Vincent Pereira

Vincent Pereira’s “A Better Place” gets a director’s cut release on Blu-ray thanks to Smodcastle Cinema.

By AJ Friar on June 5, 2025 • ( 0 )

A Better Place (1997) is an obscure and underappreciated film that quietly resides in the shadows of the more well-known titles in Kevin Smith’s View Askewniverse. Produced by Smith (Dogma) but written and directed by his longtime friend Vincent Pereira… Read More ›

Own a piece of cinematic history by snagging a copy of director Malcolm Ingram’s Kevin Smith documentary “Clerk.”

By Douglas Davidson on September 24, 2023 • ( 0 )

In 2021, during SXSW, director Malcolm Ingram premiered his documentary Clerk., an exploratory look at the life and career of Kevin Smith, the loquacious foul-mouthed creator of the View Askewuniverse. Those unfamiliar with that title may recognize a few of… Read More ›

Malcolm Ingram’s doc “Clerk.” is a loving mosaic to Kevin Smith, The Man Who Would Be King Geek. [SXSW Film Festival]

By Douglas Davidson on March 19, 2021 • ( 2 )

Before the Fengshen Cinematic Universe, the modern Monster Universe, the DCEU, or the MCU, there was the View Askewinverse. Before there was Kevin Feige (Marvel Studios) or Jon Favreau (The Mandalorian) as the pinnacles of geekdom, there was writer/director Kevin… Read More ›

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Vincent Pereira

Vincent Pereira’s “A Better Place” gets a director’s cut release on Blu-ray thanks to Smodcastle Cinema.

Own a piece of cinematic history by snagging a copy of director Malcolm Ingram’s Kevin Smith documentary “Clerk.”

Malcolm Ingram’s doc “Clerk.” is a loving mosaic to Kevin Smith, The Man Who Would Be King Geek. [SXSW Film Festival]