PREVIEW: Funny Pages (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Daniel Zolghadri (Eighth Grade), Matthew Maher (Gone Baby Gone), Miles Emanuel (Calidris), Maria Dizzia (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Josh Pais (Joker), Stephen Adly Guirgis (Synecdoche, New York), Marcia DeBonis (13 Going on 30), Michael Townsend Wright (Bittersweet Place), Cleveland Thomas Jr. (film debut), Ron Rifkin (L.A. Confidential), Tony Hassini (film debut), Andy Milonakis (Waiting), Mitchell Wenig (Uncut Gems)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Owen Kline (film debut), director, writer, editor; Sebastian Bear-McClard (Uncut Gems), Oscar Boyson (Good Time), Ronald Bronstein (film debut), David Duque-Estrada (Silo), Benny Safdie (Daddy Longlegs) and Josh Safdie (The Pleasure of Being Robbed), producers; Sean Price Williams (Good Time) and Hunter Zimny (Giants Being Lonely), cinematographers; Erin DeWitt (Italian Studies), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Robert (Zolghadri) is a talented but withdrawn teenage cartoonist who has decided to reject the comforts of his suburban lifestyle and fixate on his one true passion. However, when he meets and tries to befriend former graphic artist Wallace (Maher), his path takes a decisively dark turn…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Former child actor Owen Kline makes his big-screen directorial debut with this darkly comic coming-of-age drama, with some producing help from Uncut Gems filmmakers Benny and Josh Safdie.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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