Paul Felten

L.A. friends! On May 29th @joeedenardo is gonna be in your town to intro and answer qs after this screening @now_instant which you can get tickets for now (link’s in bio). Go and say hello to Joe.

“If we live in a world where only artists have souls, then all the characters in The Jag are ghosts, clawing for their place in the afterlife.” — Chris Jesu Lee ONLY THREE more chances to see THE JAG this weekend at BCTR. Tickets starting at $25 with code “JULY” automatically applied at checkout. #play #newplay #nycthingstodo #indie #independentfilm #offbroadway #actor #nycactor #greenpoint

Robin Schavoir and Paul Felten speak with @filmmakermag about the THE JAG, a new play at @bkcentertheatreresearch , in this recent interview by Scott Macaulay. Read more at the link in our bio and see THE JAG now through July 6th! (Use code ‘filmmaker’ for 20% off tickets.) Text: “It’s Really Sharp on the Neurotic Relationships that Americans Have with Money”: Robin Schavoir and Paul Felten Discuss The Jag by @bugjack Photos by @gallerybygeve #interview #filmmaking #film #independentfilm #indie #theater #offbroadway #newplay #brooklyn #greenpoint #actor #nycactor

Couldn’t be prouder to be on this roof @bkcentertheatreresearch on the opening night of @thejagplay directed by me and written by @robinschavoir - I’m off in the left corner talking to my untaggable wife Bessie and looking like the dad who’s about to start the grill - do come to the play if you’re inclined, it’s until July 6th and ticket link’s in bio, sorry if you already saw this on stories, I don’t totally know how to use Instagram

Screening Thursday: Paul Felten and Joe DeNardo’s SLOW MACHINE, a miniature epic of paranoia, performance, music, and menace. The directors will be in attendance with star Scott Shepherd (THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON) for a Q&A moderated by Owen Kline (FUNNY PAGES). Tickets are on-sale at the link in bio.

THE JAG | JUNE 20—JULY 6 | TICKETS ON SALE NOW. a play by @robinschavoir directed by @paulcfhere starring @gillesgeary @giodrumm @mickey.solis Tyler retreats to a friend’s country home to get high and finish his screenplay, only to be interrupted by Brian, a wealthy perfectionist with plans to renovate. When Tyler’s ex Cori appears hoping to rekindle their chaotic romance, the house devolves into a battleground of deception, wit, and surreal class tension. Stage Manager: @emilyalae Production Design: @breeznicole Technical Director: @itsjust_mont Associate Producer / Social Media Marketing: @manufacturedillusions ‘The Jag’ Art & Poster Design: ann lipscombe Press Relations: @chloepingeon ‘The Jag’ is produced by @sophengles and @all_the_tired_horses

10 days left for the @thejagplay indiegogo, link is so in the bio

Please join @paulcfhere and I this Friday June 6th @bkcentertheatreresearch at 8pm for a screening of J.F. Stevenin’s Passe Montagne (1978), an old favorite of mine. This screening is a benefit for a play that Paul is directing @thejagplay later this month at the very same Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research. This film marks the directorial debut of actor Jean-François Stevenin (Day for Night, Out 1, The Limits of Control), Passé montagne follows Serge (Stevenin), a dweller in the French provinces who happens upon Georges (Jacques Villeret), a Parisian motorist in distress. Serge arranges for the car to be taken to a nearby garage. Georges’ friends, who were with him in the car, have continued their journeys. Because of that, Serge takes Georges under his wings while he waits for his car to be repaired, and they tour the countryside and party with the local revelers. Nothing much is said between them, but it is clear that they have become friends. An ultimately odd buddy film exploiting the wonders of serendipity, beautifully photographed by Jean-Yves Escoffier in a wide array of natural hues, this rarest of screenings is not to be missed. 🏔️🎥👥

JUNE 6 & JUNE 12 8:00pm. Tickets on sale now. @amnesia_scope , a series of rare and remarkable films, presents two film screenings with directors @paulcfhere and @joeedenardo . Proceeds support the BCTR’s production of ‘The Jag’ @thejagplay a forthcoming new play by @robinschavoir directed by Paul Felten. Learn more about the play on indiegogo (passes for both nights of screenings can be purchased through the indiegogo campaign.) PASSE MONTAGNE (FRIDAY JUNE 6, 8:00pm) The Jag director Paul Felten and Slow Machineco-director Joe DeNardo have partnered with Amnesiascope to present Passé montagne / Mountain Pass (1978). This film marks the directorial debut of actor Jean-François Stevenin (Day for Night, Out 1, The Limits of Control.) Passé montagne follows Serge (Stevenin), a dweller in the French provinces who happens upon Georges (Jacques Villeret), a Parisian motorist in distress. Serge takes Georges under his wings while he waits for his car to be repaired, and they tour the countryside and party with the local revelers. Nothing much is said between them, but it is clear that they have become friends. SLOW MACHINE (THURSDAY JUNE 12, 8:00pm) Amnesiascope is proud to present Paul Felten’s miniature epic Slow Machine (2020), co-directed and photographed by Joe DeNardo and starring Stephanie Hayes, Scott Shepherd, Eleanor Friedberger, and Chloë Sevigny. The directors and Shepherd will be in attendance for a Q&A moderated by Owen Kline (Funny Pages). The thriller genre is exploded and reassembled in Felten and DeNardo’s funny and alluring work on paranoia, surveillance, and performance. Featuring an intriguingly eclectic cast Slow Machine follows an actress (Hayes) whose intimate relationship with a shadowy NYPD-affiliated operative ends abruptly and disastrously, leading her to hide out in a country house otherwise occupied by a band preparing their new record. Deftly lensed in 16mm and unfurling as a digressive, tantalizingly off-kilter mystery, Slow Machine is a fascinating work pitched at the intersection of American independent cinema and the avant-garde theater of Richard Foreman and the Wooster Group.

Our man on the 47th floor is directing a new play, The Jag.

Hi! After some synapse-repairing years away, I’m back on this infernal website to tell you about a play I’m directing @bkcentertheatreresearch in June. The official description is this: “‘The Jag’ is a three-character comedy written by Robin Schavoir (The Plagiarists) and directed by Paul Felten (@slowmachinefilm ), starring @gillesgeary (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Hangmen, Curse of the Starving Class), Giovanna Drummond (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), and Mickey Solis (Girls, Red Dead Redemption II); it’ll be staged at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research between June 20 and July 6. Tyler (Gilles Geary) thought he’d be alone at a friend’s country home while he got high and finally finished his screenplay. Enter Brian (Mickey Solis), a finicky rich guy with a Jaguar parked down the road and big plans for poly-coating the kitchen floor. When Tyler’s ex Cori (Giovanna Drummond) is ready to rekindle their stormy relationship, the pastoral Woodstock Craftsman home becomes a minefield of deception, verbal badinage, wishbone-breaking, and aggressive cereal-eating. Soon to be staged at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research (Matthew Gasda, artistic director), The Jag is a surreal, gimlet-eyed comedy about creative entropy, romantic confusion, and class warfare.” Robin’s written a very good thing, and these actors must be seen to be believed. For more info (and to help out if you’re inclined) there’s a link, as per usual, in the bio. Nice to see you all again. Produced by: @sophengles @all_the_tired_horses @manufacturedillusions Set design: @breeznicole Stage manager: @emilyalae Poster by: @hows.annie

I have a little COVID so won’t be able to attend tonight’s screening of @slowmachinefilm @roxycinemanyc - scheduled luminaries @eleanoronly @chloessevigny and @scottshepherd will still be there with @dennismademe for post-show chat, link in bio for tix - also shows tomorrow and Sunday :)