MODULUS STUDIOS

10/13/2024

JUST BACK FROM HIFF!

And STILL buzzing from the debut of HOMEGROWN at Honolulu Intl. Film Fest! I met incredible people, watched amazing films and had many thought-provoking conversations.

Modulus Studio was proud to have consulted on and helped prep the 8 short docs for the PBS series HOMEGROWN: A PART OF, A PART FROM.

10/13/2024

Words cannot express the amazing time I had at the HOMEGROWN debut at HIFF (Honolulu Intl. Film Fest) with the amazing Firelight Media team, and new friends from PIC (Pacific Islanders in Communication) and The Reciprocity Project. I learned so much, saw great films and had great conversations! Thank you to all!

Modulus proudly consulted, wrangled and prepped 8 short docs for the PBS series HOMEGROWN: A PART OF, A PART FROM, including DCP and master deliverables for PBS streaming and broadcast.

09/21/2024

Awesome film alert! THE OFFICIALS

The administrators and clerks that run our elections are extremely dedicated and serious individuals that really love their jobs (despite all the flack as of recent). Meet four of these heroes from swing states Wisconsin, Michigan and Florida in THE OFFICIALS, by Margo Guernsey and Sara Archambault.

Streaming for free at TIME.com.
Color Correction and Online by Modulus

US election officials of four battleground states hold the line against organized efforts to undermine their work ahead of the 2024 elections

06/26/2024

NY City friends - A super interesting doc we are proud to have worked on is screening, twice!

Thursday June 28th, 7pm
DOC NYC SELECTS at Museum of the Moving Image
Q&A afterwards

Friday June 29th, 7pm
at IFC
Q&A afterwards

Directed by Miao Wang (Beijing Taxi) and Hao Wu (76 Days), ADMISSIONS GRANTED follows the main players on both sides of the landmark Supreme Court case (SFFA v. Harvard) that killed affirmative action in 2023. It’s a thought-provoking look at the complicated nature of affirmative action and our nations increasing polarization on matters of race, equity, and inclusion.

Color and Sound by Modulus

05/09/2024

If you appreciate 'film', as a medium that helped shape post-war modern American culture, then you are going to love Peter Flynn's FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!, where you'll meet these hilarious, dogmatic, adorable, daring and sometimes boorish, suburban packrats who fell in love with film at an early age and just kept going.

Mixed in glorious stereo at Modulus

This weekend at the Brattle: https://brattlefilm.org/movies/film-is-dead-long-live-film/

The doc profiles Eric Grayson and his 20+ year project KING OF THE KONGO, who are also appearing at the Somerville on Sunday: https://www.somervilletheatre.com/production/king-of-the-kongo/
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FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM! explores the vanishing world of private film collecting—an obsessive, secretive, often illicit world of basement film vaults, piled-high with forgotten reels, inhabited by passionate cinephiles devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film. The result is a lively and loving tribute to the private film collector, a celebration of the fetishistic subculture of pre-video movie-love, and a timely reminder of the glories of analog film.

“Spectacular… a massive treat for cinephiles. A wave of nostalgia and wonder is felt in every scene.” – Film Threat

"Funny and observant… immensely entertaining!” – The Independent

05/04/2024

Kathryn Ramey asks the question: How can a gr**go create art in Puerto Rico without exacerbating the ever-present oppression or exploiting its natural beauty? The result is the imaginative, thought-provoking and transportive EL SIGNO VACIO. I mean come on - At one point 16mm film is developed in seawater!

Catch its debut on Sunday 3:30pm, at IFFBoston, projected from a fresh new 35mm print

Mixed at Modulus in glorious stereo sound

https://iffboston.org/series/the-festival/screening/signo-vacio-

05/02/2024

It’s one of our most polarizing national debates; this incredible doc introduces us to the main players and boils down the complexity surrounding affirmative action. Come see ADMISSIONS GRANTED at IFFBoston on Friday at the Brattle in Cambridge, or catch it later in SF, LA or DC.

Mix and pix by Modulus

More info on screenings and air date here: https://www.msnbc.com/AdmissionsGranted

05/02/2024

Excellent Film Alert!!!

