Find us this weekend at the Brooklyn Zine Fest -- Sunday, April 21st from 11am-6pm at Public Assembly
Kseniya and Matt are the organizers of this yearly event, featuring more than 80 writers, artists, & publishers from the five boroughs and beyond. Stop by the I Love Bad Movies table to pick up a zine and chat about great-bad films, and we'll direct you to other movie zines at the festival like Blood Video, Lunchmeat VHS, and more. Plus, lots of our contributors (Tom Blunt, Jeremy Jusay, Chris Piascik & others) will have tables and self-published magazines of their own! More info at brooklynzinefest.com
Most items will be available for between $1 and $10, and admission is FREE. The event is all ages, and attendees 21 and over can grab a drink at the full bar, including $3 bottles from beer sponsor Brooklyn Brewery. Get there early in the day (around 11am or noon) to beat the crowds! Below are an image of Time Out New York's print feature on the Brooklyn Zine Fest featuring a bunch of I Love Bad Movies issues in a pile, and Matt & Kseniya at last year's zine fest.
Most items will be available for between $1 and $10, and admission is FREE. The event is all ages, and attendees 21 and over can grab a drink at the full bar, including $3 bottles from beer sponsor Brooklyn Brewery. Get there early in the day (around 11am or noon) to beat the crowds! Below are an image of Time Out New York's print feature on the Brooklyn Zine Fest featuring a bunch of I Love Bad Movies issues in a pile, and Matt & Kseniya at last year's zine fest.
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What is I Love Bad Movies?
I Love Bad Movies is a collaborative zine (self-published magazine) filled with essays, illustrations, and comics about the most enjoyably bad films. Creator Kseniya Yarosh and Co-Editor Matt Carman publish each issue with a specific theme: "Visions of the Future," "Kids' Movies," "Before and After They Were Famous," etc.
With a roster of several dozen writers, artists, comedians, film nerds, and special guests, each issue of I Love Bad Movies contains fresh, intelligent perspectives on those great-bad movies which some of us can't help but love.
Previous themes of I Love Bad Movies issues (all available here):
#5: "Early and Late Roles" or, "Before and After They Were Famous." (e.g. Purple Rain, Fear, Teen Wolf Too, The Island of Dr. Moreau)
#4: Kids' movies and movies about kids and teens. (e.g. Return to Oz, Mac and Me, Newsies, Class of 1984)
#3: "Visions of the Future": Apocalypse, robots, space, and computers. (e.g. Barbarella, The Net, Demolition Man, Southland Tales)
#2: Films with themes of love, sex, and friendship. (e.g. The Room, Hackers, Gleaming the Cube, Grease 2)
#1: The grab bag that started it all. (e.g. Troll 2, Road House, Showgirls, Sleepaway Camp)
Matt and Kseniya also host screenings of bad movies in New York City (and occasionally around the country), and exhibit at zine fests a few times per year. Check out our EVENTS page for the latest news on I Love Bad Movies events and appearances.
With a roster of several dozen writers, artists, comedians, film nerds, and special guests, each issue of I Love Bad Movies contains fresh, intelligent perspectives on those great-bad movies which some of us can't help but love.
Previous themes of I Love Bad Movies issues (all available here):
#5: "Early and Late Roles" or, "Before and After They Were Famous." (e.g. Purple Rain, Fear, Teen Wolf Too, The Island of Dr. Moreau)
#4: Kids' movies and movies about kids and teens. (e.g. Return to Oz, Mac and Me, Newsies, Class of 1984)
#3: "Visions of the Future": Apocalypse, robots, space, and computers. (e.g. Barbarella, The Net, Demolition Man, Southland Tales)
#2: Films with themes of love, sex, and friendship. (e.g. The Room, Hackers, Gleaming the Cube, Grease 2)
#1: The grab bag that started it all. (e.g. Troll 2, Road House, Showgirls, Sleepaway Camp)
Matt and Kseniya also host screenings of bad movies in New York City (and occasionally around the country), and exhibit at zine fests a few times per year. Check out our EVENTS page for the latest news on I Love Bad Movies events and appearances.
I Love Bad Movies creators Kseniya & Matt featured on Indiewire's "Movie Lovers We Love"
Indiewire interviewed Kseniya & Matt about I Love Bad Movies, their live screening events, and some of their favorite good and bad films as part of the regular series "Movie Lovers We Love." That's a lot of love. A few teasers:
About the live events: ""The crowd is generally people just like us: smart folks who like dumb stuff."
Why a print-only zine? "You can’t open these essays in a new tab and save them for later or e-mail your friend a link. You have to read everything on paper or meet your buddy for coffee to pass the issue on in person."
On our intentions: "The 'love' is intentional: we’re celebrating the unusual, fascinating, and laudably flawed."
"As long as filmmakers try but fail to make good movies, there will be people hoisting these turdish gems on their shoulders like ugly little cinematic champions."
About the live events: ""The crowd is generally people just like us: smart folks who like dumb stuff."
Why a print-only zine? "You can’t open these essays in a new tab and save them for later or e-mail your friend a link. You have to read everything on paper or meet your buddy for coffee to pass the issue on in person."
On our intentions: "The 'love' is intentional: we’re celebrating the unusual, fascinating, and laudably flawed."
"As long as filmmakers try but fail to make good movies, there will be people hoisting these turdish gems on their shoulders like ugly little cinematic champions."
Issue #5 is now available! "Early & Late Roles" or, "Before & After They Were Famous"
The long-awaited milestone fifth issue of I Love Bad Movies is now available at our Etsy shop! This was a huge hit on the 2012 zine fest circuit, and we're glad to announce that everyone is now able to pick up their own copy.
Thanks to all of our amazing contributors who helped create this issue. It's our best yet! Featuring an interview with Alex Winter (the Bill & Ted movies) about his first film role as a Puerto Rican gangster in Death Wish 3, plus more than two dozen essays and illustrations about stars before they were famous, and after they should have quit.
Be sure to Like I Love Bad Movies on Facebook at fb.com/badmovies. Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks to all of our amazing contributors who helped create this issue. It's our best yet! Featuring an interview with Alex Winter (the Bill & Ted movies) about his first film role as a Puerto Rican gangster in Death Wish 3, plus more than two dozen essays and illustrations about stars before they were famous, and after they should have quit.
Be sure to Like I Love Bad Movies on Facebook at fb.com/badmovies. Thanks for stopping by!