Timlin) amasses a huge social media following. A reckless loner, she seeks...
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- 3/10/2017
- Screen Anarchy
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