Daniel Kremer
@thustlebird.bsky.social
Filmmaker, author, historian, commentator, video essayist, husband. Adventures in Auteurism (2025), Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films (2015), Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024), Overwhelm the Sky (2019), Now, Irving Rapper (2026)
Joe Dante says, “Read Daniel Kremer’s Adventures in Auteurism…and heed my foreword!” Do as he bids!
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Joe Dante says, “Read Daniel Kremer’s Adventures in Auteurism…and heed my foreword!” Do as he bids!
My new book is available for purchase. Foreword by Joe Dante, Afterword by Daniel Waters.
Adventures in Auteurism: A Crusade for the Critically Neglected - Sticking Place Books
Daniel Kremer “Most dyed-in-the-wool film buffs nurture their own private lists of movie directors they feel have been underappreciated, neglected, and/or underrated,” Joe Dante writes in this book’s ...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My new book is available for purchase. Foreword by Joe Dante, Afterword by Daniel Waters.
Out next week on Blu-ray internationally, my documentary CRUEL, USUAL, NECESSARY: THE PASSION OF SILVIO NARIZZANO. viavision.com.au/shop/blue-19...
July 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Out next week on Blu-ray internationally, my documentary CRUEL, USUAL, NECESSARY: THE PASSION OF SILVIO NARIZZANO. viavision.com.au/shop/blue-19...
I’m everywhere, EVERYWHERE, I tell ya!
June 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I’m everywhere, EVERYWHERE, I tell ya!
10th Anniversary edition of my feature film drama RAISE YOUR KIDS ON SELTZER (2015) is available to view on Vimeo. A few noteworthy upgrades. A nip here, a tuck there, plus a new color grade. 3-4 minutes shorter. Give it a shot and review it on Letterboxd! vimeo.com/1090365976
June 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
10th Anniversary edition of my feature film drama RAISE YOUR KIDS ON SELTZER (2015) is available to view on Vimeo. A few noteworthy upgrades. A nip here, a tuck there, plus a new color grade. 3-4 minutes shorter. Give it a shot and review it on Letterboxd! vimeo.com/1090365976
In July, Imprint Films is releasing my feature-length documentary CRUEL, USUAL, NECESSARY: THE PASSION OF SILVIO NARIZZANO on Blu-Ray as part of a hardbox with Blue (1968) and Fade-In (1968/73). Preorder at viavision.com.au/shop/blue-19...
May 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
In July, Imprint Films is releasing my feature-length documentary CRUEL, USUAL, NECESSARY: THE PASSION OF SILVIO NARIZZANO on Blu-Ray as part of a hardbox with Blue (1968) and Fade-In (1968/73). Preorder at viavision.com.au/shop/blue-19...
I have a new piece running on Criterion, on Joan Micklin Silver. My first piece for The Criterion Collection, a milestone! The piece also relates the wild story of how Joan and I met.
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Between the Lines of Joan Micklin Silver
Like many of the characters found throughout the director’s oeuvre, the alternative-press staffers at the center of her sophomore feature are bound up in a perpetual tug-of-war between past and presen...
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February 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I have a new piece running on Criterion, on Joan Micklin Silver. My first piece for The Criterion Collection, a milestone! The piece also relates the wild story of how Joan and I met.
www.criterion.com/current/post...
www.criterion.com/current/post...
Visited director Irving Rapper’s grave today, placed a rock on the headstone, and recited a Jewish remembrance prayer. Irving is buried next to his sister Hannah in Queens. The rock was picked from near his old home in Hollywood and transported cross-country for the occasion.
December 27, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Visited director Irving Rapper’s grave today, placed a rock on the headstone, and recited a Jewish remembrance prayer. Irving is buried next to his sister Hannah in Queens. The rock was picked from near his old home in Hollywood and transported cross-country for the occasion.
I would use Bluesky more if it weren’t for the stupid character limit.
December 15, 2024 at 10:26 PM
I would use Bluesky more if it weren’t for the stupid character limit.
My titles as director, as they appear on MUBI.
December 12, 2024 at 8:32 PM
My titles as director, as they appear on MUBI.
11 features and counting – I’ve had a funky little film career so far
December 11, 2024 at 12:16 AM
11 features and counting – I’ve had a funky little film career so far
Sidney J. Furie had been ignored for too long, and I felt it my duty to set the record straight and give him his due. I wrote the first book on his life and career, and produced this tribute box set from Imprint. Who’s good for one classic? This guy’s been good for a number of them!
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Sidney J. Furie had been ignored for too long, and I felt it my duty to set the record straight and give him his due. I wrote the first book on his life and career, and produced this tribute box set from Imprint. Who’s good for one classic? This guy’s been good for a number of them!
Catch my epic feature film OVERWHELM THE SKY (2019) via Kino Lorber, on multiple platforms and on physical media (with extras) – we originally screened this in roadshow fashion with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs!
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Catch my epic feature film OVERWHELM THE SKY (2019) via Kino Lorber, on multiple platforms and on physical media (with extras) – we originally screened this in roadshow fashion with overture, intermission, and printed souvenir programs!
My essay documentary is available to watch for free on Trailers from Hell. trailersfromhell.com/zabriskie-za...
December 2, 2024 at 8:03 AM
My essay documentary is available to watch for free on Trailers from Hell. trailersfromhell.com/zabriskie-za...
Coming in 2026 from University Press of Kentucky Screen Classics Series: NOW, IRVING RAPPER: STYLIST OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD
December 1, 2024 at 3:29 AM
Coming in 2026 from University Press of Kentucky Screen Classics Series: NOW, IRVING RAPPER: STYLIST OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD
Coming in early 2025: a documentary about a filmmaker you’ve likely never heard of, that I think you’ll to want to get to know. Ladies and gents, Mr. Silvio Narizzano.
November 30, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Coming in early 2025: a documentary about a filmmaker you’ve likely never heard of, that I think you’ll to want to get to know. Ladies and gents, Mr. Silvio Narizzano.
I wrote the book on Sidney J. Furie, directed the documentary on Silvio Narizzano, and I’m now toiling away on projects involving Irving Rapper and Philip Leacock. An overlooked filmmaker’s best friend! Follow me! I’ll show you the great stuff you’ve likely missed!
November 30, 2024 at 4:13 AM
I wrote the book on Sidney J. Furie, directed the documentary on Silvio Narizzano, and I’m now toiling away on projects involving Irving Rapper and Philip Leacock. An overlooked filmmaker’s best friend! Follow me! I’ll show you the great stuff you’ve likely missed!