Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Country Gold (Mickey Reece)
The cost of fame sits in the living room wondering aloud whether dad will be home for Christmas. Why these two young boys’ voices have been deepened to sound like they’re 40-year-old drunks slurring through a bender is beyond me (an assumption of it being a dream or game is squashed once mom enters without the effect being called out), but their words have meaning. Troyal’s (Mickey Reece channeling Garth Brooks) star has risen to unimaginable heights and he’s embraced it to the point where his “good ol’ boy” demeanor can’t quite hide the growing ego beneath a cowboy hat. While Jamie (Leah N.H. Philpott) tries toeing the line of admiring his accomplishments and...
Country Gold (Mickey Reece)
The cost of fame sits in the living room wondering aloud whether dad will be home for Christmas. Why these two young boys’ voices have been deepened to sound like they’re 40-year-old drunks slurring through a bender is beyond me (an assumption of it being a dream or game is squashed once mom enters without the effect being called out), but their words have meaning. Troyal’s (Mickey Reece channeling Garth Brooks) star has risen to unimaginable heights and he’s embraced it to the point where his “good ol’ boy” demeanor can’t quite hide the growing ego beneath a cowboy hat. While Jamie (Leah N.H. Philpott) tries toeing the line of admiring his accomplishments and...
- 4/14/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
March is coming to an end and while Screambox‘s April line-up is absolutely jam-packed – stay tuned! – we’re first ending this month with a bang.
Now streaming on Screambox are several Dark Star Pictures classics, including the completely gonzo Bloody Disgusting collaboration Dementia: Part II, which delivers absurd gross-out humor and nonstop mayhem.
Here are some of the titles in addition to new Screambox arrivals Evil Little Things, Crispy’s Curse, Clownface, Clownado, and the previously released Killer Sofa and FeardotCom.
Achoura
Also called “Children’s Night,” Achoura is a religious celebration. In Morocco, children splash water on each other and gather around a bonfire.
In the film, four friends reconnect when one of them, who disappeared 25 years ago, suddenly comes back into their lives. Together, they will have to confront the terrifying events of their youth and fight a monstrous creature born of a horrible legend.
Patrick Bromley...
Now streaming on Screambox are several Dark Star Pictures classics, including the completely gonzo Bloody Disgusting collaboration Dementia: Part II, which delivers absurd gross-out humor and nonstop mayhem.
Here are some of the titles in addition to new Screambox arrivals Evil Little Things, Crispy’s Curse, Clownface, Clownado, and the previously released Killer Sofa and FeardotCom.
Achoura
Also called “Children’s Night,” Achoura is a religious celebration. In Morocco, children splash water on each other and gather around a bonfire.
In the film, four friends reconnect when one of them, who disappeared 25 years ago, suddenly comes back into their lives. Together, they will have to confront the terrifying events of their youth and fight a monstrous creature born of a horrible legend.
Patrick Bromley...
- 3/31/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Mickey Reece, prolific indie filmmaker, is no stranger to tackling stories of famous musicians. After his previous films of more supernatural fare, Reece takes a detour into more surreal territory, with an odd but significant night in the life of two celebrated country stars - one at the height of his power, and the other far past the peak of his. Country Gold is a strange tale of strange proverbial bedfellows, two men who find themselves on either side of a concave mirror, as they each navigate this significant and dangerous moment. It's 1994, and Troyal Brooks (yes, that is deliberate and...
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- 3/14/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Country Gold is an upcoming comedy movie directed, written, and starring Mickey Reece with supporting cast members Ben Hall and Joe Cappa.
Country music legends Troyal and George Jones, meet in Nashville in 1994 because George has decided he wants to be cryogenically frozen.
Release Date
March 16, 2023
Where to Watch Country Gold
In Theaters
The Director Mickey Reece
Mickey Reece is a writer/director from Oklahoma City, Ok. He has directed over 25 feature films in just over a decade with each subsequent work pushing the boundaries of his own established form and unique brand of art-house cinema.
The Cast
Lisandro Boccacci / Lawyer
Mickey Reece / Troyal
Ginger Gilmartin / Gail Williams
Ben Hall / George Jones
Colleen Elizabeth Miller / Activist Leader
Cate Jones / Narrator
La entrada “Country Gold” Starring Ben Hall and Mickey Reece Coming to Theaters March 16th se publicó primero en Martin Cid Magazine.
Country music legends Troyal and George Jones, meet in Nashville in 1994 because George has decided he wants to be cryogenically frozen.
Release Date
March 16, 2023
Where to Watch Country Gold
In Theaters
The Director Mickey Reece
Mickey Reece is a writer/director from Oklahoma City, Ok. He has directed over 25 feature films in just over a decade with each subsequent work pushing the boundaries of his own established form and unique brand of art-house cinema.
The Cast
Lisandro Boccacci / Lawyer
Mickey Reece / Troyal
Ginger Gilmartin / Gail Williams
Ben Hall / George Jones
Colleen Elizabeth Miller / Activist Leader
Cate Jones / Narrator
La entrada “Country Gold” Starring Ben Hall and Mickey Reece Coming to Theaters March 16th se publicó primero en Martin Cid Magazine.
- 3/10/2023
- by Em Schaum
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
"Hell Troyal, it's Nashville, everybody down here's a musician." Fandor has revealed an official trailer for a fascinating, surrealist comedy indie creation called Country Gold, the latest from experimental filmmaker Mickey Reece. This premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival last year and is screening now at the Glasgow Film Festival before a small theatrical opening in the US. Set In 1994, the trailer introduces up-and-coming country music star Troyal Brux, as he joins Country legend George Jones for a wild bender in Nashville - the night before George plans to get cryogenically frozen. It "harkens back to an earlier Reece opus, the award-winning Alien, which reimagined the early days of Elvis and Pricilla Presley's marriage." If you're interested, there's screenings at select Alamo Drafthouses, presented by Fantastic Fest, and more theaters across the nation. Reece will be in attendance at select engagements in New York, LA, and Austin. // Continue Reading ›...
- 3/8/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Starting next Friday in New York and progressing throughout the U.S. until the end of the month you may be able to catch Mickey Reece's Country Gold in cinemas before its bow on Fandor on April 4th. Be sure not to miss the movie our own Shelagh called " ...a whiskey-infused feverdream for one man who wants to keep his nose clean, and another who refuses to acknowledge the dirt of his own making". The list of individual screenings is down below, along with a new trailer for your viewing pleasure. Trailer for Mickey Reece’s Acclaimed Surrealist Comedy ‘Country Gold’ Drops Ahead of Theatrical Roadshow & Digital Release This Spring Theatrical Engagements Kick Off March 16 Available On Fandor April 4...
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- 3/7/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Mickey Reece's latest, the music comedy Country Gold, has been acquired by Cinedigm for a theatrical and digital release. Their plan is to give Country Gold a limited theatrical release in March then premiere it on Fandor, their indie discovery platform on April 4th. Our own Shelagh caught Country Gold and its world premiere at Fantasia this past Summer. You will find her full review here, an excerpt preceeds the official announcement. The only straight path through the trappings of fame and fortune is a crooked one, and Country Gold shines a stark light on that path's dark corners. It's a whiskey-infused feverdream for one man who wants to keep his nose clean, and another who refuses to acknowledge the dirt of his...
