Bearden wrote extensively on film and filmmakers for magazines such as Movie Maker,[1] Fangoria, The Seattle Weekly, Time Out NY, Slant, Psychotronic Video[2] and The Stranger.

During this time he interviewed actors and directors including Russ Meyer, John Sayles, Jackie Chan, Charles Durning, Paul Schrader, John G. Avildsen, Udo Kier, Werner Herzog, Kevin Smith, Paul Morrissey and Dario Argento.

Co-written with Joel Haskard and made with Brooklyn producers Brad Buckwalter and Sharon Eagan, The Raftman’s Razor was a 7 minute 16mm short “existentialist fable” concerning two small town boys obsessed with a comic book superhero that essentially does nothing.

[7] Written and filmed as Miss January, but with a title change due to resistance from Playboy Enterprises, Meet Monica Velour premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and given a four city theatrical release in April 2011 by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Despite some very positive reviews, Bearden noted that he did not have final music, edit, or script control in the DVD Director’s Commentary, calling it “almost my movie.” His 2nd feature film "Antarctica" starring Chloe Levine and Kimie Muroya was called "a surrealistic fable about growing up in America," premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in November 2020 and was released on Amazon Prime and Apple TV weeks after.