Director: Jeremy Saulnier Writer: Jeremy Saulnier Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart, Joe Cole, Mark Webber, Callum Turner, Taylor Tunes, Macon Blair, Eric Edelstein, Brent Werzner After director Jeremy Saulnier’s sophomore directorial effort, Blue Ruin, came out of nowhere to land on my list of favorite films of 2014, my expectations were high for his follow-up, Green Room. Maybe […]...
- 4/22/2016
- by Linc Leifeste
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
It’s not often that I succumb to a movie’s hype before walking into a screening, but Green Room is a glorious exception. Jeremy Saulnier earned my respect by creating Murder Party and Blue Ruin, two artfully breathtaking indie darlings, so Green Room shot up my must-watch list based on Saulnier’s name recognition alone. Then he announced a cast including Patrick Stewart, Macon Blair, Anton Yelchin, and Imogen Poots, which caused my simmering excitement to boil over. But the hype train continued to roll strong, as stellar, overwhelmingly positive reviews out of Tiff were the icing on Saulnier’s punk-rock cake. Anticipation had climaxed, and I couldn’t help but walk into my Fantastic Fest screening of Green Room expecting a powerful genre experience that could challenge the bleak humanity of Blue Ruin.
Green Room delivered all of that, and then some.
Saulnier’s nightmare beings with a...
Green Room delivered all of that, and then some.
Saulnier’s nightmare beings with a...
- 9/26/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David W. Thompson, Brent Werzner, Stacy Rock, Sidné Anderson | Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
Jeremy Saulnier may be in the early days of his directing career, but his second directorial effort Blue Ruin shows he has an old cinematic soul. It tells the age old story of the price of vengeance in a reserved and darkly twisted manner with just the right amount of absurdity. Saulnier has a command for the material as he takes a common tale and brings an interesting new approach. Saulnier’s style is reminiscent of some of cinema’s biggest heavyweights including The Coen Brothers and Tarantino, and while it is hyperbolic to claim he is at that level—he at least is starting in the right direction.
In the film Macon Blair plays Dwight, a lonely disheveled homeless person who spends his...
Jeremy Saulnier may be in the early days of his directing career, but his second directorial effort Blue Ruin shows he has an old cinematic soul. It tells the age old story of the price of vengeance in a reserved and darkly twisted manner with just the right amount of absurdity. Saulnier has a command for the material as he takes a common tale and brings an interesting new approach. Saulnier’s style is reminiscent of some of cinema’s biggest heavyweights including The Coen Brothers and Tarantino, and while it is hyperbolic to claim he is at that level—he at least is starting in the right direction.
In the film Macon Blair plays Dwight, a lonely disheveled homeless person who spends his...
- 4/30/2014
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
Blue Ruin Radius TWC-Radius Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: C+ Director: Jeremy Saulnier Screenplay: Jeremy Saulnier Cast: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David W. Thompson, Brent Werzner, Stacy Rock, Sidné Anderson Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 2/6/14 Opens: April 25, 2014 Don’t look for much of the color blue in this gothic melodrama: the term “blue ruin” means “desolation,” or “utter despondency.” Such is the manner of the movie’s principal character, Dwight (Macon Blair), who is a wreck from the first time we see him until the story’s logical conclusion. In one scene he tells his sister, Sam [ Read More ]
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- 4/21/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Blue Ruin (2013) Film Review, a movie directed by Jeremy Saulnier, and starring Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David W. Thompson, Brent Werzner, Stacy Rock, Sidné Anderson, Bonnie Johnson, Ydaiber Orozco, and Erica Genereux Smith. This film begins quietly, as we follow a man called Dwight [...]
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- 4/7/2014
- by Shanee Edwards
- Film-Book
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