Stars: Jody Barton, Trae Ireland, Eva Hamilton, Cristobal Hernandez, Charles Chudabala | Written by Hunter Johnson, Jody Barton | Directed by Hunter Johnson
Sawed Off begins with a nightmare sequence before diving into more human issues as Jon makes an infrequent return to his hometown for a hunting trip with his old friend Frank. Complicating the awkwardness the years brought on is the fact they’ll be hunting on land owned by Jon’s ex Marjorie whom Frank also has some history with.
After a lot of awkward questions and a lot of avoiding actually answering them, Frank and Jon head into the woods. It doesn’t take long before the tress attack Jon. Or maybe he just hallucinated it as he finds suddenly finds himself in a clearing. That’s only the start of a series of odd occurrences that lead to Jon accidentally shooting Frank. And Frank returning from the dead,...
Sawed Off begins with a nightmare sequence before diving into more human issues as Jon makes an infrequent return to his hometown for a hunting trip with his old friend Frank. Complicating the awkwardness the years brought on is the fact they’ll be hunting on land owned by Jon’s ex Marjorie whom Frank also has some history with.
After a lot of awkward questions and a lot of avoiding actually answering them, Frank and Jon head into the woods. It doesn’t take long before the tress attack Jon. Or maybe he just hallucinated it as he finds suddenly finds himself in a clearing. That’s only the start of a series of odd occurrences that lead to Jon accidentally shooting Frank. And Frank returning from the dead,...
- 10/5/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Say “the Romanian New Wave” to folks who tend to order their cinema off-menu, and they’ll happily regale you with tales of long takes, deliberate paces, dour perspectives and a serious distrust of authority. They’ll also tell you that the country has produced some of the most complex, captivating movies of the past 15 years, and they’d be correct. Like sushi or Brian Eno’s solo albums, the bounty that’s come from the Eastern European nation’s post-Ceaușescu generation of filmmakers is an acquired taste; once that taste has been acquired,...
- 2/28/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
"A sly and intricate crime drama." Magnolia has unveiled the official Us trailer for Romanian filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu's acclaimed film The Whistlers, which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The film didn't win any awards, but it did win over critics, especially A.O. Scott (here's his review) who is quoted all over the marketing. This fun neo-noir stars Vlad Ivanov in the lead role, Cristi, a Romanian police officer who is secretly working inside the mafia. He heads to La Gomera Island to learn an ancestral whistling language. In Romania he is under police surveillance and by using this coded language he will continue to communicate with the mobsters to try and get Zsolt out of prison. Also starring Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Agustí Villaronga, Sabin Tambrea, István Teglas, Cristóbal Pinto, and George Pistereanu. I caught this in Cannes and I had a great time - here's my glowing review,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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