Want to Make Films That Don’t Sell Out? Rick Alverson Has a Class for That

Want to Make Films That Don’t Sell Out? Rick Alverson Has a Class for That

Few artists march to the beat of their own drum as proudly as Rick Alverson. The Virginia-based filmmaker is known for his unapologetically bleak explorations of topics that might be funny in other contexts, like the Neil Hamburger tragedy “Entertainment” and the Tim Heidecker drama “The Comedy,” applying his singular, uncompromising voice to each project. And now, he wants to teach the next generation of filmmakers how to do the same thing with…