Girls to the Front! The Cinema of Jennifer Reeder, Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Series
Get ready for a visit from multi-hyphenate Jennifer Reeder with her two most acclaimed films—a stunning short and the feature that announced her as a major new indie film talent.
Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, Knives and Skin is a tantalizing mystery that traces the wave of fear and distrust that spreads across a small Midwestern town in the wake of a high school girl's mysterious disappearance. As the loneliness and darkness lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life gradually comes to light, a collective awakening seems to overcome the town's teenage girls—gathering in force until it can no longer be contained. [111 min; mystery, thriller; English]
Preceded by A Million Miles Away: An adult woman on the edge of failing and a pack of teenage girls simultaneously experience a supernatural coming-of-age. [28 min; drama; English]
"Knives and Skin presents an unsettling mix of girlishness, macabre, sweetness, and despondency best encapsulated in a nail polish color sported by one of the characters: Rotting Corpse. Its humans are alien, its script is bizarre, its visuals are gauche. But this so-wrong-it’s-right feminine dirge puts the 'fun' in 'funereal.'" — Lena Wilson, The Playlist
"Awash in Christopher Rejano’s neon-hued cinematography and punctuated by Nick Zinner’s eerie synth soundscapes, Reeder’s meandering tale is a fever dream of ideas." — Jen Yamato, The Los Angeles Times
"This movie rocks." — Richard Roemer, Chicago Sun-Times
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