TALLYWACKER has a wheelchair-bound protagonist, an awesome rock-n-roll soundtrack (Pixies,Nada Surf, Mission of Burma, etc.) and constant laugh-out-loud gags. Plain, puerile fun and highly recommended!

Kickbutt rockin’ mix @ Modul.us

Updates! Awarded Special Jury Prize at IFFBoston 2024, also Tallywacker received an Honorable Mention in the Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Features at the 2024 Dances With Films award ceremony

Aleister, a disabled musician, gets to live his rock star dreams while his best friend reluctantly tags along for the ride.

04/26/2024

Excellent Film Alert!!! THE PHILADELPHIA ELEVEN

In THE PHILADELPHIA ELEVEN we meet courageous women, who fought and changed the Episcopal Church’s 500 year-old rule barring women from priesthood. Directors’ Margo Guernsey and Nikki Bramley captured a previously unseen movement, in a beautiful, well-crafted film that's informative, uplifting and inspiring. So far it’s had over 250 independent screenings. Catch it at a cinema or church near you. Highly recommended!!!

Color Correction, Captions, Open Captions and DCP at Modulus

Upcoming Dates:

April 27th at 4pm, Saint Nathaniel's Episcopal Church, North Port, FL
April 27th at 10:30am, St. David's Episcopal Church San Diego , CA
April 28th at 2pm, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Hopkinton, NH
May 1st at 6pm, Christ Church Christiana Hundred, Wilmington, DE
May 2nd at 6pm, Memphis, TN - Cinema Paradiso
May 3rd at 7pm, The Cathedral of St. Andrew / Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
May 4th at 1pm, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Aurora, CO
May 5th at 3:30pm, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Edina, MN
May 5th at 8pm, Province III, The Episcopal Church with Holiday Inn, Martinsburg, WV
May 5th at 12:15pm, The Episcopal Church of St. James, Upper Montclair, NJ
May 5th at 4pm, Church of the Holy Spirit, Verona, NJ
May 5th at 5pm, All Souls Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
May 8th at 7pm, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Dover, NH
May 8th at 5:30pm, St. Paul's Memorial Church, Charlottesville, VA
May 9th at 7pm, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Greensboro, NC
May 11th at 11am, Trinity Episcopal Church, Towson, MD
May 11th at 2pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, Marshall, MI
May 11th at 4pm, St. Marks Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
May 14th at 7pm, Mercer School of Theology, Garden City, NY
May 14th at 7pm, Atlanta, GA - Tara Atlanta
May 14th at 7pm, Portland, ME - Nickelodeon 6, Patriot Cinema
May 14th at 7pm, Ann Arbour, MI - Michigan Theater
May 14th at 7pm, Minneapolis, MN - MSP Film Society / Main Cinema
May 14th at 7:15pm, Syracuse, NY - Regal Destiny
May 14th at 7pm, Salt Lake City, UT - Broadway and Tower
May 14th at 7:15pm, Austin, TX - Gateway 20 Regal Theater
May 18th at 3pm, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Morristown, NJ
May 18th at 2pm, St. John's Episcopal Church, Midland, MI
May 18th at 6pm, St, James Episcopal Church, Clinton, NY
May 19th at 1:15pm, The Church of St. Luke in the Fields, New York, NY
May 20th at 7pm, Philadelphia, PA - Bryn Mawr Film Institute
May 20th at 7pm, Scottsdale, AZ - Shea 14
May 20th at 7pm, Silver Spring, MD - AFI Silver Theater
May 20th at 7pm, New York, NY - Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film
June 1st at 10:30am, St Paul's Episcopal Church, Bakersfield, CA
June 8th at 10:30 AM, St James Episcopal Cathedral, Fresno, CA
June 15th at 10:30 AM, St Paul's Episcopal Church, Modesto, CA
June 15th at 2pm, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Petoskey, MI
July 27th at 6pm, St. George's Church, Fredericksburg, VA
July 28th at 5pm, All Saints Episcopal Church, Frederick, MD
July 28th at 2pm, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA
August 18th at 2pm, Adelynrood Retreat and Conference Center, Byfield, MA
September 28th at 10am, St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church, Overland Park, KS
October 11th at 7pm, The Cathedral of St. Andrew / Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
November 16th at 1pm, Cathedral Church of Saint Luke, Portland, ME
December 10th at 2pm, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, White River Junction, VT

Trailer, info and more dates: https://www.philadelphiaelevenfilm.com/screening-tour.html

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04/14/2024

On Tuesday last week I got to be "Guest Lecturer" at Dartmouth College. Thank you to my warm and brilliant new friends Jeffrey Ruoff, Peter Ciardelli, and Jodie Mack.