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- 2/23/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Cinedigm has snapped up North American rights to Country Gold, a surrealist country music film from director Mickey Reece (Alien, Climate of the Hunter).
Reece co-wrote Country Gold with John Selvidge and plays the lead, the up-and-coming country music star Troyal Brux. The offbeat comedy follows a fateful evening in 1994 when Troyal meets up with country legend George Jones (Ben Hall). Together, they embark on a wild night in Nashville, the eve before George plans to cryogenically freeze himself.
Reece describes the film as a surreal satire on American celebrity culture. “I wanted to explore a seminal moment in American music history,” said Reece. “Not to belabor the facts, but to rather play with some icons of this particular era and let their vibes take the audience to surprising places.”
Country Gold is Reece’s follow-up to 2017’s Alien, a reimagining of the early years of Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s marriage,...
Reece co-wrote Country Gold with John Selvidge and plays the lead, the up-and-coming country music star Troyal Brux. The offbeat comedy follows a fateful evening in 1994 when Troyal meets up with country legend George Jones (Ben Hall). Together, they embark on a wild night in Nashville, the eve before George plans to cryogenically freeze himself.
Reece describes the film as a surreal satire on American celebrity culture. “I wanted to explore a seminal moment in American music history,” said Reece. “Not to belabor the facts, but to rather play with some icons of this particular era and let their vibes take the audience to surprising places.”
Country Gold is Reece’s follow-up to 2017’s Alien, a reimagining of the early years of Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s marriage,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Co-directors Allan Hunter and Allison Gardner getting ready for Gff 2023 Photo: Eoin Carey
The full line-up for the 19th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival was announced today. The event, which centres on the Glasgow Film Festival, will open with Adura Onashile's Girl, which was shot in the city, and close with the UK première of Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society.
Highlights of the programme include Mia Hansen-Løve's rich tale of love and responsibility One Fine Morning, Carol Morley’s fantastical road movie Typist Artist Pirate King, Jonas Chernick and Emily Hampshire romcom The End Of Sex, and Mickey Reece's deep dive into the psychology of music-making, Country Gold.
The ever-popular Frightfest strand, which attracts fans from all around the world, was announced last week. It opens with Quentin Dupieux's unlikely superhero story Smoking Causes Coughing.
This will be the last Glasgow Film Festival for co-director Allan Hunter,...
The full line-up for the 19th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival was announced today. The event, which centres on the Glasgow Film Festival, will open with Adura Onashile's Girl, which was shot in the city, and close with the UK première of Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society.
Highlights of the programme include Mia Hansen-Løve's rich tale of love and responsibility One Fine Morning, Carol Morley’s fantastical road movie Typist Artist Pirate King, Jonas Chernick and Emily Hampshire romcom The End Of Sex, and Mickey Reece's deep dive into the psychology of music-making, Country Gold.
The ever-popular Frightfest strand, which attracts fans from all around the world, was announced last week. It opens with Quentin Dupieux's unlikely superhero story Smoking Causes Coughing.
This will be the last Glasgow Film Festival for co-director Allan Hunter,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Some people make films for money. Some people make films to appeal to niche audiences. Mickey Reece makes films because he can. His stories are pure things, unfolding in their own time according to their own logic, and the results are always beguiling, albeit not always entirely successful by broader standards.
Country Gold, he says, is probably the only film about country music he will make, but there’s very little country music in it – like all his work, it’s really about the culture surrounding a particular idea. In this case, the central idea concerns legendary musician George Jones (played by this longstanding favourite Ben Hall) deciding to summon Garth Brooks-style rising star Troyal Brux (played by Reece himself) to Nashville for a night of drinking and conversation. What the starstruck Troyal doesn’t know is that this is to be George’s last night on Earth, at least for quite some time,...
Country Gold, he says, is probably the only film about country music he will make, but there’s very little country music in it – like all his work, it’s really about the culture surrounding a particular idea. In this case, the central idea concerns legendary musician George Jones (played by this longstanding favourite Ben Hall) deciding to summon Garth Brooks-style rising star Troyal Brux (played by Reece himself) to Nashville for a night of drinking and conversation. What the starstruck Troyal doesn’t know is that this is to be George’s last night on Earth, at least for quite some time,...
- 7/31/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The cost of fame sits in the living room wondering aloud whether dad will be home for Christmas. Why these two young boys’ voices have been deepened to sound like they’re 40-year-old drunks slurring through a bender is beyond me (an assumption of it being a dream or game is squashed once mom enters without the effect being called out), but their words have meaning. Troyal’s (Mickey Reece channeling Garth Brooks) star has risen to unimaginable heights and he’s embraced it to the point where his “good ol’ boy” demeanor can’t quite hide the growing ego beneath a cowboy hat. While Jamie (Leah N.H. Philpott) tries toeing the line of admiring his accomplishments and being frightened about what they mean for the family, he’s already miles away.
And he’s about to literally be miles away, thanks to a letter from Troyal’s idol George Jones...
And he’s about to literally be miles away, thanks to a letter from Troyal’s idol George Jones...
- 7/31/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
For his latest project, indie wunderkind filmmaker Mickey Reece transports viewers back to the year 1994 as we follow Troyal Brux (played by Reece), a country music star whose popularity is quickly on the rise. One day, he gets invited to spend a day with the legendary George Jones out of the blue, and during their shenanigans, Troyal learns some hilarious truths about the price of fame and just how difficult life can be when you’re a superstar.
Country Gold recently celebrated its world premiere as part of the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival, and to mark the occasion, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Reece about his newest cinematic endeavor and during our conversation, he chatted about bringing together the world of country music with ’70s-style storytelling, reteaming with Ben Hall once again for Country Gold, and more.
I never in a million years would've imagined I'd be watching...
Country Gold recently celebrated its world premiere as part of the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival, and to mark the occasion, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Reece about his newest cinematic endeavor and during our conversation, he chatted about bringing together the world of country music with ’70s-style storytelling, reteaming with Ben Hall once again for Country Gold, and more.
I never in a million years would've imagined I'd be watching...
- 7/28/2022
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Country Gold Photo: Courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival
When, back in 2022, Mickey Reece told me that he planned to make a film about country music, I didn’t expect to see it turn up at the Fantasia International Film Festival, but there’s something about Mickey’s work which just naturally fits in that space. Country Gold is a comedy, as usual, and it stars the director himself as young, up-and-coming Garth Brooks analogue Troyal, who is ambitious and pretty full of himself yet starstruck when he gets the opportunity to go to Nashville and spend an evening with one of his own country music heroes, George Jones. What he doesn’t know is that this is going to be George’s last night out for quite some time, as the ageing star is planning to get himself cryogenically frozen the following day. When Mickey and I reconnected at the festival,...
