I’m thrilled to have David Del Valle, whose latest Camp David column featured never-before published interviews with the great Vincent Price, review Condemned for Films in Review. As usual, an excerpt below, and the full piece right here. This short film is a tour de force on every level . . . Shai has the […]
Jeremy Richey just posted a wonderful recommendation for Condemned on his excellent film blog, Moon in the Gutter. An excerpt attached below, and the full piece right here. This dazzling 14 minute film is a beautifully shot, and wonderfully realized, genre-bending tribute to Women in Prison films, Noir, Italian Westerns and Fifties Melodrama . . […]
Bill Crider, the prolific author, blogger, paperback collector, wrote about Condemned yesterday in his Pop Culture Blog as part of an Overlooked Films series initiated by Todd Mason. Head over to Bill Crider’s blog to read the piece. Also, the blog Adventures in Nerdliness wrote about Condemned in their WIP Wednesday feature. Read it here. […]
Condemned is premiering online today. You can watch it for free by heading to the film’s page at: http://condemned.rockingoren.com/ For maximum effects expand to full screen and watch in the dark! CONDEMNED is a 14-minute Noir-infused tribute to the Women-in-Prison films of the 1950s, with a Spaghetti Western twist. Over the past year it has […]
Condemned has been reviewed on the Paracinema Magazine website. Check out their review, as well as their great magazine. A short excerpt below, and the full piece right here. …The viewer is treated to a quiet film rife with good performances, atmosphere, and striking cinematography . . . Oren Shai is not a name I […]
Mondo Digital chose Condemned as one of their most recent Sick Picks. Check out an excerpt below, and head over to Mondo Digital for the full piece. Director Oren Shai is definitely one to watch and is working on his first feature, which should really be something else. Not everyone can pull off something that […]
A new review of Condemned was posted today on the Melbourne-based film blog, Liminal Vision. Written by Tara Judah. Check out the excerpt below and visit Liminal Vision for the full review. The narrative becomes secondary to the stunning visual style and incredibly affecting tone which afford the film with the surprising weight and substance […]
DVD Trash just posted a new review of Condemned. Head over to read the full review. Excerpt below. A beautifully shot little homage to 70’s women in prison exploitation flicks although those b-movie classics of yesteryear were never this well put together. A sweaty, claustrophobic, noir-like feel is evoked throughout with an excellent performance from […]
A great new review of Condemned, by Alison Nastasi, was published yesterday at Horror Squad. Read the excerpt below, and head over to the full review. Shai has a keen eye and although Condemned relies heavily on its dialogue, there are some fantastic visuals that help us enter the prisoners’ world. Light, shadows, and framing […]
Condemned will be having its first NYC screening on Friday the 13th, at the SVA Theater, as part of the SVA Film Society screening series. It will precede a feature horror film of their choice. Admission is free! Come join us if you’re around town: CONDEMNED + TBA Feature August 13th (Friday) 7:00PM. The SVA […]
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