J. R. “Bob” Dobbs & the Church of the SubGenius
Sandy K. Boone, 2019
RENT AND PURCHASE (ALPHABETICAL)
AMAZON PRIME
Apparently still available to those who purchased between approximately October 2020–May 2021…
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08KGZQXJ3/
or
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08KH12MBC/
APPLE TV
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/id1534974786
FANDANGO NOW (aka VUDU)
https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/MMV3255F284DEB9BDA0C83105480A2C7600E
GOOGLE PLAY
https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/J_R_Bob_Dobbs_and_the_Church_of_the_SubGenius
HULU
TBD
KANOPY
https://www.kanopy.com/product/jr-bob-dobbs-and-church-subgenius
NETFLIX
TBD
TUBI
https://tubitv.com/movies/583509/jr-bob-dobbs-the-church-of-the-subgenius
VUDU
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/J-R-Bob-Dobbs-and-the-Church-of-the-SubGenius/1489015
YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odg2iR-rRL0 (rent)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlB5DKTwd9Y (free from the distributor)
KICKSTARTER PLEDGE REWARDS
Distributed.
DVD / BLURAY / VHS / SUPER-8 / ETC.
Distributed.
PIRATE DOWNLOADS
Cursed.
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Australia, Canada, Czeck Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, United Kingdom
TRAILERS AND DIRECTOR INFO
Festival Trailer (2019-05-20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H051cMWTsU
Festival Trailer (2019-03-01)
https://vimeo.com/320887505
Director’s Statement
http://filmschoolradio.com/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-director-sandy-k-boone-and-church-co-founder-dr-philo-drummond/
Sandy K. Boone (twitter)
https://twitter.com/SandyKBoone1
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
Award This! Pop Culture Documentary (Nominated)
Award This!, Tustin, CA (2021)
Best Documentary Feature – Dziga Vertov Award
BLOW-UP International Arthouse Film Fest, Chicago, IL (2019)
Best International Documentary Award
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Melbourne (2019)
Grand Jury Prize, Texas Feature Film
Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas, TX (2019)
Visions
SXSW Film Festival, Austin, TX (2019)
REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS (REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL)
AV CLUB (2022-11-26)
https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-2019
THE REMINDER (2021-02-11)
https://www.thereminder.com/dining/movieguide/what-im-watching-a-movie-that-might-offend-some/
JAMIE ZAWINSKI (2021-01-11)
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/recent-movies-and-tv-9/
FILM THREAT WATCH PARTY (2020-11-13)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/802158738
https://twitter.com/FilmThreat/status/1327416056428650496
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–fd5-jTejk
FILM THREAT PODCAST LIVE (2020-11-09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB3A99RAas8
FILM SCHOOL RADIO (2020-11-07)
http://filmschoolradio.com/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-director-sandy-k-boone-and-church-co-founder-dr-philo-drummond/
FILM THREAT (2020-11-06)
https://filmthreat.com/news/praise-this-watch-party-for-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
CHURCH OF SATAN (2020-10-28)
https://twitter.com/ChurchofSatan/status/1321557745007435778
WE ARE CULT (2020-10-26)
http://wearecult.rocks/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius
ONE OF US (2020-10-26)
https://oneofus.net/2020/10/screener-squad-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
PATCH (2020-10-20)
https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/calendar/event/20191020/664102/film-screening-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius
ROCK 1053 (2020-10-20)
https://rock1053.iheart.com/content/2020-10-20-new-releases-october-20-26/
KILLER MOVIE REVIEWS (2020-10-17)
https://www.killermoviereviews.com/movie/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
AUSTIN CHRONICLE (2020-10-16)
https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/2020-10-16/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
BATTLE ROYAL WITH CHEESE (2020-10-16)
https://battleroyalewithcheese.com/2020/10/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
THE COSMIKS (2020-10-16)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rpPwyfOgW0
CREATORS (2020-10-16)
https://www.creators.com/read/screener/10/20/love-and-monsters-and-jr-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-a-good-teens-and-creatures-movie-and-a-deep-dive-into-a-glorious-fake-cult
D MAGAZINE (2020-10-16)
https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2020/10/how-to-watch-dallas-native-cooper-raiffs-film-debut-starting-today/
GIZMODO (2020-10-16)
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-church-of-the-subgenius-documentary-examines-the-cu-1845340426?IR=T
REASON (2020-10-16)
https://reason.com/2020/10/16/reviews-love-and-monsters-and-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
RUN & PEE (2020-10-16)
https://runpee.com/indie-documentary-review-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD (2020-10-16)
https://womenandhollywood.com/weekly-update-for-october-16-women-centric-directed-and-written-films-opening/
CRITICAL BLAST (2020-10-15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7wF9bHucWk
MONTCLAIR PATCH (2020-10-14)
https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/bob-dobbs-coming-montclair-church-subgenius-documentary
SCREEN ANARCHY (2020-10-14)
https://screenanarchy.com/2020/10/review-jr-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-illuminating-trip-down-a-rabbit-hole.html
