Man from Reno
A stylishly made genre film that revels in its old-fashioned sense of mystery and suspense.
Man from Reno
A stranger in the increasingly strange city of San Francisco, Japanese crime novelist Aki (Ayako Fujitani of Tokyo!) is unsure of precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery involving ambiguous MacGuffins and amorphous identities. Unfolding in lonely places such as bookshops and hotel bars, Dave Boyle's (Surrogate Valentine, White On Rice, Big Dreams Little Tokyo) moody thriller uncovers exhilarating new takes on genre conventions. Consequently, it's an alluring l'homme fatal who supplies Aki with the bread crumb trail of clues that entices her into a labyrinthine plot of sinister dealings. In turn, the aging sheriff (veteran character actor Pepe Serna - Scarface, The Black Dahlia, The Jerk, fantastic in a rare leading role), who should rightfully be riding to her rescue, proves to be equally out of his depth. The game is afoot, the chase is exhilarating and the stakes are perilously high in this inspired neo-noir. (Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival)
"a HITCHCOCKIAN suspense mystery"
- Harry Knowles, Aint-it-Cool-News
"ICE COLD NEO NOIR PERFECTION"
- David Ehrlich, Little White Lies
"A CRYPTIC EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE NATURE OF OBSESSION pitched somewhere between RAYMOND CHANDLER NOVELS and DAVID FINCHER's ZODIAC"
- Eric Kohn, IndieWire
"this is STELLAR PULP STORYTELLING with a TWIST"
- Charlie Schmidlin, The Playlist
"a HITCHCOCKIAN suspense mystery"
- Harry Knowles, Aint-it-Cool-News
"ICE COLD NEO NOIR PERFECTION"
- David Ehrlich, Little White Lies
"A CRYPTIC EXPERIENCE ABOUT THE NATURE OF OBSESSION pitched somewhere between RAYMOND CHANDLER NOVELS and DAVID FINCHER's ZODIAC"
- Eric Kohn, IndieWire
"this is STELLAR PULP STORYTELLING with a TWIST"
- Charlie Schmidlin, The Playlist
Genre
Crime,
Mystery,
Thriller/Suspense
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Runtime
111
Language
English
Director
Dave Boyle
Cast
Ayako Fujitani,
Pepe Serna,
Kazuki Kitamura
FEATURED REVIEW
Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film
He is an elderly sheriff in a small town who runs over a stranger in the middle of the night and takes him to hospital, only to have him mysteriously disappear. She is a Japanese mystery writer visiting San Francisco who is coaxed into bed with a stranger only to have him vanish the next day ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 3.27.15 - 4.09.15
Royal 3.27.15 - 4.09.15
NoHo 7 5.13.15 - 5.13.15
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