When, back in 2022, Mickey Reece told me that he planned to make a film about country music, I didn’t expect to see it turn up at the Fantasia International Film Festival, but there’s something about Mickey’s work which just naturally fits in that space. Country Gold is a comedy, as usual, and it stars the director himself as young, up-and-coming Garth Brooks analogue Troyal, who is ambitious and pretty full of himself yet starstruck when he gets the opportunity to go to Nashville and spend an evening with one of his own country music heroes, George Jones. What he doesn’t know is that this is going to be George’s last night out for quite some time, as the ageing star is planning to get himself cryogenically frozen the following day. When Mickey and I reconnected at the festival,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Mickey Reece, prolific indie filmmaker, is no stranger to tackling stories of famous musicians. After his previous films of more supernatural fare, Reece takes a detour into more surreal territory, with an odd but significant night in the life of two celebrated country stars - one at the height of his power, and the other far past the peak of his. Country Gold is a strange tale of strange proverbial bedfellows, two men who find themselves on either side of a concave mirror, as they each navigate this significant and dangerous moment. It's 1994, and Troyal Brooks (yes, that is deliberate and...
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- 7/26/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Prolific Oklahoma-based helmer Mickey Reece – now at Fantasia with “Country Gold” – will join forces with “It Follows” producer David Kaplan on his upcoming feature “The Cool Tenor,” Variety has found out exclusively.
The film, set in a vaguely dystopian future and co-written by John Selvidge, sees a retired widow who weds an unstable jazz enthusiast but becomes obsessed with avenging her late husband’s death.
“It’s more of a thriller, but it’s still funny. You will never have to worry about me making a serious movie,” assures Reece, intending to keep his signature sense of humor intact.
“I didn’t know I had a unique sense of humor until people told me that. Essentially, I try to turn every movie into a comedy. It has always been about the same thing for me: ‘What can we do to have fun?,” he says.
Currently casting and looking to shoot later this fall,...
The film, set in a vaguely dystopian future and co-written by John Selvidge, sees a retired widow who weds an unstable jazz enthusiast but becomes obsessed with avenging her late husband’s death.
“It’s more of a thriller, but it’s still funny. You will never have to worry about me making a serious movie,” assures Reece, intending to keep his signature sense of humor intact.
“I didn’t know I had a unique sense of humor until people told me that. Essentially, I try to turn every movie into a comedy. It has always been about the same thing for me: ‘What can we do to have fun?,” he says.
Currently casting and looking to shoot later this fall,...
- 7/18/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
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The Fantasia Film Festival is set to close with July Jung’s thriller Next Sohee, organizers said on Thursday.
Korean filmmaker Jung’s drama, which debuted by closing the Cannes Critics’ Week and will get a North American bow in Montreal, follows a young woman driven to suicide by a relentless work environment and an outraged investigator trying to get to the bottom of what happened.
Fantasia on closing night will also host a special screening for Halina Reijn’s Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, which stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Rachel Sennott and Pete Davidson.
Unveiling its third wave of titles, the genre fest will also hold world premieres for Yuki Tanada’s My Broken Mariko and Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez’s The Elderly.
There’s also North American debuts for Quebec auteur Denis Côté’s That Kind of Summer...
The Fantasia Film Festival is set to close with July Jung’s thriller Next Sohee, organizers said on Thursday.
Korean filmmaker Jung’s drama, which debuted by closing the Cannes Critics’ Week and will get a North American bow in Montreal, follows a young woman driven to suicide by a relentless work environment and an outraged investigator trying to get to the bottom of what happened.
Fantasia on closing night will also host a special screening for Halina Reijn’s Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, which stars Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Rachel Sennott and Pete Davidson.
Unveiling its third wave of titles, the genre fest will also hold world premieres for Yuki Tanada’s My Broken Mariko and Raúl Cerezo and Fernando González Gómez’s The Elderly.
There’s also North American debuts for Quebec auteur Denis Côté’s That Kind of Summer...
- 6/30/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mickey Reece's new film, Country Gold, will have its world permiere at Fantasia this Summer. The first teaser for his surreal comedy debuted yesterday. Check it out below. Reece has become a favorite of ours with his two recent films, Climate of the Hunter and Agnes. They both became instant and sought after favorites on the festival circuit each year and this one looks like it will carry on with the same head of steam. It doesn't hurt when you film it in glorious black and white either. Cannot wait to check this out. Set in 1994, Country Gold stars Reece as Troyal Brux, an up-and-coming country singer who is invited by country music legend George Jones (Ben Hall) for a night...
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- 5/14/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Film festival favorite Mickey Reece (“Agnes”) is back with another genre-bending character piece, “Country Gold,” and TheWrap has an exclusive look at the first trailer for the film.
Described as a “surrealist comedy by way of a music film,” “Country Gold” takes place in 1994, starring Reece as an up-and-coming country singer who is invited by country music legend George Jones (Ben Hall) for a night on the town in Nashville – the night before George is to be cryogenically frozen.
Of course, as with most of Reece’s films — “Country Gold” is his 29th feature — he doesn’t come at the genre angle straight on, and the teaser promises something a bit more unexpected, quiet and character-focused than the sci-fi shenanigans that the synopsis might spring to mind. Watch the teaser trailer above and soak up the strange vibes.
Co-written by Reece with his regular collaborator John Selvidge (“Climate of the...
Described as a “surrealist comedy by way of a music film,” “Country Gold” takes place in 1994, starring Reece as an up-and-coming country singer who is invited by country music legend George Jones (Ben Hall) for a night on the town in Nashville – the night before George is to be cryogenically frozen.
Of course, as with most of Reece’s films — “Country Gold” is his 29th feature — he doesn’t come at the genre angle straight on, and the teaser promises something a bit more unexpected, quiet and character-focused than the sci-fi shenanigans that the synopsis might spring to mind. Watch the teaser trailer above and soak up the strange vibes.
Co-written by Reece with his regular collaborator John Selvidge (“Climate of the...
- 5/12/2022
- by Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
“Face Off” helmer John Woo will receive a Career Achievement Award during Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, about to celebrate its 26th edition. The Hong Kong filmmaker is currently working on “Silent Night,” starring Joel Kinnaman and Kid Cudi.
“I defy anyone to watch ‘Bullet in the Head,’ ‘Hard Boiled’ or ‘The Killer’ and not walk away wanting to break down the shots and make a movie. His use of camera movement, close-ups, the ways he would block and choreograph, it’s astonishing to look at,” Fantasia’s artistic director Mitch Davis told Variety, noting the “unexpected poetry” of Woo’s work.
“They are such unconventionally soulful films. I wish we could somehow unleash a flock of doves in the cinema when he steps onto the stage. Backlit.”
The festival, which will unspool July 14 – Aug. 3, has also unveiled its first wave of titles, starting with a selection of world...
“I defy anyone to watch ‘Bullet in the Head,’ ‘Hard Boiled’ or ‘The Killer’ and not walk away wanting to break down the shots and make a movie. His use of camera movement, close-ups, the ways he would block and choreograph, it’s astonishing to look at,” Fantasia’s artistic director Mitch Davis told Variety, noting the “unexpected poetry” of Woo’s work.
“They are such unconventionally soulful films. I wish we could somehow unleash a flock of doves in the cinema when he steps onto the stage. Backlit.”
