Embers
First screened in October 2015
Director: Claire Carré. Cast: Jason Ritter, Iva Gocheva, Greta Fernández, Tucker Smallwood, Silvan Friedman, Karl Glusman, Roberto Cots, Matthew Goulish, Dominique Swain, Arianna Messner, Nathaniel Andrew, Derrick Aguis, Ryan Czerwonko. Screenplay: Claire Carré and Charles Spano. Twitter Capsule:
Mood, milieu strongest parts. Direction a bit too blatant, script a bit too tentative for my taste, but keep eyes on Carré.
VOR:②
It's amazing how post-apocalypse can be indicated this persuasively on a tiny budget, but that's also glutted the market a bit. Less original than its nervy premise implies.
