NEWS & REVIEWS
Kino Lorber Discovers ‘The Frontier’ – Toronto
“Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Oren Shai’s debut feature The Frontier, from Rocking Films and Dana Lustig Productions.”
Top 10 Festival Films You Haven’t Seen Yet
“This has been a fantastic year for indie genre films, with a near-endless stack of amazing releases yet to come. This list could readily have included the fabulous Baskin (imagine Clive Barker vacationing in Turkey), brilliant sealed-bottle black comedy Zinzana, gorgeously stylized crime drama The Frontier…”
The 25 Best Movie Posters of 2015
“The Frontier actually had a whole chain of striking posters, but this one takes the cake for being a total story snapshot. You can just look at this and know something is going down. A beautiful woman with a busted lip and conviction in her eyes. The setting sun a ticking clock off screen, and even though there’s no actual motion conveyed in the picture, you can practically hear that engine revving. This is a perfect, perfect poster.”
SXSW: The Frontier
“Blending 70s and classic noir to create a movie for the ages, Oren Shai’s feature debut follows a woman on the run who finds herself in an even more precarious position after arriving at an isolated diner. A wickedly entertaining ode to 1970s cinema that features a dynamite cast and searing suspense, The Frontier is tailor-made for die-hard lovers of cinema…”
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THE FRONTIER IS WHERE CRIMINALS CHECK IN AND MORALS CHECK OUT
“…well-paced, nicely shot, and smart enough to give each member of the ensemble a few moments to shine. The Frontier is Ms. Donahue’s movie all the way, but between the supporting cast, the nastily amusing screenplay, and the endless double-crossings and back-stabbings, there are simply a lot of enjoyable facets to be found in this crafty little wise-assed neo-noir thriller.”
SXSW Film Review: The Frontier
“Oren Shai steadily builds a timeless pulp world, one that purloins from 30s seedy gangsters, 50s greasers, and 70s slick crime. Add up all those eras, and you get something close to the stylized 1990s neonoir of Red Rock West, where the dust on the ground is just there to soak up the blood…”
