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Daniel Kremer

@thustlebird.bsky.social
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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)

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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
New Kremerfilm is coming: EVEN JUST (started in 2018, finished this month). Private premiere this fall. Goes into distribution at the start of 2027. Stay tuned!
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
With all the new attention NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER has gotten, I really bristle at the over-selling of replacement director Robert Butler’s creative contribution. This is a Sidney Furie film, folks, no matter what the credits tell you. Don’t just take my word for it. Here’s James Brolin in IndieWire:
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
My new book MY LUNCHES WITH HENRY JAGLOM is now out. I think, even if you’re not a Jagfan, per se, you will be both surprised and entertained. I’m very proud of it. Plus, the appendix goodies! Ohhhhh boy! Foreword by Candice Bergen. Afterword by Noah Wyle.
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
My 3 books. The 3rd will be out in early March! The 4th (on Irving Rapper) is in progress. Note: There is a foreword in the Furie book, by Piers Handling (then head of TIFF). Don't know why the publisher didn't note this on the cover back then, but it's there. 12 feature-length films and 3 books.
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
My documentary NOW, IRVING RAPPER recently added Illeana Douglas and Foster Hirsch, to a “cast” that includes Maltin, Jaglom, Alan K. Rode, WB’s George Feltenstein, David Del Valle, Nathaniel Thompson, and others.
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Joe Dante says, “Read Daniel Kremer’s Adventures in Auteurism…and heed my foreword!” Do as he bids!
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
My new book is available for purchase. Foreword by Joe Dante, Afterword by Daniel Waters.
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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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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Out next week on Blu-ray internationally, my documentary CRUEL, USUAL, NECESSARY: THE PASSION OF SILVIO NARIZZANO. viavision.com.au/shop/blue-19...
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I’m everywhere, EVERYWHERE, I tell ya!
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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...
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
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...
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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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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
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.
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
I would use Bluesky more if it weren’t for the stupid character limit.
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
My titles as director, as they appear on MUBI.
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
11 features and counting – I’ve had a funky little film career so far
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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!
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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!
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
My essay documentary is available to watch for free on Trailers from Hell. trailersfromhell.com/zabriskie-za...
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Coming in 2026 from University Press of Kentucky Screen Classics Series: NOW, IRVING RAPPER: STYLIST OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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.
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Daniel Kremer @thustlebird.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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!
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