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On The Formal and Narrative Style of Nathan Silver
Across Nathan Silver’s three latest features—Exit Elena, Soft in the Head, and Uncertain Terms, exempting the just-premiered Stinking Heaven—one can immediately see a handful of formal and narrative similarities. Each opens with an ambiguous pre-title sequence...
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“Stinking Heaven”
A sober-living safe house is neither safe nor sober in Stinking Heaven, the fifth feature (and fourth in 3 years) from director Nathan Silver. The New York-based filmmaker’s wonderfully caustic sense of humor and fetish for familial and social dysfunction are ...
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Introducing Vyer Films & Movie Mezzanine Partnership
We're proud to report that as of today Vyer Films, a young independent distribution company out of New York City, will be teaming up with Movie Mezzanine.
The budding company's motto is simple: "Vyer Films believes great films matter." We have a reviewed a ...
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‘Exit Elena’ A Brilliant, Deceptively Simple Portrait of Multi-Generational Malaise
For a stretch, Exit Elena is by all appearances an unassuming micro-scale drama about a young nurse named Elena (Kia Davis) who takes a job in the Boston suburbs as a live-in aide. While caring for the sweet, elderly Florence (Gert O’Connell), Elena spends eve...
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