The festival, which will unspool July 14 – Aug. 3, has also unveiled its first wave of titles, starting with a selection of world...
- 5/12/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Satoshi Miki's Convenience Story Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival
This year's Fantasia International Film Festival is to be held in-person in Montreal, and the first part of its line-up has now been revealed. It includes titles by Takashi Miike, Quentin Dupieux and Mickey Reece.
Festival premières include Rebekah McKendry's comedic toilet terror Glorious, Karim Ouelhaj’s serial killer chiller Megalomaniac and Rodrigo Gudiño’s haunting arboreal horror The Breach, which boasts a soundtrack by Guns N' Roses' Slash. There's a fantastic tale of indigenous tradition and familial love in Legions and high school rivalry spills over into work in Baby Assassins. The festival will also feature a special tribute to legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo, who will receive a Career Achievement Award.
The festival will be centred in the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and the McCord Museum, and...
This year's Fantasia International Film Festival is to be held in-person in Montreal, and the first part of its line-up has now been revealed. It includes titles by Takashi Miike, Quentin Dupieux and Mickey Reece.
Festival premières include Rebekah McKendry's comedic toilet terror Glorious, Karim Ouelhaj’s serial killer chiller Megalomaniac and Rodrigo Gudiño’s haunting arboreal horror The Breach, which boasts a soundtrack by Guns N' Roses' Slash. There's a fantastic tale of indigenous tradition and familial love in Legions and high school rivalry spills over into work in Baby Assassins. The festival will also feature a special tribute to legendary Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo, who will receive a Career Achievement Award.
The festival will be centred in the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and the McCord Museum, and...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Genre festival to run in Montreal from July 14-August 3.
Fantasia International Film Festival will host first wave world premieres for the likes of Rebekah McKendry’s Glorious and Satoshi Miki’s Convenience Story and a career achievement award for John Woo at the upcoming in-person summer edition.
Set to run in Montreal from July 14-August 3, the event will include workshops, and launch events. Screenings and select events will take place in Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and McCord Museum. The full line-up will be unveiled in June.
Woo, whose credits include Hard Boiled,...
Fantasia International Film Festival will host first wave world premieres for the likes of Rebekah McKendry’s Glorious and Satoshi Miki’s Convenience Story and a career achievement award for John Woo at the upcoming in-person summer edition.
Set to run in Montreal from July 14-August 3, the event will include workshops, and launch events. Screenings and select events will take place in Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at Cinémathèque Québécoise, Cinéma du Musée and McCord Museum. The full line-up will be unveiled in June.
Woo, whose credits include Hard Boiled,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Hong Kong director John Woo is slated to receive a career achievement award at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, which will return to theaters for its 26th edition. The Fantasia Festival is set to run from July 14 to August 3 in Montreal.
“Face/Off” director Woo recently made headlines for helming the English language remake of “The Killer,” his 1989 classic film, for Peacock. Woo also makes his return to the U.S. film market with dialogue-free action thriller “Silent Night,” starring Joel Kinnaman as a father who ventures into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno additionally star.
Woo returned to making movies in China after helming 2003’s “Paycheck” starring Ben Affleck. The director recently completed Chinese features “The Crossing” and sequel “The Crossing 2” in 2014 and 2015, respectively, before helming the 2017 police-thriller “Manhunt.”
Woo’s honor at Fantasia will be followed...
“Face/Off” director Woo recently made headlines for helming the English language remake of “The Killer,” his 1989 classic film, for Peacock. Woo also makes his return to the U.S. film market with dialogue-free action thriller “Silent Night,” starring Joel Kinnaman as a father who ventures into the underworld to avenge his young son’s death. Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi, Harold Torres, and Catalina Sandino Moreno additionally star.
Woo returned to making movies in China after helming 2003’s “Paycheck” starring Ben Affleck. The director recently completed Chinese features “The Crossing” and sequel “The Crossing 2” in 2014 and 2015, respectively, before helming the 2017 police-thriller “Manhunt.”
Woo’s honor at Fantasia will be followed...
- 5/5/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
We're going back to Montreal! We're going back to Montreal! Seriously, two years away from one of our favorite Summer stops has been too fucking looong. However, we've all been very good and obediant citizens - for the most part - so as a reward we're allowed to come back and share in the excess bounty that international genre filmmaking can provide. This year we'll be the first to see Glorious from Rebekah McKendry (All The Creatures Were Stirring), Convenience Story from Satoshi Miki (Adrfit in Tokyo), Country Gold from Mickey Reece, The Harbinger from Andy Mitton (YellowBrickRoad) The Breach from Rodrigo Gudino (The Last Will And Testament of Rosalind Leigh) which will launch a new program this year called Septentrion...
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- 5/5/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Stars: Hayley McFarland, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, Molly C. Quinn, Chris Browning | Written by Mickey Reece, John Selvidge | Directed by Mickey Reece
After giving us a unique twist on the vampire film in Climate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece and co-writer John Selvidge are back with Agnes, their take on demonic possession and evil doings in a convent. And while I knew this wasn’t going to be another nunsploitation film, I wasn’t expecting just what it delivers.
Sister Agnes is a young nun in an out-of-the-way convent of Saint Theresa. Her behaviour has been most troubling lately, foaming at the mouth, swearing at, and even attacking her fellow nuns. When Mother Superior (Mary Buss; Camp Cold Brook) asks for help she’s sent Father Donaghue an exorcist whom the diocese is looking for an excuse to excommunicate and his protege Ben.
A convent is in many ways the...
After giving us a unique twist on the vampire film in Climate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece and co-writer John Selvidge are back with Agnes, their take on demonic possession and evil doings in a convent. And while I knew this wasn’t going to be another nunsploitation film, I wasn’t expecting just what it delivers.
Sister Agnes is a young nun in an out-of-the-way convent of Saint Theresa. Her behaviour has been most troubling lately, foaming at the mouth, swearing at, and even attacking her fellow nuns. When Mother Superior (Mary Buss; Camp Cold Brook) asks for help she’s sent Father Donaghue an exorcist whom the diocese is looking for an excuse to excommunicate and his protege Ben.
A convent is in many ways the...
- 4/15/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Consumers demand choice, and industry obliges. Creamy or crunchy peanut butter; diet or regular soda; dark or milk chocolate; Budweiser or cocktails wrung out of stale urinal cakes. In 2021, choice means enjoying your pick of nunsploitation movies: Rose Glass’ “Saint Maud,” Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta,” and now, last but not least, Mickey Reece’s “Agnes.” “Agnes” occupies a somewhat unflattering spot on the December release slate, premiering on the heels of “Benedetta,” one of 2021’s best films and one of the most noteworthy pervy nun productions to come out in this century.
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- 12/22/2021
- by Andrew Crump
- The Playlist
A24 presents Red Rocket in six theaters this weekend ahead of a limited expansion in New York and LA, adding Chicago, Austin and San Francisco next weekend with a wider rollout over the holidays to several hundred screens.
