Michael Lavine
@michaellavine.bsky.social
filmmaker. Photographer. Writer. Animator.
https://linktr.ee/michaellavine
https://linktr.ee/michaellavine
My short film The Fireplace is an improvised short thriller about 2 criminals looking for a bag of money. Shot in 2013 and never shown, until now!
Billy Kay as Gene
Matt Burns as Lonnie
Writer/Director/Editor - Michael Lavine
Director of Photography - Mott Hupfel
Sound - Alexandra Byer
Billy Kay as Gene
Matt Burns as Lonnie
Writer/Director/Editor - Michael Lavine
Director of Photography - Mott Hupfel
Sound - Alexandra Byer
The Fireplace
YouTube video by MICHAEL LAVINE
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September 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My short film The Fireplace is an improvised short thriller about 2 criminals looking for a bag of money. Shot in 2013 and never shown, until now!
Billy Kay as Gene
Matt Burns as Lonnie
Writer/Director/Editor - Michael Lavine
Director of Photography - Mott Hupfel
Sound - Alexandra Byer
Billy Kay as Gene
Matt Burns as Lonnie
Writer/Director/Editor - Michael Lavine
Director of Photography - Mott Hupfel
Sound - Alexandra Byer
Taking my gothic noir short The Wanderer to FILMQUEST!
September 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Taking my gothic noir short The Wanderer to FILMQUEST!
Had an amazing time at STOWE working out the kinks on my psychological thriller feature script MILES AWAY.
September 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Had an amazing time at STOWE working out the kinks on my psychological thriller feature script MILES AWAY.
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What is the information that you feel is behind closed doors? What do you need to know so that you can be confident in making your movie?
#IndieFilm, #FilmmakingTips, #FilmBusiness, #FilmProduction, #Filmmaking
#IndieFilm, #FilmmakingTips, #FilmBusiness, #FilmProduction, #Filmmaking
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
What is the information that you feel is behind closed doors? What do you need to know so that you can be confident in making your movie?
#IndieFilm, #FilmmakingTips, #FilmBusiness, #FilmProduction, #Filmmaking
#IndieFilm, #FilmmakingTips, #FilmBusiness, #FilmProduction, #Filmmaking
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Calling all David Strathairn fans and lovers of tiny independent films that disappear without a trace: “A Simple Prayer” is Ozu in the heartland and you should see it.
Review | Say ‘A Little Prayer’: May this nearly perfect drama find its audience
David Strathairn again shows us why he’s one of the secret glories of the past half-century of American film.
wapo.st
August 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Calling all David Strathairn fans and lovers of tiny independent films that disappear without a trace: “A Simple Prayer” is Ozu in the heartland and you should see it.
I ask this question every single day.
🎉 NEW EPISODE! 🎉
Every writer dreams of getting their script into the right hands — but what actually makes a producer want to fight for your project?
Julie Waters, producer of Sundance darling OH, HI!, has some answers.
🎧 LISTEN HERE ➡ shorturl.at/xUcyk
#KeepWriting #IndieFilmCraft
Every writer dreams of getting their script into the right hands — but what actually makes a producer want to fight for your project?
Julie Waters, producer of Sundance darling OH, HI!, has some answers.
🎧 LISTEN HERE ➡ shorturl.at/xUcyk
#KeepWriting #IndieFilmCraft
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I ask this question every single day.
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So hey: I am working on a novel where the main character is involved in indie filmmaking in MN. I have been thinking about all the stuff I don't know, and that I don't know I don't know. I would really like to find someone who is doing an indie film in MN who would let me hang out & watch/work.
August 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
So hey: I am working on a novel where the main character is involved in indie filmmaking in MN. I have been thinking about all the stuff I don't know, and that I don't know I don't know. I would really like to find someone who is doing an indie film in MN who would let me hang out & watch/work.
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🎥 Calling all Indie Film Warriors!
My horror documentary “Haunted Lake Lanier” is now streaming on Amazon Prime!
💀 If you believe in ghost stories and indie creators — rent it to keep indie film alive!
🔗 www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0D1Y7VQ7G
🗣️ Please watch, leave a review!
My horror documentary “Haunted Lake Lanier” is now streaming on Amazon Prime!
💀 If you believe in ghost stories and indie creators — rent it to keep indie film alive!
🔗 www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0D1Y7VQ7G
🗣️ Please watch, leave a review!
August 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🎥 Calling all Indie Film Warriors!
My horror documentary “Haunted Lake Lanier” is now streaming on Amazon Prime!
💀 If you believe in ghost stories and indie creators — rent it to keep indie film alive!
🔗 www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0D1Y7VQ7G
🗣️ Please watch, leave a review!
My horror documentary “Haunted Lake Lanier” is now streaming on Amazon Prime!
💀 If you believe in ghost stories and indie creators — rent it to keep indie film alive!
🔗 www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0D1Y7VQ7G
🗣️ Please watch, leave a review!
