Pulp Movies has written a very detailed, wonderful review for Brian Ackley's Uptown. The film is having its East Coast Premiere on June 2nd, at the Anthology Film Archives at 8pm, as part of the NewFilmmakers Spring Series. The film has also recently received the award for Best Actress in a Feature for Meissa Hampton's portrayal of Isabel. The award was given by LSU Cinema Club at the Outhouse Film Festival in Baton Rouge, LA.
Here is the review below, after the jump:
"Uptown is the story of two people and the trajectory of their relationship. The film starts with the first meeting and follows the highs, lows, confidences and uncertainties that ensue as these two individuals take tentative steps towards becoming a couple.
Ben (Chris Riquinha) is an actor and an aspiring film-maker. Isabel (Meissa Hampton) is a professional dog-walker and someone that Ben sees as being well suited to a role in the film he is trying to put together. Isabel is clearly nervous and the pair are initially little uncertain with each other. Both characters are clearly trying to navigate new territory but, as the evening progresses, it becomes apparent that the two do like each other, and the seeds of a friendship are laid.
Things are not entirely straightforward, however, and both characters have a fair bit of emotional and historical baggage to deal with. Although Ben is clearly very comfortable with the single life, he is also a bit of a romantic at heart and someone torn between the desire to meet Miss Right and a fear that Miss Right may not exist. Isabel, on the other hand, is married but not happy. The spark has gone out of her relationship and she finds herself torn between loyalty to her often absent husband and the loneliness of her situation."
Read the rest of the review HERE.
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