The dark comedy by Sean Baker premiered at Cannes to a five-minute standing ovation and garnered a trio of Gotham Award nods including Best Screenplay for Baker and co-writer Chris Bergoch, Outstanding Lead Performance for Simon Rex, who plays washed up porn star Mikey Saber with magnetic high-octane glee, and Breakthrough Performer for Suzanna Son as Strawberry, a sultry teenage doughnut shop employee Mikey sees as his ticket home. Saber had returned from LA to his small Texas City, Texas hometown, which does not want him, to regroup amid the oil refineries he pedals by on his bike over and over looking for work, love or mischief. The...
The dark comedy by Sean Baker premiered at Cannes to a five-minute standing ovation and garnered a trio of Gotham Award nods including Best Screenplay for Baker and co-writer Chris Bergoch, Outstanding Lead Performance for Simon Rex, who plays washed up porn star Mikey Saber with magnetic high-octane glee, and Breakthrough Performer for Suzanna Son as Strawberry, a sultry teenage doughnut shop employee Mikey sees as his ticket home. Saber had returned from LA to his small Texas City, Texas hometown, which does not want him, to regroup amid the oil refineries he pedals by on his bike over and over looking for work, love or mischief. The...
- 12/10/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Mickey Reece is a filmmaker who, despite having made over 20 movies, has only had one theatrically released. It’s a bit of a sad irony how the timing worked out for Climate of the Hunter, initially screening at Fantastic Fest in 2019 before being delayed until theaters opened up in December last year. But in that messiness, it feels like it got a little lost, like so many great indie films did in the foggy Covid release landscape, though a new streaming home on Shudder has brought it more attention.
Climate of the Hunter, as the title suggests, is an examination of predatory men, personified in the film by Wesley, played with a sinister charm by Ben Hall. Two sisters make up the bulk of the rest of the characters, Alma (Ginger Gilmartin), a woman discharged from a mental institution an unspecified time ago, and Elizabeth (Mary Buss), who works in D.
Climate of the Hunter, as the title suggests, is an examination of predatory men, personified in the film by Wesley, played with a sinister charm by Ben Hall. Two sisters make up the bulk of the rest of the characters, Alma (Ginger Gilmartin), a woman discharged from a mental institution an unspecified time ago, and Elizabeth (Mary Buss), who works in D.
- 12/10/2021
- by Laura Riordan
- DailyDead
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
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Agnes (Mickey Reece)
Agnes begins how any other possession film might––with the discovery of a demonic presence. When the convent of Saint Theresa fear there’s evil inhabiting the body of one of their young nuns, they outsource help from the diocese. Things quickly, expectedly start to unravel from there. But director Mickey Reece wants you to forget everything you know about possession and exorcism in film––or, well, maybe not. Because part of what makes his new feature Agnes work so beautifully is its very upending of expectations for that particular horror subgenre. With over twenty-five feature films thus far, spanning his career since 2008 as a lower-budget indie...
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Agnes (Mickey Reece)
Agnes begins how any other possession film might––with the discovery of a demonic presence. When the convent of Saint Theresa fear there’s evil inhabiting the body of one of their young nuns, they outsource help from the diocese. Things quickly, expectedly start to unravel from there. But director Mickey Reece wants you to forget everything you know about possession and exorcism in film––or, well, maybe not. Because part of what makes his new feature Agnes work so beautifully is its very upending of expectations for that particular horror subgenre. With over twenty-five feature films thus far, spanning his career since 2008 as a lower-budget indie...
- 12/10/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
From Oklahoma City, indie filmmaker Mickey Reece has astoundingly made over twenty-five movies in a decade, often working on a very small budget. His new film Agnes premiered at Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and is now being released by Magnet Releasing. Star Molly C. Quinn even served as an executive producer through her production company QWGmire.
Agnes tells the story of a nun named Agnes (Hayley McFarland) who begins to show signs of possession, much to the dismay of her convent’s Mother Superior. Molly C. Quinn (Doctor Sleep) plays Mary, a nun who is friends with Agnes and who has been struggling internally since joining the convent. Ben Hall (Climate of the Hunter) plays Father Donaghue, a priest with a shady background who is called in to perform an exorcism on Agnes, along with a priest in training, Benjamin, played by Jake Horowitz. From there, the situation...
Agnes tells the story of a nun named Agnes (Hayley McFarland) who begins to show signs of possession, much to the dismay of her convent’s Mother Superior. Molly C. Quinn (Doctor Sleep) plays Mary, a nun who is friends with Agnes and who has been struggling internally since joining the convent. Ben Hall (Climate of the Hunter) plays Father Donaghue, a priest with a shady background who is called in to perform an exorcism on Agnes, along with a priest in training, Benjamin, played by Jake Horowitz. From there, the situation...
- 12/9/2021
- by Michelle Swope
- DailyDead
Ahead of its theatrical and on demand release on December 10th, we have an exclusive look at Mickey Reece's Agnes just for Daily Dead readers!
"A nun’s disturbing behavior sparks rumors of demonic possession at a remote convent. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma."
Agnes is directed by Mickey Reece, and written by Reece and John Selvidge. It stars Molly C. Quinn, Sean Gunn, Chris Sullivan, Haley mcFarland, Rachel True, Chris Browning, and Jake Horowitz.
Along with the exclusive clip, we've included the official trailer below. Interested in learning more? Be on the lookout for exclusive interviews Mickey Reece and Molly Quinn later this week!
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"A nun’s disturbing behavior sparks rumors of demonic possession at a remote convent. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma."
Agnes is directed by Mickey Reece, and written by Reece and John Selvidge. It stars Molly C. Quinn, Sean Gunn, Chris Sullivan, Haley mcFarland, Rachel True, Chris Browning, and Jake Horowitz.
Along with the exclusive clip, we've included the official trailer below. Interested in learning more? Be on the lookout for exclusive interviews Mickey Reece and Molly Quinn later this week!
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- 12/9/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Mickey Reece’s “Agnes” is the kind of wild and wooly indie whatsit that we’re sometimes lucky enough to get from DIY filmmakers who shoot first and question themselves later. Introducing itself as a hackneyed slab of low-budget religious horror — the title character is a demon-afflicted nun who might as well be possessed by the IMDb quotes page for “The Exorcist” — sacred genre tropes soon fray into something less recognizable as Reece’s freeform plotting comes to reflect his film’s poignantly unorthodox relationship with faith. For all of its ruffled habits and bleeding eyes, “Agnes” is far sadder than it is scary, and often sillier than it is sad; the end product And yet, I’d argue that nothing in “The Conjuring” or any of its offshoots is as harrowing as the moment when someone in this movie is asked, “Have you ever felt love outside of God,...
- 12/9/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
What does it mean to have faith? What does it mean to be driven insane? These two questions might come from very similar places in the human psyche. This is especially true for those with little power or agency over their own lives, whether they give up that agency voluntarily or not. Perhaps the true test of faith comes to those for whom all hope is lost, when they alone and unheard, with nothing left to lose. Prolific underground filmmaker Mickey Reece has focused his narratives on people who live in their own strange island worlds within America, where everything from everyday manners to expressions of love to dangerous monsters seem to be just enough outside the norm to be both quirky and frightening. His...
