American Movie & Difficult People + Q&A

In a special collaboration with writer/comedian, Julie Klausner, we celebrate the Blu-ray release of Difficult People with a special 35MM screening of American Movie (1999), preceded by an episode of Klausner’s cult TV show!

The hit of the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, American Movie is the hilarious and intense story of one man’s obsession to make movies. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is a long way from Hollywood, but Mark Borchardt has a dream. Armed with a driving ambition and nothing to lose, the fast-talking Borchardt enlists friends, local thespians and unwilling family members to help him finish his no-budget horror film, Coven. The camera doesn’t flinch as it captures every emotional crisis and financial pitfall in his two-year odyssey. What emerges is a bizarre, yet surprisingly heartfelt, documentary portrait of a true American character.

Difficult People: The Complete Series stars Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner as two struggling comedians in New York City who hate just about everything in the world except each other. As their personal and professional lives fail to meet their expectations, these aspiring comics take out their frustrations on everyone around them. Their typically irreverent and delightfully meanspirited behavior often lands them in some very awkward situations.