Joel Potrykus
Revisited: Filmmaking and Fatherhood: Five Years Later
Writer-director Joel Potrykus, whose film Vulcanizadora premiered at Tribeca 2024, on life with his son, Solo.
Filmmaking and Fatherhood: Five Years Later
Writer-director Joel Potrykus, whose new film Vulcanizadora premieres at Tribeca next month, on life with his son, Solo.
Underrated/Overlooked: Joel Potrykus on Dragged Across Concrete
It's not exactly fashionable to love S. Craig Zahler's movies, but dammit if Joel Potrykus doesn't walk to the beat of his own drum.
Filmmaking and Fatherhood: Year One
Last year, Joel Potrykus' son, Solo, was born 10 days before his new film premiered. As Relaxer hits theaters, he takes stock of where he's at.
The 2017 Talkies: Talkhouse Film Contributors’ Top Films of the Year
Talkhouse Film contributors' favorite films of the year, with special contributions by Aisha Tyler, Bret Easton Ellis, Alex Ross Perry and more.
“It Got One Star, for the Cat”: Filmmakers Choose More of Their Favorite Negative User Reviews
It's no fun to read a major critic tear down your vision, but it's sometimes a different matter when the writer is a trolling internet commenter...
Joel Potrykus (Buzzard) Talks David Gelb’s The Lazarus Effect
The latest Blumhouse production is a film 14-year-old Joel Potrykus would’ve loved as much as Mountain Dew. But Potrykus isn't a teenager anymore.