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- 12/8/2021
- Screen Anarchy
Those uncertain just how seriously Paul Verhoeven intended us to take the alternately earnest and lurid nunsploitation of “Benedetta” will be even more flummoxed by Mickey Reece’s “Agnes.” , in addition to being too underdeveloped and tonally wobbly to satisfy in themselves.
Unlike the squirrelly genre-bender that was the director’s last feature, “Climate of the Hunter,” conceptually near-random “Agnes” does not find its own singular terms to work within. Viewers lured in by the horror-movie marketing will be particularly irked by this bait-and-switch oddity, which Magnet releases to limited U.S. theaters and VOD on Dec. 10.
When a young nun suddenly begins ranting obscenities in a “demonic” voice at a Carmelite convent, the bishop informs Father Donaghue (Ben Hall) that he must attend to the situation. He’s been trained for such possession cases but is most reluctant to go, as he doesn’t “really believe in this medieval woo-woo” anymore,...
Unlike the squirrelly genre-bender that was the director’s last feature, “Climate of the Hunter,” conceptually near-random “Agnes” does not find its own singular terms to work within. Viewers lured in by the horror-movie marketing will be particularly irked by this bait-and-switch oddity, which Magnet releases to limited U.S. theaters and VOD on Dec. 10.
When a young nun suddenly begins ranting obscenities in a “demonic” voice at a Carmelite convent, the bishop informs Father Donaghue (Ben Hall) that he must attend to the situation. He’s been trained for such possession cases but is most reluctant to go, as he doesn’t “really believe in this medieval woo-woo” anymore,...
- 12/8/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Magnet Releasing will release Agnes everywhere December 10th, 2021 Directed by: Mickey Reece Written by: Mickey Reece and John Selvidge Starring: Molly Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Sean Gunn, Chris Browning, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, Chris Sullivan A nun’s disturbing behavior sparks rumors of demonic possession at a remote convent. When a priest in waiting and his disillusioned mentor are …
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- 11/26/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Agnes Review Video — Agnes (2021) Video Movie Review, a movie directed by Mickey Reece, written by Mickey Reece and John Selvidge, and starring Molly C. Quinn, Sean Gunn, Hayley McFarland, Chris Browning, Rachel True, Jake Horowitz, Zandy Hartig, Bruce Davis, Chris Freihofer, Heather Siess, Ben Hall, Lorri [...]
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- 11/15/2021
- by Chris Banks
- Film-Book
If one is looking for their nunsploitation fix this December, a pair of acclaimed films should satisfy all holy cinematic urges. Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta, which tells the tale of a 17th-century nun who suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions, is coming on December 3 via IFC Films. Then a week later Magnet will release Mickey Reece’s Agnes, which follows a nun who explodes with an outburst of rage and blasphemy, causing the church to investigate the incident as a potential demonic possession. Ahead of the releases, new trailers have now arrived for both.
Rory O’Connor said in his review of Benedetta, “Many of the best qualities of early and late Verhoeven combine in Benedetta, a tale of sex, blood, and sacrilege in 17th-century Italy. Based on the American historian Judith C. Brown’s 1986 non-fiction book Immoral Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy (quite the...
Rory O’Connor said in his review of Benedetta, “Many of the best qualities of early and late Verhoeven combine in Benedetta, a tale of sex, blood, and sacrilege in 17th-century Italy. Based on the American historian Judith C. Brown’s 1986 non-fiction book Immoral Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy (quite the...
- 10/27/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"You don't have the luxury to be frightened!" Magnet Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for a nun horror film titled Agnes, from filmmaker Mickey Reece. This initially premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, and also recently stopped by Fantastic Fest and the Sitges Film Festival this fall. Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith. That description sounds a lot like Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta (which I also highly recommend) - but this is something else entirely! Agnes stars Hayley McFarland as the titular nun "Agnes", with Molly C. Quinn, Sean Gunn, Chris Sullivan, Rachel True, Chris Browning, and Jake Horowitz. This looks rather cliche and obvious, especially following the exquisite Saint Maud. But it still might be worth a watch.
- 10/26/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Magnet Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to Ultrasound, the first narrative feature from director Rob Schroeder, with plans to release it in theaters next year.
The sci-fi thriller follows Glen (Vincent Kartheiser), who is stranded by two flat tires on a rainy night and must seek help at a nearby house. There, he’s welcomed in by Art (Bob Stephenson), who cajoles him into sleeping with his younger wife Cyndi (Chelsea Lopez). Glen’s unease only escalates when, a short time later, the consequences of this strange night begin to spiral out of control. Glen and Cyndi soon find themselves at the center of a web of deception and manipulation that tests the foundations of reality.
Ultrasound made its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and recently went on to screen at Fantasia Fest, where it won the Silver Audience Award.
Conor Stechschulte penned the film, which is based on his graphic novel,...
The sci-fi thriller follows Glen (Vincent Kartheiser), who is stranded by two flat tires on a rainy night and must seek help at a nearby house. There, he’s welcomed in by Art (Bob Stephenson), who cajoles him into sleeping with his younger wife Cyndi (Chelsea Lopez). Glen’s unease only escalates when, a short time later, the consequences of this strange night begin to spiral out of control. Glen and Cyndi soon find themselves at the center of a web of deception and manipulation that tests the foundations of reality.
Ultrasound made its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and recently went on to screen at Fantasia Fest, where it won the Silver Audience Award.
Conor Stechschulte penned the film, which is based on his graphic novel,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired worldwide rights to Agnes, a new horror thriller from filmmaker Mickey Reece, who has helmed more than 25 features.
The film won praise this summer during its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will next screen at Fantastic Fest, followed by a theatrical and on-demand release December 10.
In Agnes, a nun’s disturbing behavior at a remote convent sparks rumors of demonic possession. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma. The film stars Molly Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Sean Gunn, Chris Sullivan, Chris Browning, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, and Rachel True.
“Mickey Reece has delivered a truly original, truly disquieting work with Agnes,” said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles.
“I am thrilled to be releasing Agnes with Magnolia,” said Reece. I have long admired their enthusiasm for eclectic genre cinema,...
The film won praise this summer during its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will next screen at Fantastic Fest, followed by a theatrical and on-demand release December 10.
In Agnes, a nun’s disturbing behavior at a remote convent sparks rumors of demonic possession. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma. The film stars Molly Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Sean Gunn, Chris Sullivan, Chris Browning, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, and Rachel True.
“Mickey Reece has delivered a truly original, truly disquieting work with Agnes,” said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles.
“I am thrilled to be releasing Agnes with Magnolia,” said Reece. I have long admired their enthusiasm for eclectic genre cinema,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
To celebrate the Digital HD release of Climate of the Hunter – out 23rd August from Bulldog Film Distribution – we’re giving away a digital voucher.
A cross between Euro-horror classic Daughters of Darkness and George Romero’s vampire tale Martin, with a rural lo-fi charm all of its own, Climate of the Hunter is directed by the highly prolific Oklahoma-based film-maker Mickey Reece. Dubbed the “Soderbergh of the sticks”, Reece has been honing his craft making films for over a decade, building up a loyal cult following who love his idiosyncratic flair, literate scripts and defiantly independent approach.
