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Bacon ‘N’ Laces screens at the 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival on June 11!

by Emily Ranieri
published 2022-06-10

Stephen Michael Simon’s short documentary film Bacon ‘N’ Laces will be shown at the 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival on Saturday, June 11th, 2022 in person at 5 pm and online for 24 hours. This film showcases the extraordinary life of John, a blind diner-owner and a single father to three sons.




 

“Leftover Feelings: A Studio B Revival” to Screen at New Jersey International Film Festival

by Gary Wien
published 2022-06-09

The 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival presents a screening of Leftover Feelings: A Studio B Revival on Saturday, June 11th.  The film by Ted Roach and Lagan Sebert follows John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas as they team up during the pandemic to record their album Leftover Feelings in RCA’s fabled Studio B. The screening is available via video on demand starting at 12:00am on June 11th.  There will be an in-person screening at 7:00pm in the wonderful movie theater located in Voorhees Hall (#105/Rutgers University) 71 Hamilton Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey.



The Everyday Show screens at the 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival on Saturday, June 11

by Jack Greenberg
published 2022-06-09

The Everyday Show by Viren Shinde was obviously made with so much care and had immense thought put into it. The intricacy of subtext, the ideas that this film alludes to, saying the unsaid without actually saying anything. With being a little over ten minutes, each moment of this film provides a purpose, some significance, and doesn’t waste a single second. Through stunning imagery, dialogue, and body language, this is a film that treats its audience like a collaborator.  It doesn’t hold the viewers’s hand, but expects the audience to pick up on the subtleness and allusions mentioned throughout.



James Camali’s haunting feature The Mental State screens at the 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival on Friday, June 10.

by Claire Apel
published 2022-06-08

The Mental State follows a high school senior named Andy Cady (Jance Enslin), depicted as a kind of tortured artistic loner, and his burgeoning relationship with a manipulative, imaginary local Navy SEAL veteran named Dylan (Bryan Greenburg). Stuck in the heart of rural Kentucky, Andy is brought to the brink by Dylan’s machinations. Dylan convinces Andy to believe in dangerous conspiracies and conditions him into following his orders like Andy is one of his fellow veterans. The only person really troubled by their growing relationship is Andy’s single mother Angela (Carly Pope). As the film progresses and Andy’s behavior becomes more erratic, she begins to worry seriously for his health and safety. Andy’s beliefs and actions reach the point that he emotionally harms a fellow student. Angela, impoverished and alone, struggles to find resources to help Andy before it’s too late.



Haunting Eureka plays at the 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival on Sunday, June 12!

by Izzy Bonvini
published 2022-06-07

Eureka is a haunting short that chronicles the life and abuse of a Chinese prostitute in 1885 Eureka, California.  Set on the eve of the town’s anti-Chinese riot, the film showcases the hardships of indentured prostitute Longlong as she struggles for freedom while dependent on her brothel madam (Mama).  Eureka will be available for streaming worldwide on Sunday, June 12 through the 2022 New Jersey International Film Festival.
















 

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