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Please Enjoy Alex Kavutskiy’s Award Winning Dark Comedy Short “Squirrel”

July 31, 2019

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Since we’ve first caught wind of Alex Kavutskiy years ago at Channel 101, we were blown away at his cinematic prowess, especially when it comes to nailing dark comedy so exquisitely.

All these years later, Alex is still perfecting his gallows humor touch and it’s so damn good as we just saw with his latest short film Squirrel, which just happens to be making quite the rounds on the festival circuit (and is a Vimeo Staff Pick). We’d also like to note how pitch perfect both Andrea Rosen and Max Jenkins are in this, drawing out every bit of tension possible with their performances.

So, please enjoy Squirrel here.

Please Enjoy Alex & Ariel’s Latest Short Film “Sound Speeds”

April 7, 2017

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Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner, one of favorite filmmaking teams in comedy, have just released their latest short film, Sound Speeds.

It shines a light on one of Tinseltown’s unsung heroes, the sound mixer, and then shows how weird one of those guys can be all in gorgeous black and white.

Watch it here.

Alex & Ariel’s First Feature “On The Rocks” Is a Great Whirlwind of Murphy’s Law

February 19, 2017

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Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner, sometimes known as Alex & Ariel, have made an impressive showing as filmmakers over the years with their off-beat dark comedy short films like Judy and short form series like Kill The Baby.

Now, they’ve confidently stepped into both feature length film arena with On The Rocks. They follow a marriage live up to the film’s title to the nth degree as husband and wife, played by Chase Fein and Nichole Bagby, really do go through everything going wrong that can possibly go wrong. We should add that they’re both far from being without fault.

The pace, accented by a Birdman-esque jazz score, is relentless which adds to the fun, chaotic tailspin that the audience is taken on.

Get a taste of all of that with this trailer.

On The Rocks is now available on iTunes $9.99 and is yet another milestone for what we feel will be a storied career of Alex & Ariel.

May 30, 2016

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A mix of “groundbreaking avant-garde films and electrifying tour-de-force performances” will be featured with the line-up in the flyer above as curated by groundbreaking filmmakers Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner.

Get your tickets here.

The rest of our listings for comedy shows/events as well as open mics and corresponding maps are embedded at www.thecomedybureau.com.

And The Winners of The 2015 Channel 101 Channies Are..

December 7, 2015

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We’re in the thick of awards season. Talk of this show and that movie and Game of Thrones and Spotlight may be well deserved, but we’re definitely focused on who is taking home a Channy for outstanding achievement in making a 5 minute TV show that’s not on your cable box, Netflix, etc. like Kill The Baby (which dominated this year’s awards), King of YouTube, and Natasha.

So, without further adieu, your 2015 Channel 101 Channy Award Winners are:

BEST FAILED PILOT: The Mysterious Deejaying of the Asshole Upstairs, Steve Huey
BEST VFX / MAKEUP: Santiago, Jen Grable
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kill The Baby, Nate Cornett
BEST CRINGE MOMENT: Tie between Kill The Baby, “Isaac Eats Baby Poo” Dave Geis & Senior Flowers, “Sex With A Pig” Chris Lee, Cullan Bruce & Willy Roberts
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE: Kill The Baby, Demorge Brown
BEST SUPPORTING / GUEST STAR PERFORMANCE – MALE: King of Youtube, Spencer Strauss
BEST SUPPORTING / GUEST STAR PERFORMANCE – FEMALE: Kill The Baby, Erin McGathy
BEST EDITING: Kill The Baby, Ariel Gardner
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE: King of Youtube, Paul Isakson
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE: Stupid Bitch, Nichole Bagby
BEST WRITING: Tie between Kill The Baby, Alex Kavutskiy & Ariel Gardner & Markees Saves, Matt Hill & Markees Christmas
BEST DIRECTING: Kill The Baby, Alex Kavutskiy & Ariel Gardner
BEST SHOW: Kill The Baby

If you’re not familiar with any of these fantastic, innovative, defying-in-every-way shows, please get obsessed with them over at Channel 101 right now.

Channel 101 May 2015 Edition Is Here

May 31, 2015

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This latest batch of Channel 101 is as hysterically dark as it’s even been and we’re loving it.

Paul Isakson’s meta first person vlog King of YouTube and Alex Kavutskiy and Ariel Gardner’s Kill The Baby finished at the top in the round of Channel 101, which, we think, show the rest of TV how to really blend horror and comedy.

Also, check out the other top series from this month delightfully titled Caveman Hate Technology, Stupid Bitch, and Natasha.