Try the trailer for ‘Gazer,’ out Feb. 21, 2025, starring Ariella Mastroianni, Marcia Debonis, Renee Gagner, Jack Alberts, and Tommy Kang, from Metrograph Footage.
Gazer follows a younger mom (co-writer Ariella Mastroianni) who, attributable to a singular situation that progressively impacts her notion of time, is attempting to save cash for her daughter’s future earlier than it’s too late. She takes a dangerous job from a mysterious girl with a darkish previous, which leads her to develop into entangled in a tense internet of revenge, deceit, and homicide.
Gazer is Sloan’s debut characteristic. The movie was shot on a shoestring price range over weekends within the spring and fall for 2 years whereas Sloan labored as an electrician and Mastroianni in movie programming in New York. Shot on 16mm, and co-written by its magnetic lead actress, Gazer just isn’t solely a contemporary perspective on the legendary paranoia thrillers of the 70s and 80s, but in addition a masterful tribute to, and daring reinvention of, the work of many nice cinema artists over a number of generations.
By David Grove
