Things are looking up for Loren Cass, the St. Pete-made indie movie previously covered in CL by Alex Pickett and Scott Harrell, and nominated last year by NYC's IFP Gotham Awards as Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You. In today's New York Times, critic Nathan Lee flat-out raves about the film, which opens today in Manhattan in a single theater. "This sharp, gutsy indie is one of the year’s great discoveries," says Lee, who goes on to say that writer/director/co-star Chris Fuller is headed for a career of "singular, exquisite promise."
Which is not to say that the film or the review, headlined "Down and Out (and Disaffected) in St. Petersburg," are likely to be used as lures for local tourism. (Video after the break)
This article appears in Jul 22-28, 2009.