WATCH

June 8-13, 2024
Tribeca Festival, New York, New York info

June 20-23, 2024
Oak Cliff Film Festival, Oak Cliff, Texas info

PRESS

“Joel Potrykus, the undisputed maestro of ‘metal slackerism,” again serves up a singular experience by taking a simple idea to its logical conclusion, and then a lot further.” -David Ehrlich, IndieWire

“A darkly funny heavy metal comedy that deftly shifts into a poignant existential drama. Potrykus helms with edgy style, but it’s his and Burge’s transformative performances that carry this unconventional gem.”
-Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting 

“There is no film you’ll ever see like it as it patiently builds to a terrifying explosion and then keeps going from where most would stop, leaving us to pick up the pieces that are forever shattered.”
-Chase Hutchinson, Collider

“Unexpectedly poignant. Potrykus’ most accessible film to date. A sincere rumination on mortality and enduring relationships.”
-Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest 

“A fascinating film. What I admire most about the truly strange “Vulcanizadora” is that I haven’t seen anything like it. Joshua Burge is phenomenal”
-Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com

“Provocative. Edgy. The punk-rock cousin of Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy.” -John Fink, The Film Stage

“Mind-bending. Nothing can really prepare viewers for where Vulcanizadora ends up going.”
-Carla Hay, Culture Mix

“Vulcanizadora is a dark, sombre film, and yet it speaks of something so genuine in such an urgent way that the courage driving it brings with it an implicit kind of hope.
-Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Alliance of Women Film Journalists

“A very funny film. Brilliantly directed. Raw, sincere, and genuinely existential.”
-Chris Cassingham, In Review Online

“As much a jet-black comedy as it is a gripping psychological horror. It’s in these opposing tones that Vulcanizadora bombards you with repeated blows of brilliance.”
-Alex Papaioannou, InSession Film

“Hilariously cringe and intense, while also unexpectedly heartbreaking and deeply profound.”
-M.J. O’Toole, Hammer to Nail

“The perfect coming-of-age story they’d show in hell, or at least purgatory. Like a weird version of Stand By Me.”
-Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central

“This dark comedy highlights Potrykus’s distinct vision with a gripping dramatic pulse, and unrelenting tone and atmosphere.”
-Susan Kouguell, Script Magazine

“Undeniably brilliant. Welcome to genre heaven.”
-Liz Whittemor, Reel News Daily

“A pyrotechnic journey into the woods, despair and maybe hell. Resonant in all kinds of unexpected ways.”
-Anton Bitel, Projected Figures

Probes the vulnerable underbelly of affable, slacker masculinity gone sour with sickly, hypnotic fascination. Vulcanizadora is a cruel joke, but the right kind of viewer will definitely laugh. 
-Payton McCarty-Simas, Film Inquiry

“Impossible to categorize. The movie is purposefully disorienting, and any adventurous movie buff will want to savor its beautiful, ugly, hilarious, hellish vision.”
-Mike McGranaghan, The Aisle Seat