UNSEEN FILMS (2020-10-13)
http://www.unseenfilms.net/2020/10/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-church-of-subgenius.html
CINEMAJAW (2020-10-10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYIT4N1i4Tw
CENTRAL TRACK (2020-09-28)
https://www.centraltrack.com/documentary-on-dallas-wildest-religion-earns-wide-release/
BOING BOING (2020-09-26)
https://boingboing.net/2020/09/26/slack-is-back-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-trailer-drops.html
COMING SOON (2020-09-25)
https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1149911-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-trailer-revealed
SCREEN ANARCHY (2020-09-22)
https://screenanarchy.com/2020/09/exclusive-jr-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-trailer-debut.html
SELIG FILM NEWS (2020-06-21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WpxqD5SGUs
CONNECT SAVANAH (2019-12-03)
https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/church-of-the-subgenius-hits-the-sav/Content?oid=13642999
CALGARY HERALD (2019-11-23)
https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/in-bob-we-trust-documentary-follows-strange-history-of-the-church-of-the-subgenius
DALLAS MORNING NEWS (2019-11-05)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/from-the-archives/2019/11/05/from-70s-divinity-to-2019-documentary-the-odd-dallas-origins-of-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
FILM THREAT (2020-10-16)
https://filmthreat.com/reviews/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
MOVIEWEB (2020-09-24)
https://movieweb.com/jr-bob-dobbs-church-of-the-subgenius-trailer/
THE LAST THING I SEE (2019-07-22)
https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2019/07/jr-bob-dobbs-and-church-of-the-subgenius.html
FANTASIA THE TALKSHOW (2019-07-21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXwCqwZ12g8
AISLE SEAT (2019-07-20)
https://aisleseat.com/church-of-subgenius.html
KQED (2019-05-28)
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13858239/now-playing-profiles-in-near-religious-obsession-at-docfest
FILM INQUIRY (2019-05-22)
https://www.filminquiry.com/ten-melbourne-documentary-film-festival-2019/
EXTRAVAGANT BEHAVIOR (2019-05-16)
http://www.extravagantbehavior.com/2019/05/16/j-r-bob-dobbs-church-of-the-subgenius/
BEYOND CHRON (2019-05-15)
https://beyondchron.org/18th-s-f-docfest-preview/
MELBOURNE DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL (2019-05-??)
https://www.cinemanova.com.au/films/mdff-jr-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subge
D MAGAZINE (2019-04-12)
https://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2019/04/this-documentary-tells-the-true-story-of-dallas-weirdest-cult/
VARIETY (2019-03-21)
https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-review-1203165370/
KUT (2019-03-15)
https://www.kut.org/post/documentary-explores-texas-born-church-thats-been-running-joke-40-years
TEXAS STANDARD (2019-03-15)
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/documentary-explores-the-texas-born-church-thats-been-a-running-joke-for-40-years/
CULT NEWS 101 (2019-03-14)
https://www.cultnews101.com/2019/03/jr-bob-dobbs-and-church-of-subgenius.html
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER (2019-03-14)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jr-bob-dobbs-church-subgenius-1194822
AUSTIN360 DOT COM (2019-03-13)
https://www.austin360.com/entertainmentlife/20190313/sxsw-review-jr-bob-dobbs-and-church-of-subgenius-is-true-tale-of-texas-weirdos
HOUSTON CHRONICLE (2019-03-11)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/movies/article/SXSW-An-offbeat-Texas-Church-gets-its-13677950.php
THE DAILY TEXAN (2019-03-10)
https://www.dailytexanonline.com/church-of-the-subgenius-documentary-bobbs-film-retro-cult-following
SCREEN ANARCHY (2019-03-10)
https://screenanarchy.com/2019/03/sxsw-2019-review-jr-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-exploring-a-texas-prank-cult-thats-ins.html
WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD (2019-03-09)
https://womenandhollywood.com/sxsw-2019-women-directors-meet-sandy-k-boone-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
AUSTIN CHRONICLE (2019-03-08)
https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2019-03-08/bow-down-and-pay-up-for-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
FIRST SHOWING (2019-03-05)
https://www.firstshowing.net/2019/first-trailer-for-j-r-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius-doc/
INDIEWIRE (2019-03-05)
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/jr-bob-dobbs-church-of-the-subgenius-trailer-sxsw-1202048692/
STATESMAN (2019-03-05)
https://www.statesman.com/entertainmentlife/20190318/sxswhaaa–5-films-from-fest-that-kept-it-weird
WE ARE MOVING STORIES (2019-01-17)
http://www.wearemovingstories.com/we-are-moving-stories-films/2019/1/17/jr-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius
366 WEIRD MOVIES (2018-04-19)
https://366weirdmovies.com/328-arise-the-subgenius-movie-1992/
UNDATED (alphabetical)
FILM FREEWAY
https://filmfreeway.com/SandyKBoone
IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7007520/
LETTERBOXD
https://letterboxd.com/film/jr-bob-dobbs-and-the-church-of-the-subgenius/
ROTTEN TOMATOES
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jr_bob_dobbs_and_the_church_of_the_subgenius
SPINNING IMAGE
https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=13079
SLACKING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM
http://subgeniusmovie.com/
THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS
http://subgenius.com
DOBBS.TOWN
dobbs.town
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