Top 3 Critics’ Picks In Theaters this April: Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin

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Blue Ruin – Jeremy Saulnier
Limited Release – April 25th
Distributor: RADiUS-TWC
Awards & Fests: FIPRESCI PRIZE Cannes 2013 (Directors’ Fortnight), Locarno, Deauville, TIFF, Rotterdam, Sundance.

What the critic’s are saying?: A truly visceral cinematic experience that’ll have some wincing uncomfortably, as Variety’s Justin Chang underlines, this “carefully exploiting the audience’s fear of what it can’t (or can only partially) see, Saulnier’s shallow-focus widescreen compositions amp up the suspense at key intervals.” Screen Daily’s Allan Hunter makes the comparison that several other critics have mentioned in their analysis of the film: “There are still enough brutal deaths and gallows humour to satisfy most fans but the more measured approach and lean, well-crafted execution should allow it to reach the kind of wider audience who once embraced Blood Simple and early Coen brothers titles.”

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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