PRODIGAL SONS

March 1, 2010

(Prodigal Sons is now playing at Cinema Village. It expands to more cities on March 5, 2010. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.)

I’m not going to write a traditional review of Kimberly Reed’s Prodigal Sons, for fear of revealing even the tiniest smidgen of information. Though it begins with a fascinating enough premise, by the 30-minute mark, Reed’s documentary has begun veering into directions that will make you pinch yourself to make sure you haven’t fallen asleep and begun to dream this story up. And from there, it goes even further. Instead, I will simply say this:

Do not read anything about Prodigal Sons. And do not miss it.

— Michael Tully

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Michael Tully

Michael Tully is an award-winning writer/director whose films have garnered widespread critical acclaim, his projects having premiered at some of the most renowned film festivals across the globe. He is also the former (and founding) editor of this site. In 2006, Michael's first feature, COCAINE ANGEL, chronicling a tragic week in the life of a young drug addict, world premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film immediately solidified the director as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Faces of Independent Film,” a reputation that was reinforced a year later when his follow-up feature, SILVER JEW, a documentary capturing the late David Berman's rare musical performances in Tel Aviv, world-premiered at SXSW and landed distribution with cult indie-music label Drag City. In 2011, Michael wrote, directed, and starred in his third feature, SEPTIEN, which debuted at the 27th annual Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by IFC Films' Sundance Selects banner. A few years later, in 2014, Michael returned to Sundance with the world premiere of his fourth feature, PING PONG SUMMER, an ‘80s set coming-of-age tale that was quickly picked up for theatrical distribution by Gravitas Ventures. In 2018, Michael wrote and directed the dread-inducing genre film DON'T LEAVE HOME, which has been described as "Get Out with Catholic guilt in the Irish countryside" (IndieWire). The film premiered at SXSW and was subsequently acquired by Cranked Up Films and Shudder.

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