Watch the official UK trailer: https://youtu.be/EA3LjvlL1Z8
Strikingly filmed in saturated 70s-style colours, with “quality performances” (Kim Newman) from the cast (with Ben Hall recalling horror maestro John Carradine), a beautifully claustrophobic gothic atmosphere tinged with unexpected eroticism, Climate of the Hunter is a vampire film like no other,...
A cross between Euro-horror classic Daughters of Darkness and George Romero’s vampire tale Martin, with a rural lo-fi charm all of its own, Climate of the Hunter is directed by the highly prolific Oklahoma-based film-maker Mickey Reece. Dubbed the “Soderbergh of the sticks”, Reece has been honing his craft making films for over a decade, building up a loyal cult following who love his idiosyncratic flair, literate scripts and defiantly independent approach.
Watch the official UK trailer: https://youtu.be/EA3LjvlL1Z8
Strikingly filmed in saturated 70s-style colours, with “quality performances” (Kim Newman) from the cast (with Ben Hall recalling horror maestro John Carradine), a beautifully claustrophobic gothic atmosphere tinged with unexpected eroticism, Climate of the Hunter is a vampire film like no other,...
- 8/24/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Something is wrong with Agnes (Hayley McFarland). She’s behaving in a most unseemly way for a nun and her Mother Superior suspects, well, the usual – that some demonic entity has succeeded in getting hold of her. Naturally the Church is a bit embarrassed by this and would prefer to avoid reports leaking into the wider world, so it turns to Father Donaghue (Ben Hall) and earnest young acolyte Benjamin (Jake Horowitz) for help. Benjamin, told not to let anyone know that he isn’t yet ordained, instantly inspires lustful comments from the nuns and thus attracts the Mother Superior’s ire. Donaghue is caught up in accusations that he abused a child, but this is, at least in context, treated as less of a problem. its primary function is to discomfort the viewer as the charismatic Hall draws us onto his side.
This is very distinctly a Mickey Reece film,...
This is very distinctly a Mickey Reece film,...
- 8/22/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Agnes begins how any other possession film might––with the discovery of a demonic presence. When the convent of Saint Theresa fear there’s evil inhabiting the body of one of their young nuns, they outsource help from the diocese. Things quickly, expectedly start to unravel from there. But director Mickey Reece wants you to forget everything you know about possession and exorcism in film––or, well, maybe not. Because part of what makes his new feature Agnes work so beautifully is its very upending of expectations for that particular horror subgenre. With over twenty-five feature films thus far, spanning his career since 2008 as a lower-budget indie darling––and who impressed with a wider reach with last year’s Fantasia staple Climate of the Hunter––Reece makes clear how films like The Conjuring franchise have been failing us. Reece (alongside co-writer John Selvidge) has crafted a disarming, funny, incredibly unique...
- 8/21/2021
- by Brianna Zigler
- The Film Stage
A cross between Euro-horror classic Daughters of Darkness and George Romero’s vampire tale Martin, with a rural lo-fi charm all of its own, Climate of the Hunter is directed by the highly prolific Oklahoma-based film-maker Mickey Reece. Dubbed the “Soderbergh of the sticks”, Reece (whose latest film Agnes we’ve reviewed from its recent Fantasia screening) has been honing his craft making films for over a decade, building up a loyal cult following who love his idiosyncratic flair, literate scripts and defiantly independent approach.
Two sisters, Alma and Elizabeth, along with a dog who’s described as a “philosopher,” have come to Alma’s remote house to reconnect with Wesley after twenty years. Alma is recently divorced, Elizabeth is a workaholic in Washington, D.C., while Wesley lives in Paris dealing with a wife recently struck with a fatal disease. When the three come together for dinner it has...
Two sisters, Alma and Elizabeth, along with a dog who’s described as a “philosopher,” have come to Alma’s remote house to reconnect with Wesley after twenty years. Alma is recently divorced, Elizabeth is a workaholic in Washington, D.C., while Wesley lives in Paris dealing with a wife recently struck with a fatal disease. When the three come together for dinner it has...
- 8/20/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Stars: Ginger Gilmartin, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, Sheridan McMichael, Danielle Evon Ploeger, Jacob Ryan Snovel, Laurie Cummings | Written by Mickey Reece, John Selvidge | Directed by Mickey Reece
Writer/director Mickey Reece has flown under the radar somewhat here in the UK but finally his new film, Climate of the Hunter, along with a number of films from his back catalogue are getting a UK release from Bulldog Film Distribution. The film is set in the 70s and is an elegant mix of melodrama and, potentially, vampirism. Sort of like Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte meets Let’s Scare Jessica to Death.
Alma (Ginger Gilmartin; Fingerprints) and Elizabeth are sisters. They’re also totally different. Alma is a recently divorced artist who smokes lots of weed and has a dog who is a philosopher. Elizabeth is a Washington DC lawyer whose career takes the place of a family. They’re at Alma...
Writer/director Mickey Reece has flown under the radar somewhat here in the UK but finally his new film, Climate of the Hunter, along with a number of films from his back catalogue are getting a UK release from Bulldog Film Distribution. The film is set in the 70s and is an elegant mix of melodrama and, potentially, vampirism. Sort of like Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte meets Let’s Scare Jessica to Death.
Alma (Ginger Gilmartin; Fingerprints) and Elizabeth are sisters. They’re also totally different. Alma is a recently divorced artist who smokes lots of weed and has a dog who is a philosopher. Elizabeth is a Washington DC lawyer whose career takes the place of a family. They’re at Alma...
- 8/20/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Every wacky detail of indie auteur Mickey Reece’s movie is a reminder of what fun even the oddest art films can be
If you’re an aficionado of Oklahoma’s DIY arts scene, you’ve likely heard of “the Flyover Fassbinder” Aka “the Backwoods Bergman” Aka musican-turned-film-maker, Mickey Reece. For everyone else: welcome to the party. This languid and lascivious vampire movie is the first of the indie auteur’s 37 no-budget films to make it much past the US south-west’s film festival circuit. Reece has modestly described his style as “people talking in rooms” – but, oh what people! His other films tell of demonically possessed nuns, cryogenically frozen country singers and Elvis Presley; Climate of the Hunter is a kind of 70s erotic horror pastiche about two middle-aged sisters, Alma (Ginger Gilmartin) and Elizabeth (Mary Buss), vying for the attentions of their house guest.
Philosophising lothario Wesley (Ben Hall) is an old friend,...
If you’re an aficionado of Oklahoma’s DIY arts scene, you’ve likely heard of “the Flyover Fassbinder” Aka “the Backwoods Bergman” Aka musican-turned-film-maker, Mickey Reece. For everyone else: welcome to the party. This languid and lascivious vampire movie is the first of the indie auteur’s 37 no-budget films to make it much past the US south-west’s film festival circuit. Reece has modestly described his style as “people talking in rooms” – but, oh what people! His other films tell of demonically possessed nuns, cryogenically frozen country singers and Elvis Presley; Climate of the Hunter is a kind of 70s erotic horror pastiche about two middle-aged sisters, Alma (Ginger Gilmartin) and Elizabeth (Mary Buss), vying for the attentions of their house guest.
