Happy Baby

  • The Great Film Festival Swindle

    The Great Film Festival Swindle

    “Never pay an entry fee. If they won’t give you a waiver they aren’t interested in the film.”—Programmer for a major film festival

  • “Write What You Feel Like Writing”

    For the Believer, Lane Koivu interviews our fearless leader Stephen Elliott about, among other things, “the thrill of finding himself in the director’s chair, the time he nearly got locked up by a psychiatrist in San Francisco, and why he’s always in…

  • Keep Happy Baby Happy with Food Donations

    Are you a fan of the Rumpus living in New York? Do you work in, or have ties to, the food industry, or maybe just some extra cash you’d like to give to some starving artists? We’re looking to feed…

  • Stephen and Isaac on Drunken Odyssey

    Woohoo! Lit podcast Drunken Odyssey has a new episode up in which host John King talks to our very own Stephen Elliott and Isaac Fitzgerald. Topics include Happy Baby, About Cherry, and bend-over boyfriends. Plus it says right there on the site…

  • Happy Baby Shoutout!

    A big thank you to Maud Newton for shouting out the Happy Baby movie in the New York Times Magazine. Fun fact from her blurb: “[Stephen] Elliott accidentally sent the chapters out of order to his editor, Dave Eggers, who actually preferred them…

  • Happy Baby in Los Angeles (Tonight!)

    A Kickstarter party for Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus! December 7th, at Fix Coffee, 2100 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026. Doors at 7pm. Show at 7:30pm. To purchase advance tickets just make a contribution to the Happy Baby…

  • The Literary Community Presents: Let’s Make a Movie!

    Co-sponsored by The Millions, HTMLGIANT, Bomb Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Gigantic, and The New Inquiry. Tonight! November 29th, 8pm at Public Assembly (70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY) A Kickstarter party for Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus! Sliding…

  • Videos from the SF Happy Baby kickstarter party

    ­We would like to thank everyone who came out for the “Let’s Make a Movie” Happy Baby Kickstarter party! For those of you beyond the Bay Area and anyone who couldn’t make the show, you’re in luck. Below are the “Let’s Make…

  • Happy Baby Roundup

    The Happy Baby Kickstarter campaign has 21 days to reach the $85,000 funding goal. You can make a donation here. ‘Like’ Happy Baby on Facebook! Stephen Elliott talks with a Happy Baby Kickstarter backer, Stacey Lewis of the legendary City Lights bookstore. You know we…

  • Happy Baby in Los Angeles

    The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “HAPPY BABY IN LOS ANGELES” A Kickstarter party for Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus! December 7th, 7pm at Fix Coffee, 2100 Echo Park Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026. Doors at 7pm. Show at 7:30pm.…

  • “As Much Fun As A Creative Person Can Have”

    Kickstarter interviewed our very own Stephen Elliott about Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus. A preview: This time I’m going to edit the movie myself, with feedback from Kickstarter backers, and take as long as it takes.…

  • LET’S MAKE A MOVIE! (Tonight!)

    What do porn stars, punk rock self-help gurus, musical legends, comedy, literature, yo-yos, and the movie Argo have in common? The Rumpus, Wholphin, and ZYZZYVA present: LET’S MAKE A MOVIE! The crowd sourcing launch for Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus! Monday, November 12th.…