09/14/2023

September is looking up! A proud moment for us - Streaming now on CRITERION CHANNEL Three films by Andrew Bujalski, all mixed at Modulus. COMPUTER CHESS (2013), RESULTS (2015) and SUPPORT THE GIRLS (2018).

Progenitor of the early-2000s indie filmmaking wave that would come to be known as mumblecore, Andrew Bujalski has retained the handcrafted, DIY spirit that defined the movement even as his productions have grown (modestly) in budget and scale. His films are humorously offbeat, precisely observed...

07/29/2023

Disney’s Kizazi Moto is a feast of animated Afro-futurism and we are thrilled to have been a small part of it.

https://youtu.be/kHoT2i7HaWY

In ENKAI, SMFA at Tufts animation professor Ng’endo Mukii wove Kenyan and Kikuya elements into a moving future folktale of creation and destruction, motherhood and youth. Ng’endo came to Modulus to review remotely, final color and sound. It’s streaming now on Disney Plus.

06/09/2023

NYC peeps! Go and see KIM’S VIDEO at Tribeca Film Fest. It’s a rollercoaster ride across three continents, appearances by doc all-stars (Robert Greene, Alex Ross Perry and Sean Price Williams), and is easily the funniest (hybrid) doc I’ve ever worked on.

Kickass surround sound mix, online edit and color correction by Modulus

For decades, Kim's Video was a gold mine of extraordinary films until its collection vanished into Italy amid a mysterious sale. Now, take a deep dive into the unbelievable true story of the New York video store and cultural landmark beloved by cinephiles.

03/18/2023

A bomb is about to go off. THE RECALL REFRAMED by Rebecca Richman Cohen examines the impact of removing Judge Persky after the Brock Turner sexual assault case. This short film underscores fundamental issues that any revisionist society needs to confront, understand and discuss. Color and Sound by Modulus

Debuts on MSNBC at 10pm, Sunday March 19th

“How can we imagine a form of justice for survivors of sexual violence that does not also perpetuate the harms of mass incarceration?”

A short documentary about the 2018 recall of Judge Aaron Persky

03/17/2023

New Yorkers, an amazing verité film HUA HUA'S DAZZLING WORLD AND ITS MYRIAD TEMPTATIONS screens at the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday at 8pm! Director Daphne Xu has created an intimate portrait of a Chinese social media personality (and wild electro-beat dancer) unlike any other. Hua Hua lives in Xiong'an New Area, near Beijing. Color, Surround Sound and Mastering by MODULUS STUDIOS

https://movingimage.us/event/huahua/

12/13/2022

There's a terrific film we finished for a congressional committee, debuting tonight at the National Archives in DC!

Modulus Sound, Color, Online, Captions and Mastering

The delightful team behind it is as sharp as can be: Oscar Guerra, Meghan Shea, Fiona Chong, P. Andrew Willis and editor extraordinaire Sabrina Zanella-Foresi

A 30-minute film, produced by lawmakers from both parties, strives to connect Americans through storytelling.

11/18/2022

This is a big day!

THERE THERE is released in select theaters and streaming on Amazon, Apple, etc, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdZHdsLg84A

From director Andrew Bujalski:

“We'll also be in select theaters:
- I'll be in New York this weekend for Q&A's with some cast/crew at the IFC Center.
- It's also at Laemmle Glendale in the L.A. area.
- CGV Cinemas in San Francisco.
- Guild Cinema in Albuquerque.
- DeBartolo Center in Notre Dame, IN (!).
- & next weekend, 11/25 & 11/26 I'll be home in Austin for some Q&A's with cast/crew at the great AFS Cinema.”

Eric Masunaga was Sound Editing Supervisor and it was mixed at MODULUS STUDIOS with Quality Assurance by Shannon Magnaldi

Available everywhere November 18thhttp://theretheremovie.com/Acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Bujalski (Support the Girls, Computer Chess) explores the precarious ...