An official Selection of the Berlin International Film Festival and directed by experimental filmmaker Peter Parlow, The Plagiarists opens on June 28. Anna (Lucy Kaminsky) and Tyler(Eamon Monaghan), a young, and educated white couple, become stranded by a snowstorm and agree to spend the night with a black samaritan, Clip (Michael “Clip” Payne) who offers to help them. What follows is a personal journey that questions the binary between authenticity and plagiarism and shot on a handheld camera to create an authentic lo-fi experience.
Our review postulates, “Were The Plagiarists merely this observation of liberal minds in duress it would have made for a more than enjoyable watch but with credit to Kienitz and Wilkins’ terrific script, it becomes more nuanced and haunting only after that first act. Indeed, the film’s title alludes to an encompassing obsession with authenticity–as first seen in Anna’s self doubt regarding her...
Our review postulates, “Were The Plagiarists merely this observation of liberal minds in duress it would have made for a more than enjoyable watch but with credit to Kienitz and Wilkins’ terrific script, it becomes more nuanced and haunting only after that first act. Indeed, the film’s title alludes to an encompassing obsession with authenticity–as first seen in Anna’s self doubt regarding her...
- 6/17/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
On one level, The Plagiarists is a two-part comedy about a ceaselessly fighting couple, the first half of which takes place in winter. Anna (Lucy Kaminsky) is a novelist, at least aspirationally—completion of her first novel is a ways off, so she pays the bills as a copy writer. Tyler (Eamon Monaghan) is a filmmaker, but doesn’t think he can call himself that—he’s written a script, but that’s not the same thing as actually having directed a feature, and meanwhile all he’s doing is, as they say, “creating content.” His latest contract is with Evian, which makes it especially regrettable that, […]...
- 2/14/2019
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
On one level, The Plagiarists is a two-part comedy about a ceaselessly fighting couple, the first half of which takes place in winter. Anna (Lucy Kaminsky) is a novelist, at least aspirationally—completion of her first novel is a ways off, so she pays the bills as a copy writer. Tyler (Eamon Monaghan) is a filmmaker, but doesn’t think he can call himself that—he’s written a script, but that’s not the same thing as actually having directed a feature, and meanwhile all he’s doing is, as they say, “creating content.” His latest contract is with Evian, which makes it especially regrettable that, […]...
- 2/14/2019
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Perhaps the last thing one would expect, in a film that, among other things, playfully weighs the artistic expressiveness of cinema against that of literature, is for the film to come down pretty definitively on the side of the written word. But that is just one of the mischiefs that Peter Parlow’s 76-minute lower-than-lo-fi “The Plagiarists” works on us — and with such conviction that even the convention of attributing the film solely to its director feels wrong here. Filmmaker and artist James N. Kienitz Wilkins vies for authorship too, credited as co-writer of the springy, self-aware script (with Robin Schavoir), as well as Dp, producer, and editor. Wilfully student-video amateurish in form, but impishly sophisticated in content, a gleeful cultural curiosity fairly crackles off “The Plagiarists,” and it is highly contagious.
The image is square, and striped with the low-definition buzz of old Betamax, the premise so blandly rote...
The image is square, and striped with the low-definition buzz of old Betamax, the premise so blandly rote...
- 2/13/2019
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
In the new feature film The Plagiarists a young, white, highly educated couple on their way home from a weekend getaway have car trouble and find themselves stranded on the side of a snowy, secluded road. They are soon discovered by an enigmatic and charming stranger, who is black. He offers to call a friend who can fix their car. He then invites them to stay the night.
The Plagiarists was directed by Peter Parlow and was co-written by James N. Kienitz Wilkins and Robin Schavoir, who each seem to have taken great pleasure in concocting this slippery set-up. The opening of their film suggests a horror movie but it soon becomes apparent that Parlow is more interested in putting their characters’ progressive, middle-class sensibilities under the microscope, at least for the first while. The lovers are named Anna (Lucy Kaminsky) and Tyler (Eamon Monaghan)–a novelist without a novel...
The Plagiarists was directed by Peter Parlow and was co-written by James N. Kienitz Wilkins and Robin Schavoir, who each seem to have taken great pleasure in concocting this slippery set-up. The opening of their film suggests a horror movie but it soon becomes apparent that Parlow is more interested in putting their characters’ progressive, middle-class sensibilities under the microscope, at least for the first while. The lovers are named Anna (Lucy Kaminsky) and Tyler (Eamon Monaghan)–a novelist without a novel...
- 2/12/2019
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
The PlagiaristsOne of the things I really appreciate about the Berlinale is their sense of what is important in American cinema, a welcome curatorial perspective that’s usually pretty darn far away from Sundance, which since our cinema doesn't really have art movies, epitomizes the popular understanding of the alternative to the mainstream, namely “independents.” As could be seen in Dan Sallitt’s excellent Fourteen, the indies in the Forum section of Berlin are really working a different tack than their higher-budgeted, less cinematically bold and generally more comforting brethren that premiered in Park City last month. Yet even Sallitt’s film seems somewhat conventional when compared to The Plagiarists, an intentionally discomforting yet frequently highly comic micro-indie directed by one Peter Parlow. It was shot and edited by James N. Kienitz Wilkins, who also co-wrote this biting and destabilizing comic drama with Robin Schavoir. Wilkins has been making a...
- 2/11/2019
- MUBI
Written as an ode to classic madcap mysteries like Manhattan Murder Mystery, Dan Erickson and Rachel Wortell's new film A Sibling Mystery features witty dialog and the kind of deftly assembled cast you'd expect from such a film. The film's antics revolves around a brother and sister who lose a winning lottery ticket and become consumed with investigating a mysterious woman they suspect has stolen it. Lily Meyer, Keith Bethea, Becky Abrams, Eamon Monaghan, Jess Magee, Michele Hierholzer and Phillip John Velasco Gabriel star. A Sibling Mystery has been a film festival darling, making the rounds as an official selection at multiple film festivals, including the Vail Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, Soho International and the prestigious Mill Valley Film Festival, to name just a few....
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- 9/14/2018
- Screen Anarchy
A Sibling Mystery is one part suspense and one part comedy. From directors Dan Erickson and Rachel Wortell, this indie film title will show on Digital platforms, next week, through Global Digital Releasing. In the film, two siblings squabble over a party and their lottery winnings. When their winning lottery ticket goes missing, they put on their detective hats - to find the thief. A Sibling Mystery stars: Lily Meyer (Romance Analyst), Keith Bethea, Becky Abrams, Eamon Monaghan, Jess Magee and many others. A preview of the film's mid-September launch is hosted here. A Sibling Mystery has had a few film festival appearances. This witty feature has shown at: the Vail Film Festival, Portland Film Festival, Soho International and the illustrious Mill Valley Film Festival. The film has completed its film festival circuit, recently. Now, fans of indie thrillers can find A Sibling Mystery on Digital platforms, in just a few days.
- 9/14/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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