Philosophising lothario Wesley (Ben Hall) is an old friend,...
- 8/18/2021
- by Ellen E Jones
- The Guardian - Film News
Agnes Photo: Stephan Sutor
Mickey Reece is a filmmaker like no other. One of the few independent directors to consistently deliver wholly original yet polished works, he has an approach to character and storytelling that really makes him stand out from the crowd. His latest work, Agnes, begins with two priests travelling to a convent to attend to a young nun who is believed to be possessed, but ends up going in a completely different direction from most films of that ilk. It’s screening as part of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and I caught up with Mickey halfway through to talk about it.
The last time we spoke, I reminded him, he told me that he was in post-production on Agnes and that it was made with the biggest budget he’d ever worked with. He points out that this doesn’t mean it was a big budget,...
Mickey Reece is a filmmaker like no other. One of the few independent directors to consistently deliver wholly original yet polished works, he has an approach to character and storytelling that really makes him stand out from the crowd. His latest work, Agnes, begins with two priests travelling to a convent to attend to a young nun who is believed to be possessed, but ends up going in a completely different direction from most films of that ilk. It’s screening as part of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and I caught up with Mickey halfway through to talk about it.
The last time we spoke, I reminded him, he told me that he was in post-production on Agnes and that it was made with the biggest budget he’d ever worked with. He points out that this doesn’t mean it was a big budget,...
- 8/17/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stars: Hayley McFarland, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, Molly C. Quinn, Chris Browning | Written by Mickey Reece, John Selvidge | Directed by Mickey Reece
After giving us a unique twist on the vampire film in Climate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece and co-writer John Selvidge are back with Agnes, their take on demonic possession and evil doings in a convent. And while I knew this wasn’t going to be another nunsploitation film, I wasn’t expecting just what it delivers.
Sister Agnes is a young nun in an out-of-the-way convent of Saint Theresa. Her behaviour has been most troubling lately, foaming at the mouth, swearing at, and even attacking her fellow nuns. When Mother Superior (Mary Buss; Camp Cold Brook) asks for help she’s sent Father Donaghue an exorcist whom the diocese is looking for an excuse to excommunicate and his protege Ben.
A convent is in many ways the...
After giving us a unique twist on the vampire film in Climate of the Hunter, Mickey Reece and co-writer John Selvidge are back with Agnes, their take on demonic possession and evil doings in a convent. And while I knew this wasn’t going to be another nunsploitation film, I wasn’t expecting just what it delivers.
Sister Agnes is a young nun in an out-of-the-way convent of Saint Theresa. Her behaviour has been most troubling lately, foaming at the mouth, swearing at, and even attacking her fellow nuns. When Mother Superior (Mary Buss; Camp Cold Brook) asks for help she’s sent Father Donaghue an exorcist whom the diocese is looking for an excuse to excommunicate and his protege Ben.
A convent is in many ways the...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
In Agnes, a cynical priest and young novice approaching his vows are called to investigate rumors of demonic possession within a convent. What occurs within those walls will call forward temptations, doubt, and a true test of faith. Agnes is written and directed by Mickey Reece and stars Ben Hall (Climate of the Hunter), Jake Horowitz (The Vast of Night), and Hayley McFarland.
It is with the utmost disappointment that I report that Agnes is far from being the religious horror that audiences may be hoping for. If what you’re looking for is the expected beats of a demonic possession à la The Devils, you will be sorely disappointed. And confused. The trouble with Agnes extends beyond its failing to deliver a solid possession horror, but that it seems to have rolled two movies into one rather ineffectively.
The intention and spirit behind Agnes is not subtle. It’s...
It is with the utmost disappointment that I report that Agnes is far from being the religious horror that audiences may be hoping for. If what you’re looking for is the expected beats of a demonic possession à la The Devils, you will be sorely disappointed. And confused. The trouble with Agnes extends beyond its failing to deliver a solid possession horror, but that it seems to have rolled two movies into one rather ineffectively.
The intention and spirit behind Agnes is not subtle. It’s...
- 8/4/2021
- by Caitlin Kennedy
- DailyDead
Exclusive: We hear that Luca Guadagnino’s feature which is shooting right now, Bones & All, has cast Jake Horowitz in what is a notable role.
Horowitz is the star of Amazon Studios/Ged Cinema mystery drama The Vast of Night and headlines the Mickey Reece horror movie Agnes, which recently made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Horowitz joins the previously announced Bones and All cast of Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, Jessica Harper, Chloe Sevigny, Francesca Scorsese, David Gordon Green and Anna Cobb. The pic is an adaptation of the Camille DeAngelis novel scripted by Guadagnino’s long-time collaborator David Kajganich. Production is taking place in the Ohio tri-state area.
Russell and Chalamet star, respectively, as Maren, a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee, an intense and disenfranchised drifter, in a story of first love,...
Horowitz is the star of Amazon Studios/Ged Cinema mystery drama The Vast of Night and headlines the Mickey Reece horror movie Agnes, which recently made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Horowitz joins the previously announced Bones and All cast of Timothee Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Andre Holland, Jessica Harper, Chloe Sevigny, Francesca Scorsese, David Gordon Green and Anna Cobb. The pic is an adaptation of the Camille DeAngelis novel scripted by Guadagnino’s long-time collaborator David Kajganich. Production is taking place in the Ohio tri-state area.
Russell and Chalamet star, respectively, as Maren, a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee, an intense and disenfranchised drifter, in a story of first love,...
- 7/8/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Adam Halferty, Jessie Rabideau, Ryan Kattner, James Russo, DeVaughn Labon, Jerilyn Armstrong, Russell Becker, Flora Rubenhold, Jason Tippet | Written and Directed by Matthew Goodhue
Writer/director Matthew Goodhue’s debut film Woe certainly opens on an intriguing note. An unkempt looking man, Charlie Dennistoun (Adam Halferty) walks out of the back door of an unkempt house surrounded by a swarm of flies and carrying what looks like a wrapped body. He proceeds to bury it as an old school phone rings incessantly. Can he keep our interest for the rest of the film though?
Charlie has been holed up in his father’s house since the old man killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning in his Crown Vic. While he’s supposedly fixing the place up. He’s using that as an excuse to hide himself away from everyone. That includes his sister Betty (Jessie Rabideau) and her fiancé...
Writer/director Matthew Goodhue’s debut film Woe certainly opens on an intriguing note. An unkempt looking man, Charlie Dennistoun (Adam Halferty) walks out of the back door of an unkempt house surrounded by a swarm of flies and carrying what looks like a wrapped body. He proceeds to bury it as an old school phone rings incessantly. Can he keep our interest for the rest of the film though?
Charlie has been holed up in his father’s house since the old man killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning in his Crown Vic. While he’s supposedly fixing the place up. He’s using that as an excuse to hide himself away from everyone. That includes his sister Betty (Jessie Rabideau) and her fiancé...
- 6/29/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
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