Gazer
Director: Ryan J Sloan Run Time: 114 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024
Starring: Ariella Mastroianni
NYC Premiere
Suffering from dyschronometria, which affects her ability to no how much time has passed, Frankie is struggling to keep the job needed to provide for her daughter. When an opportunity to make a lot of money, albeit illegally, presents itself, Frankie can’t say no, but accepting the job leads to a downward spiral of psychological destruction, crime and death. A knockout example of DIY filmmaking at its best, New Jersey native Ryan J. Sloan’s Cannes selection cleverly and uniquely taps into the unease of 1970s paranoid thrillers with bursts of early Cronenberg body horror. -Matt Barone