Bingo Hell is a movie directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero starring young upstarts called Adriana Barraza, Richard Brake, L. Scott Caldwell and Bertila Damas among other promising cast members.
The screenplay was written together by Shane McKenzie, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Perry Blackshear. And, apparently, they had a blast writing this.
Plot
Some seniors live a peaceful life caring for their community and spending hours playing bingo until things change: a new owner, with greater and more infernal prizes has arrived at the district to change the way this entertainment is experienced from now on.
About the Movie Bingo Hell (2021)
I was recommended this film as one of the worst films to write about and I will disagree: Bingo Hell is infernal entertainment, and very well made visually (at least the choices they have made). It is tacky, kitsch or whatever you want to call it, it has a neon...
The screenplay was written together by Shane McKenzie, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Perry Blackshear. And, apparently, they had a blast writing this.
Plot
Some seniors live a peaceful life caring for their community and spending hours playing bingo until things change: a new owner, with greater and more infernal prizes has arrived at the district to change the way this entertainment is experienced from now on.
About the Movie Bingo Hell (2021)
I was recommended this film as one of the worst films to write about and I will disagree: Bingo Hell is infernal entertainment, and very well made visually (at least the choices they have made). It is tacky, kitsch or whatever you want to call it, it has a neon...
- 1/30/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Stars: Kelly Murtagh, Bobby Gilchrist, Jamie Neumann, Erika Ashley, Gralen Bryant Banks, Marco Dapper, Craig Leydecker, Deneen Tyler | Written by Kelly Murtagh, Bryce Parsons-Twesten | Directed by Samantha Aldana
Horror movies about food disorders are few and far between, or at least I haven’t seen many at all. But that is the subject that Shapeless tackles and it goes to some extreme places with it.
The film follows Ivy, a jazz singer who isn’t quite struggling but dreams of something bigger and better, while also suffering from an eating disorder that risks ruining not only her career but her whole life.
Visually, Shapeless is phenomenal. Her first feature film, director Samantha Aldana can obviously take plenty of credit for this but cinematographer Natalie Kingston deserves plenty of praise also. It is no surprise at all that she has a couple of noteworthy titles on her C.V. such as...
Horror movies about food disorders are few and far between, or at least I haven’t seen many at all. But that is the subject that Shapeless tackles and it goes to some extreme places with it.
The film follows Ivy, a jazz singer who isn’t quite struggling but dreams of something bigger and better, while also suffering from an eating disorder that risks ruining not only her career but her whole life.
Visually, Shapeless is phenomenal. Her first feature film, director Samantha Aldana can obviously take plenty of credit for this but cinematographer Natalie Kingston deserves plenty of praise also. It is no surprise at all that she has a couple of noteworthy titles on her C.V. such as...
- 9/14/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
A sense of dread permeates this story of a jazz singer trapped in a harrowing eating-disorder cycle that turns horrific and hallucinatory
The gnawing omnipresence of an eating disorder becomes the source of body horror in Samantha Aldana’s accomplished, visually impressive debut. Drawing from her own experience of bulimia, co-writer Kelly Murtagh is phenomenal as Ivy, an aspiring jazz singer who is trapped in an endless cycle of bingeing and purging. Straightforward in terms of plotting, the harrowing character study opts to render the frightening effects of Ivy’s psychological condition through a distinctly sensorial soundscape.
Sensitive to the presence and mentions of food, Ivy seems to exist outside her own body. Her mind is occupied with the sounds of sweet wrappers being torn open, cereal clattering against a glass bowl, the beeping tones of the register as a cashier marvels at her unusually large grocery order. The camera also stalks Ivy physically,...
The gnawing omnipresence of an eating disorder becomes the source of body horror in Samantha Aldana’s accomplished, visually impressive debut. Drawing from her own experience of bulimia, co-writer Kelly Murtagh is phenomenal as Ivy, an aspiring jazz singer who is trapped in an endless cycle of bingeing and purging. Straightforward in terms of plotting, the harrowing character study opts to render the frightening effects of Ivy’s psychological condition through a distinctly sensorial soundscape.
Sensitive to the presence and mentions of food, Ivy seems to exist outside her own body. Her mind is occupied with the sounds of sweet wrappers being torn open, cereal clattering against a glass bowl, the beeping tones of the register as a cashier marvels at her unusually large grocery order. The camera also stalks Ivy physically,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Ivy (played by co-writer Kelly Murtagh) is a singer with a soft but powerful voice and a distinctive style. She’s serious about what she does, and working hard to advance her career, but being a successful singer comes with certain other expectations, not least in her own mind. She not only has to sound good; she has to look a certain way, and she always has to maintain control. Her intense focus on this means that it’s getting harder and harder to do. Somewhere along the way, she has become bulimic, and now it’s beginning to overwhelm her.
