Paint It Black
A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.
19 June 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 October 1984, Savannah, Georgia, USA
5 August 1961, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
11 May 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 May 1953, London, England, UK
20 November 1988, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
July 08, 2017
When Michael's countenance is on full display, it is in a state of transformation between the three characters; just like in Bergman's Persona, it is the exchange between characters that defines them.
June 07, 2017
Paint It Black features the voices of three very talented women - Tamblyn, Shawkat, and McTeer - and is all the more powerful for it.
May 18, 2017
It's not an easy movie to embrace, but it lingers.
May 17, 2017
Paint It Black is vibrant with emotion, and authentic in its journey, presenting an arc of grief that is raw, riveting, and surreally beautiful.
May 18, 2017
Actress Amber Tamblyn's first movie as a director dives headfirst into the hot-button subject of suicide and emerges with expressionistic power with savage grace.
May 19, 2017
Tamblyn may very well have encouraged McTeer to spin into a ludicrous lioness, but her performance doesn't play well opposite Shawkat's.
May 17, 2017
The trouble with a story like this is there's not really anywhere for it to go.
May 18, 2017
An intriguing audio-visual sense, deft editing and Shawkat's committed performance elevate this strangely watchable film.
June 15, 2017
It's as remarkable a depiction of how grief can subsume us and bend reality to its needs as you'll ever see, directed by a talent with a bright future behind the camera.
May 17, 2017
Tamblyn has talent.
May 20, 2017
The film, a strong directorial debut from Tamblyn, creates a waking nightmare of seemingly unresolvable pain and anguish."
May 24, 2017
Tamblyn has a unique perspective as a director, and we're excited to see what she creates next.
