Emily Carmichael is the next great writer-director of the kind of movies I love. Her ability to find warmth and humanity in genre storytelling is a superpower in itself.”
what we are seeing here is the emergence of a unique voice in american cinema; a new, great, fantasy comedienne.
…brings awkward perfection to a tenuous, star cross’d love while treating their courtship as both realistic and epic. A clever blend of rudeness and romance.
The Reagans and Sex Parties: Recapping Female Sexual Fantasies in Film | Filmmaker Magazine.
Happy to be the first ever repeat guest on Breakfast Quest, Nick Amadeus and Lars Casteen’s podcast about obscure or forgotten kid’s shows. This episode: BRAVE STAR.
“Every once in a while, a love story comes and blows you away. “
Cereal Prize is a pop culture website which I think is just run entirely by Topher Grace, on his own, ravenously scouring the internet for amusing things. Here is what that might look like. ‘RPG OKC’ by Emily Carmichael – Cereal Prize.
This is my first appearance on Breakfast Quest, Nick Amadeus and Lars Casteen’s podcast dealing with obscure (in this case, not so obscure) and forgotten kids’ shows.
Monday Short: Double Feature! ‘RPG OKC’ & ‘Fool Me Once’ | Tribeca.
Those exposed to some of the great animated shorts playing the festival circuit in 2013 knows that there were plenty of finer entries: My favorite among the ones not nominated was the delightful “RPG OKC,” but the apocalyptic “The Event” also deserves singling out.
“Like everybody else in this racket, I’ve already published my top 10 list — well, a lot of top 10 lists, including my favorite distributed and undistributed movies, best performances and so on — but no single numerical overview can possibly convey the full range of movie experiences this year. As a result, much slips through the cracks, and even after publishing list after list I’m left with a desire to single out a few more titles.”
Via Google Translate: If you like video games with very large pixels and love stories like, for the short film this week, “RGP OKC” is exactly the right thing. Through an online dating portal to learn a cat woman from the desert (which, incidentally, the daughter…
“Carmichael has a unique style, and she’s a director who’s not afraid to take chances and go out on a limb. She’s a diverse filmmaker who can handle live action as well as thought-provoking animation, á la Richard Linklater.”