Madlands: Seimetz’ Relationship Drama Takes Us on a Road Trip to Love Hell
Managing to balance an insanely busy schedule that boasts quality and quantity, actress/producer Amy Seimetz debuts her feature directorial debut with the histrionically inclined Sun Don’t Shine. A sweaty slow-burn thriller, she throws us right in the mix and manages to keep us intrigued with a satisfying mix of emotions and murderous intentions right to the very end. Popping up out of the Mumblecore crowd after working in several Joe Swanberg efforts, as a well working with Lena Dunham and Megan Griffiths, among many others, Seimetz won Best Actress at Fantastic Fest for 2010’s A Horrible Way to Die. With anywhere between ten or more projects per year, she somehow managed to make this enjoyable doozy of a feature, a vicious tale of a dangerous love.
Opening with a mud wrestling sequence, sparring couple Crystal...
Managing to balance an insanely busy schedule that boasts quality and quantity, actress/producer Amy Seimetz debuts her feature directorial debut with the histrionically inclined Sun Don’t Shine. A sweaty slow-burn thriller, she throws us right in the mix and manages to keep us intrigued with a satisfying mix of emotions and murderous intentions right to the very end. Popping up out of the Mumblecore crowd after working in several Joe Swanberg efforts, as a well working with Lena Dunham and Megan Griffiths, among many others, Seimetz won Best Actress at Fantastic Fest for 2010’s A Horrible Way to Die. With anywhere between ten or more projects per year, she somehow managed to make this enjoyable doozy of a feature, a vicious tale of a dangerous love.
Opening with a mud wrestling sequence, sparring couple Crystal...
- 4/23/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Factory 25 has acquired worldwide rights to Amy Seimetz’s writing-directing debut “Sun Don’t Shine.” The crime drama had its world premiere at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Chicken & Egg Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award. (It was also nominated for the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You award at the Gothams.) The specialty distributor plans a day-and-date theatrical/digital release April 26. “Sun Don't Shine” follows a young woman with a disturbing past and her boyfriend on a suspenseful road trip along the Gulf Coast of central Florida. The film stars Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, A.J. Bowen and Kit Gwin. Seimetz produced with Kimberly Sherman; Tim Fargo, Andrew Krucoff, Shane Carruth and Mark Reeb are executive producers. Seimetz will appear in front of the camera this week in the Sundance 2013 films “Upstream Color” and “Pit Stop.” Factory 25 has...
- 1/16/2013
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Sun Don’T Shine
Review by Andrew McArthur of The People’s Movies
Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Aj Bowen, Kit Gwin | Written and Directed by Amy Seimetz
Amy Seimetz’s debut feature film, Sun Don’t Shine recently received its international premiere at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. This indie picture feels like a fusion of a road movie, psychological drama and thriller – proving to be an impressive feature debut and stirring watch.
Two young lovers, Crystal (Sheil) and Leo (Audley) go on the run in rural Florida, the pair both haunted by a dark secret that bounds them together. With a gun in the glove compartment and ever growing paranoia – their relationship begins to hit new extremes.
Seimetz creates a tense and brooding atmosphere, using the humid Florida landscape as a canvas for this paranoia-infused drama. Sun Don’t Shine is a film shrouded in mystery,...
Review by Andrew McArthur of The People’s Movies
Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Aj Bowen, Kit Gwin | Written and Directed by Amy Seimetz
Amy Seimetz’s debut feature film, Sun Don’t Shine recently received its international premiere at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. This indie picture feels like a fusion of a road movie, psychological drama and thriller – proving to be an impressive feature debut and stirring watch.
Two young lovers, Crystal (Sheil) and Leo (Audley) go on the run in rural Florida, the pair both haunted by a dark secret that bounds them together. With a gun in the glove compartment and ever growing paranoia – their relationship begins to hit new extremes.
Seimetz creates a tense and brooding atmosphere, using the humid Florida landscape as a canvas for this paranoia-infused drama. Sun Don’t Shine is a film shrouded in mystery,...
- 7/3/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
"Sun Don't Shine" Director/Writer: Amy Seimetz Producers: Adele Romanski, Kim Sherman Cast: Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Kit Gwin, Mark Reeb and Aj Bowen ("A Horrible Way to Die") Haunted by a recurring nightmare from childhood, writer and director Amy Seimetz attempts to actualize that very dream in her upcoming "Sun Don't Shine." Though she's keeping mum on plot details, we did get a sense of the film's themes and ...
- 8/26/2011
- Indiewire
Amy Seimetz, who will be seen in the upcoming DVD release A Horrible Way to Die , is writing and directing Sun Don't Shine . Details are slim, plot-wise, but Variety describes the film as a tale about a couple who embark on a "mysterious Florida road trip." Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Kit Gwin, Mark Reeb and A.J. Bowen star. Bowen also appeared alongside Seimetz in A Horrible Way to Die .
- 8/16/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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