Glass Chin

Glass Chin
Directed by Noah Buschel
Produced by
  • Samantha Housman
  • Louisa Runge
  • Susan A. Stover
Screenplay by Noah Buschel
Starring
Cinematography Ryan Samul
Edited by Jennifer Ruff
Production
companies
OneZero Productions
Distributed by Phase 4 Films
Release dates
Running time
 87 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Glass Chin is a 2014 American crime drama film written and directed by Noah Buschel, starring Corey Stoll, Billy Crudup, Marin Ireland, Yul Vazquez and Kelly Lynch. It premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.

Plot

Bud Gordon, a burned-out former boxing champ, trains Kid Sunshine, an up-and-coming welterweight contender, and collects debts for JJ Cook, a slick Manhattan entrepreneur. Bud soon finds himself framed for murder, having to choose between his integrity and his aspirations.[1][2]

Cast

Production

Shortly after Corey Stoll finished filming the first season of House of Cards, Noah Buschel recruited him to play the lead role in Glass Chin. Stoll had previous boxing training from his portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in the 2011 film Midnight in Paris. He trained for three weeks at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, New York.[3] Billy Crudup was given the script by Yul Vazquez, who had previously worked with Buschel.[4]

Buschel categorizes the film "in the ex-boxer genre of Budd Schulberg's On The Waterfront, Jim Thompson's After Dark, My Sweet, and Walter Mosley's Leonid McGill books.”[5] The film was shot all over New York City, including in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and in New Jersey,[6] on a Red digital camera.[1] It was Buschel's third film with cinematographer Ryan Samul.[7]

Release

Glass Chin premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival on April 19, 2014,[8] and was given a limited theatrical release on June 26, 2015.[9]

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a critics' approval rating of 85 percent based on 20 reviews and an average rating of 7/10.[10] Metacritic rated it 64/100 based on 10 reviews.[11] The performances were widely praised, those of Stoll and Crudup in particular.[1][12][13] The Los Angeles Times said the film is fueled by "punchy dialogue, sharply drawn characters and excellent performances," and that Buschel's directing gives it "a distinct place in the often derivative world of neo-noir."[14] Indiewire called the film "the work of an underappreciated and sharp filmmaker"[15] and "one of the strongest films ever to grace the international narrative competition at the Tribeca Film Festival," giving it an A-.[16] Slant Magazine gave it 4 out of 5 stars,[17] The Village Voice called it "A rich character study that captures the inner lives and unexpectedly astute insights of brusque, macho, old-school New York guys and the women in their lives."[13] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "For all its impressive formal rigor, this modern-day noir fails to connect on an emotional level."[18] Nicolas Rapold of The New York Times wrote that it "feels designed to within an inch of its life".[19] Bilge Ebiri of Vulture.com wrote, "Story-wise, nothing in Glass Chin will surprise you. But stylistically, the film's got something cool going on."[12]

Marin Ireland was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress.[20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peter Debruge, “Tribeca Film Review: ‘Glass Chin’,” Variety, May 4, 2014.
  2. ↑ Odie Henderson, “Glass Chin,” RogerEbert.com, June 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ethan Sacks, “Corey Stoll is busy this summer, appearing in ‘Glass Chin,’ ‘Ant-Man’ and the return of ‘The Strain’,” New York Daily News, June 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ “In Conversation: Billy Crudup & Yul Vazquez,” V, 2014.
  5. ↑ Noah Buschel, “Another Boxing Movie,” Filmmaker, March 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ Edward Douglas, “CS Interview: Actor Corey Stoll on Glass Chin and The Strain,” ComingSoon.net, June 23, 2015.
  7. ↑ Stephen Saito, “Interview: Noah Buschel on Keeping Up ‘Glass Chin’,” The Moveable Fest, April 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ Matt Patches, “Tribeca: Billy Crudup Will Make You a Technophobe in First ‘Glass Chin’ Clip,” The Hollywood Reporter, April 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ Devan Coggan, “Glass Chin: EW review,” Entertainment Weekly, July 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Glass Chin (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Glass Chin". Metacritic. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  12. 1 2 Bilge Ebiri, “Corey Stoll’s Face Is the Star of Glass Chin,” Vulture.com, June 26, 2015.
  13. 1 2 Ernest Hardy, “’Glass Chin’ Offers Gruff, Offbeat Crime Drama,” Village Voice, June 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ Gary Goldstein, “Review: ‘Glass Chin’ a neo-noir knockout with fight-ready cast,” Los Angeles Times, June 25, 2015.
  15. ↑ Rodrigo Perez, “Review: ‘Glass Chin’ Starring Corey Stoll Features Strong Performances, And An Authentic, Golden Heart,” Indiewire, June 24, 2015.
  16. ↑ Brandon Harris, “Tribeca Review: Why ‘Glass Chin’ Is Better Than Most Low Budget American Indies,” Indiewire, April 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ Chris Cabin, “Glass Chin,” Slant Magazine, April 24, 2014.
  18. ↑ Scheck, Frank (April 21, 2014). "Glass Chin: Tribeca Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  19. ↑ Rapold, Nicolas (June 25, 2016). "Review: Noah Buschel's 'Glass Chin,' an Updated Working-Class Noir". The New York Times. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  20. ↑ McNary, Dave (November 24, 2015). "'Carol,' 'Spotlight,' 'Beasts of No Nation' Lead Spirit Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2016.

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