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GIVE ART BACK TO THE PEOPLE! TROMADANCE 2012-NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT ON KICKSTARTER!

Tromadance Film Festival has set up a Kickstarter to raise money for it’s 13th year! Click Here To Go to Kickstarter!  Tromadance needs your help in supporting the only truly independent film festival that is completely FREE.  Unlike mainstream, elitist festivals like Cannes and Sundance, TromaDance does not charge film makers anything Read more…


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ROGUE CINEMA REVIEW: Purge Clause (2011) – with Lloyd

“I keep telling myself that I have to get back to Indiana.  Especially in September for Franklin, Indiana’s B Movie Celebration, because that’s where I first met film-maker Randy DeFord.  Randy is an great guy and a pretty damn good film-maker to boot.  His latest is a short starring Lloyd Kaufman and Julie Powers, is Purge Clause and it’s a pretty cool short that deserves…Read More


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FATHER’S DAY IS COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU

Troma and Astron-6’s Father’s Day will be presented in several theaters nation-wide, with more to come!  The New York premiere will be at Sunshine Cinema on the 10th of February, with the Los Angeles premiere to follow on the 24th of February at the Nuart Theatre.

Current Theaters and Dates:
CA, Los Angeles, Nuart Theatre – February 24
CO, Denver, Esquire Theatre – February 17, 18
MA, Boston Underground Film Festival – March 31
MA, Boston, Coolidge Corner – February 17, 18
MN, Minneapolis, Uptown Theatre – February 10,11
NY, New York, Sunshine Cinema – February 10, 11
OH, Columbus, Gateway 8 – March 2
TX, Austin, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, January 18
TX, San Antonio, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, January 19
TX, Houston, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, January 21
TX, Dallas, Texas Theatre, February 24-28

For more information about Father’s Day, including the trailer, reviews, and information about Astron-6, visit www.thefathersdaymovie.com.


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LLOYD KAUFMAN’S “POULTRYGEIST” AND JOHN GORAS’ “CHIRPY”

Anthology Film Archives will be screening Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead and John Goras’ Award winning Chirpy on Friday, January 14th, 2012 at 9:00 PM.  Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment, Creator of The Toxic Avenger and Producer, Writer and Director of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, Read more…


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BLOOD JUNKIE ONE OF BLOODY DISGUSTING’S BEST FILMS OF 2011

The Troma Team is proud to announce Troma and Drew Rosas’ Blood Junkie, which released earlier this year, has been included in Bloody Disgusting’s “Best Films of 2011!”  You can view the list at bloodydisgusting.com.


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LLOYD KAUFMAN INTERVIEW WITH CARSON DALY TO AIR 12/22 ON NBC

Lloyd Kaufman will be on “Last Call with Carson Daly” tonight, December  22, 2011 at 1:35 AM on NBC.  Kaufman had the privilege of being interviewed by Carson Daly at the New Beverly Cinema in LA.   Among the topics Mr. Kaufman will discuss are Net Neutrality, and how he was bullied in 3rd grade for being a foot fetishist.
Tune in for “Last Call with Carson Daly” tonight at 1:35 AM on NBC to see the interview.


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FATHER’S DAY OPENS IN NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY

Lock up your fathers! Troma Entertainment and Astron 6’s latest production, Father’s Day, is finally coming to theaters this February. The film will premiere on February 10, 2012  in New York at Sunshine Cinema.  Followed by it’s LA premiere on February 24th at Nuart Theatre.

The gritty, gruesome, grindhouse, Read more…


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The Attempt to Destroy Net Neutrality

Kaufman discusses threats to our basic right to freedom of thought, as well as our ability to share information and art, with each other and the world.
(http://www.lloydkaufman.com/roids/2011/12/13/the-attempt-to-destroy-net-neutrality-it%E2%80%99s-about-much-more-than-the-first-amendment/)


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Gynophobia and the Blood Ceiling in the World of Horror

Lloyd Kaufman explores the fraternity that is the horror genre and explains why he believes that gynos (Troma’s politically correct term for women) are as capable, if not more capable, of directing horror films than men. (http://www.lloydkaufman.com/roids/2011/12/13/gynophobia-the-blood-ceiling-in-the-world-of-horror/)


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FOUR NEW TITLES AVAILABLE TODAY FROM TROMA!

Troma Entertainment Inc. is proud to announce the release of Phillip Gunn and David Valdez’s KLOWN KAMP MASSACRE, THE ASTRON-6 COLLECTION, Adam Deyoe & Eric Gosselin’s PSYCHO SLEEPOVER, and Matthew Reel’s JESSICKA RABID.  Four great titles from Troma Read more…


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