Village Voice Review of 'The Girl in the Book' The Girl in the Book Aaron Hills on December 8, 2015 So unpretentious that it could be accused of lacking style or vigor, writer-director Marya Cohn's maturely conceived, Kickstarter-budgeted debut swaps genders on the more traditionally male-driven story of...
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Acquires Indie Film Distributor Freestyle Releasing Freestyle Matt Donnelly on October 22, 2015 L.A.-based multi-platform distribution company joins producer’s TV portfolio Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, Inc. has acquired indie film distributor Freestyle Releasing, the producer announced Thursday. ES, an entirely African-American owned company, closed the deal...
Freestyle Grooves With ‘Northern Soul’; Sets Day-And-Date October Release Northern Soul by Nancy Tartaglione on July 22, 2015 8:56am EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media have acquired U.S. theatrical, VOD and DVD rights to BAFTA-nominated Northern Soul. The directorial debut of photographer Elaine Constantine is a look...
‘The Suicide Theory’: Actors keep twisty thriller ticking The Suicide Theory by John Hartl on 7/9/15 A hit man walks into a bar and shoots a suicidal but apparently unkillable victim. That’s essentially the plot of the twisty, ambitious Australian thriller “The Suicide Theory,” and it’s repeated with variations...
Exclusive: Clip From Aussie Thriller 'The Suicide Theory,' Picked Up By Freestyle Releasing For Summer Release The Suicide Theory by Edward Davis on 5/29/2015 Taking the Audience Award at the Austin Film Festival, and the Grand Jury Prize at the Dances With Films Festival, "The Suicide Theory" is...
The Sisterhood of Night By Moira Macdonald 4/9/2015 3:05pm If “The Crucible” took place today, the teen girls accused of witchcraft would be tried and convicted on social media long before they ever entered a courtroom. That’s the premise of Caryn Waechter’s “The Sisterhood of Night,” a...
Hollywood Reporter Review for 'The Sisterhood of Night' The Sisterhood of Night 3:10 PM PDT 4/9/2015 by Frank Scheck At first glance, it would be easy to assume that The Sisterhood of Night is a horror film. Depicting the wave of Salem Witch Trial-style hysteria that consumes a...
The New York Times Review for 'The Sisterhood of Night' The Sisterhood of Night by KEN JAWOROWSKI on 4/9/2015 Early on, “The Sisterhood of Night” feels so familiar that it’s quite a feat when the film turns out to be this tense. Even with sections recalling both “The...
The Dissolve Review for 'The Sisterhood of Night' The Sisterhood of Night by Tasha Robinson on 4/9/2015 There’s a fair bit of gushy ridiculousness to The Sisterhood Of Night, a teen drama that mates the hushed, lurid melodrama of The Virgin Suicides with an arch contemporary teen comedy,...
April 24th Release For 'After the Ball' by Dave McNary on 3/16/2015 7:25am PST Freestyle Releasing and Freestyle Digital Media have set April 24 as the theatrical and VOD release date in the U.S. for “Cinderella”-style romantic comedy “After the Ball,” Variety has learned exclusively. Portia Doubleday (“Carrie”)...
