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About Paul Weissman

Paul Weissman is an actor, writer, playwright, and, in the comfort of his own home, an occasional guitar player who lives in New York City. He has appeared in Sean Baker's first film Four Letter Words and will be seen in the upcoming horror film Cryptid. His website is paulweissman.com.

Get Out

Director Jordan Peele has done his homework. He is clearly a fan of 1970’s social-horror films.

By |December 17th, 2017|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Thriller, Top Picks|0 Comments

Super Dark Times

Writers Ben Collins and Luke Pietrowski have a preternatural sense of the teen mind and a way with dialogue.

By |October 13th, 2017|Top Picks|0 Comments

Window Horses

A beautiful, deeply empathetic, world-embracing lip smack of an animated film.

By |September 28th, 2017|Top Picks|0 Comments

Kill Me Please

Director Anita Rocha da Silveira draws a direct parallel between sex and death, but she uses the age of her characters to bring that observation to a phantasmagoric boil.

By |August 31st, 2017|Featured|0 Comments

Lemon

An aggressively quirky, misanthropic film focusing on a singularly unpleasant human being, and it almost works.

By |August 24th, 2017|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Incredible Jessica James

Jessica Williams imbues this sweet-natured film with a fierce, vibrant heart.

By |July 27th, 2017|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Bad Batch

Ana Lily Amirpour cross-pollinates Mad Max and Antonioni and almost stitches them together seamlessly, but her pretensions get in the way.

By |June 22nd, 2017|DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

3 Films to Watch for | Tribeca 2017

A film full of heart, a feel-good movie about women’s suffrage, and the Fatal Attraction dynamic is given a twist.

By |April 29th, 2017|Festivals, Tribeca Film Festival|0 Comments

4 Documentary Quick Takes | Tribeca 2017

Pink river dolphins, space exploration, and Gilbert Gottfried are among the subjects of these quick takes. 

By |April 27th, 2017|Documentary|0 Comments