People – not least those in the early stages of struggling with them themselves – tend to think of eating disorders in terms of behaviours around food, weight loss and a bit of delicate fainting. The reality is much uglier, as this film makes clear. As a body goes into starvation mode,...
People – not least those in the early stages of struggling with them themselves – tend to think of eating disorders in terms of behaviours around food, weight loss and a bit of delicate fainting. The reality is much uglier, as this film makes clear. As a body goes into starvation mode,...
- 2/11/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Shapeless
Living with an eating disorder is like living with a monster, with a part of oneself which is constantly on the attack. Shapeless is a film which takes this to heart, using the tropes of the horror genre to explore one woman’s struggle with her remorseless condition. She’s Ivy, a talented singer whose life gradually falls apart as she loses her mental focus and then her voice, and she’s played by Kelly Murtagh, who also co-wrote. As a survivor of bulimia herself – and someone who will always be at risk of relapse – Kelly was taking a risk by pursuing this project, but she felt that it was a risk she had to take in order to try and reach out to others.
“I always have looked to art, looked to books, looked to stories, looked to films as a way to process my world around me and.
Living with an eating disorder is like living with a monster, with a part of oneself which is constantly on the attack. Shapeless is a film which takes this to heart, using the tropes of the horror genre to explore one woman’s struggle with her remorseless condition. She’s Ivy, a talented singer whose life gradually falls apart as she loses her mental focus and then her voice, and she’s played by Kelly Murtagh, who also co-wrote. As a survivor of bulimia herself – and someone who will always be at risk of relapse – Kelly was taking a risk by pursuing this project, but she felt that it was a risk she had to take in order to try and reach out to others.
“I always have looked to art, looked to books, looked to stories, looked to films as a way to process my world around me and.
- 2/9/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Shapeless Review — Shapeless (2021) Film Review from the 20th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie directed by Samantha Aldana, and starring Kelly Murtagh, Bobby Gilchrist, Jamie Neumann, Erika Ashley, Gralen Bryant Banks, Marco Dapper, Craig Leydecker, Zardis Nichols, Ernest Wells, Jo-Ann Robinson, Sherri Eakin, Deneen Tyler, Casandra Corrales, and Tenea Intriago. Watching director [...]
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- 6/14/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
L. Scott Caldwell will star in Blumhouse and Amazon’s “Bingo,” the latest thriller on the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” slate.
The Tony Award-winning actor, known for her roles as Rose in “Lost” and in “The Fugitive” will star as Delores, the “witty, loyal and tough grandmother” at the center of “Bingo’s” story.
Caldwell joins previously announced stars Adriana Barraza (Oscar nominee for “Babel”), who plays Delores’ best friend Lupita, and “The Good Lord Bird” breakout Joshua Caleb Johnson, as her grandson Caleb.
Set in the barrio of Oak Springs, the film follows a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Lupita is the leader of the group, keeping them together as a community, a family, but little do they know, their beloved Bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.
“Bingo” is directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero...
The Tony Award-winning actor, known for her roles as Rose in “Lost” and in “The Fugitive” will star as Delores, the “witty, loyal and tough grandmother” at the center of “Bingo’s” story.
Caldwell joins previously announced stars Adriana Barraza (Oscar nominee for “Babel”), who plays Delores’ best friend Lupita, and “The Good Lord Bird” breakout Joshua Caleb Johnson, as her grandson Caleb.
Set in the barrio of Oak Springs, the film follows a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends who refuse to be gentrified. Lupita is the leader of the group, keeping them together as a community, a family, but little do they know, their beloved Bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful force than money itself.
“Bingo” is directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero...
- 3/12/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
A good comedy pairing is always a joy to watch, almost regardless of the material. When a comedy’s premise can be high quality as well, laughs are inevitable for those watching the film. Such is most certainly the case with The Lovebirds, a very funny new movie that is hitting Netflix this week, after seeing its original release by Paramount delayed. A sale to the streaming giant ensued, and now, the embargo has lifted. Powered by a dynamic comedic duo of Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, The Lovebirds is always an enjoyable watch, even when the plot gets a little bit ridiculous. The film is an action comedy, centering on a couple’s wild night. Jibran (Nanjiani) and Leilani (Rae) are an always arguing couple. A documentary filmmaker and an advertising executive, they’ve gotten to the point where they plan to break up. En route to a party,...
- 5/20/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
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