The first takeaway from Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection, Arrow Video’s jumbo-size tribute to that undersung Latvian-American-Wisconsonite low-fi to no-fi filmmaker, is that making movies ...

Described as “one of America’s most tenacious outsider auteurs,” for more than twenty years the Latvian-born Bill Rebane ran a full-blown movie studio in middle-of-nowhere, rural Wisconsin. Using his ...

Prior to Arrow Films’ announcement of “Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection” I had neither heard of the man nor any of the six features contained therein. That’s not necessarily a red flag but ...

MERRILL - It was a hot summer evening in 1975 and the people of Merrill were getting ready for "The Giant Spider Invasion." Rick Blake was there. He and a friend heard that scenes of the movie, about ...

When "Firebird" screened at last year's Frameline Festival in the just re-opened Castro Theatre, it received a deserved standing ovation from the nearly full house. It won an Honorable Mention in the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions has acquired North American rights to Peeter Rebane’s theatrical feature directorial debut, Firebird, with plans to release it exclusively in theaters on April 29.

MERRILL - Just in time for Halloween, the Merrill Historical Society will pay homage to a Wisconsin filmmaker who produced strange, kitschy and thoroughly entertaining B-movies. The grand opening of ...

Former serial protester Kalev Rebane has once again come to the attention of the Internal Security Service (ISS). The investigative program "Pealtnägija" set out to explain why Rebane is of interest ...