Matt's Picks
I grew up theatre-hopping a multiplex and mucking out stalls in a barn, so it should come as no surprise that my film taste skews toward genres like crime and westerns. I love films that exist in the genre space, and use the lens of genre to let the audience into worlds that are a bit different than our own. When it’s done just right, that kind of story-telling can approach a relatable, personal story from a unique vantage point that catches our biases off-guard, and sneaks through the recesses of our minds to find our hearts defenseless. Those are the films that stay with me, and I hope they’ll stay with you, too.
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The Boonashy
Winner Best Actor, Best Animation, Best Director - Wild Bunch Film Festival 2023
Winner Best Cast - Alternative Film Festival 2023
Winner Best Director, Best Editing - Indie Shorts Mag 2023Lem tirelessly seeks the prized Boonashy, a notoriously taxing and addictive creature to hunt. But then a...
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About Matt's Picks
I grew up theatre-hopping a multiplex and mucking out stalls in a barn, so it should come as no surprise that my film taste skews toward genres like crime and westerns. I love films that exist in the genre space, and use the lens of genre to let the audience into worlds that are a bit different t...
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Kati Kati
"an original, vibrant and exciting statement from a talented filmmaker" The Playlist
Toronto International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Seattle International Film FestivalWhen Kaleche, a young amnesiac, wakes up in the middle of the wilderness, she has no idea how she got ...
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Johnny 100 Pesos
Chilean amateur criminal Johnny (Armando Araiza) and his gang draw media attention and eventually that of the entire country when their plan to knock off a video store goes awry in this crime thriller.
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Steel City
"Brian Jun's gritty first feature is a heartfelt portrait of a fractured working-class family." Chicago Reader
Sundance Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Independent Spirit Award NomineeA young man struggles to hold his family together while keeping his own life on track in thi...
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One-Eyed Jacks 1961
Cannes Film Festival Official Selection Classics
In this western, bandit Marlon Brando is betrayed by his partner Karl Malden. Released from prison, Brando learns that Malden has become a wealthy and influential lawman. Brando thirsts for revenge but bides his time, waiting for the right momen...
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We Were Wolves
Toronto International Film Festival
Atlantic Film Festival
Whistler Film FestivalAfter the death of their father, two estranged brothers return to the family cottage to sort through his possessions. Over the course of three days, they must learn to let go of the man they mythologized and accept...
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The Disappeared
The surviving crew of a sunken fishing boat avoids a watery death in the North Atlantic by escaping in a pair of barges, and attempts to row for shore while battling hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and injury. With their energy fading fast and no rescue in sight, the exhausted sailors soon realize th...