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury
Keep reading, friends. 📚
Keep reading, friends. 📚
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apnews.com/article/guil... del Toro almost lost his movie memorabilia in a wildfire. Now, he's letting some of it go
Guillermo del Toro almost lost his movie memorabilia in a wildfire. Now, he's letting some of it go
Guillermo del Toro rose to fame creating horror movies that will likely help shape the genre for generations to come.
apnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
apnews.com/article/guil... del Toro almost lost his movie memorabilia in a wildfire. Now, he's letting some of it go
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We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
Learn more:
Learn more:
‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt
It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...
bloody-disgusting.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
Whales are dying, but it’s not because of wind farms
Investigating a whale beaching is grueling work, and scientists see the same culprit again and again.
www.theverge.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
There’s plenty of disinformation trying to blame the nascent offshore wind industry for whale deaths without evidence. Not only is that misleading, it also takes the focus away from solutions that might actually address the leading causes of death — vessel strikes and entanglement with fishing gear.
The long-lost trailer to my short film Weekend Away. We made this film in 2012, and very few people saw it as it was turned down by over 100 festivals (a badge of honor for sure, but it did make it into 4). Many of the folks who worked on WEEKEND AWAY went on to big, successful careers.
August 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The long-lost trailer to my short film Weekend Away. We made this film in 2012, and very few people saw it as it was turned down by over 100 festivals (a badge of honor for sure, but it did make it into 4). Many of the folks who worked on WEEKEND AWAY went on to big, successful careers.
Reposted by Michael Lavine
Reposted by Michael Lavine
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Diary of Anne Frank is among the hundreds of books banned in Florida this year. When I was in school, it was required reading. (Guardian)
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It pisses me off that gay people are hated mostly because of some poorly translated ancient outdated book full of other bullshit idiots base their entire lives on. Religion is a curse, man.
August 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It pisses me off that gay people are hated mostly because of some poorly translated ancient outdated book full of other bullshit idiots base their entire lives on. Religion is a curse, man.
New post on SUBSTACK today!
How to Make an Iconic Image
One of my favorite bands is Quasi.
darkodyssey.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New post on SUBSTACK today!
Did anyone see the film ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT? Never has cinematography alone brought me to tears in such a way. Every single shot filled with beauty and layered with intention. Pure cinema!
August 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Did anyone see the film ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT? Never has cinematography alone brought me to tears in such a way. Every single shot filled with beauty and layered with intention. Pure cinema!
don't know if any of you are on substack, but if you are, check out my lastest post! darkodyssey.substack.com/p/miles-away...
Miles Away: My delusional Microbudget Dream
I appreciate all the heavy lifting that’s happening in the NonDe space on Filmstack, thank you, Ted Hope, but I’m not sure how much I can contribute personally to the conversation.
darkodyssey.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
don't know if any of you are on substack, but if you are, check out my lastest post! darkodyssey.substack.com/p/miles-away...
I’m screening a few of my films at Gatherwild in Germantown NY on Sunday evening July 20th! Come on by if you can. It’s free! @upstateartweekend
July 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I’m screening a few of my films at Gatherwild in Germantown NY on Sunday evening July 20th! Come on by if you can. It’s free! @upstateartweekend
Check out this interview with yours truly!
The acclaimed portrait photographer and director discusses death as a release of pain, filming with an Alexa Mini, in 2k and out-of-focus, electric rock chords, working with Cat Power, and much more!
Read our exclusive interview:
dmovies.org/2025/06/06/o...
Read our exclusive interview:
dmovies.org/2025/06/06/o...
Our dirty questions to Michael Lavine - DMovies
Joshua Polanski talks to the acclaimed portrait photographer and director; they discuss the fear of dying, death as a release of pain, filming with an Alexa Mini, in 2k and out-of-focus, electric rock...
dmovies.org
June 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Check out this interview with yours truly!
DMovies review of my short filme The Wanderer!
Well-known portrait photographer takes director's chair in order to a create visually impressive short film about death and the afterlife
From the Sydney Film Festival:
dmovies.org/2025/06/06/t...
From the Sydney Film Festival:
dmovies.org/2025/06/06/t...
The Wanderer - DMovies
Well-known portrait photographer takes director's chair in order to a create visually impressive short film about death and the afterlife - from the Sydney Film Festival
dmovies.org
June 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
DMovies review of my short filme The Wanderer!
got a little review for my short The Wanderer! cinemacy.com/the-wanderer...
'The Wanderer' Review: A Mysterious Martyr Barters With Her Life
Michael Lavine's 'The Wanderer' is a gothic noir fantasy that artfully captures themes of immortality and death.
cinemacy.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
got a little review for my short The Wanderer! cinemacy.com/the-wanderer...
I can't stand it when people don't text me back. It really brings me down. Is this normal? Or am I damaged?
May 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I can't stand it when people don't text me back. It really brings me down. Is this normal? Or am I damaged?