The Connection

Director:
Cast: , , , , , , ,

Synopsis:

A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin addicts, a mix of current and former jazz musicians, are waiting for Cowboy, their drug connection, to appear. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.

MRQE Metric: 70

The New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Entertainment WeeklyA
Owen Gleiberman
Variety
Peter Debruge
Shockya.com
Harvey S. Karten
DVDActiveC
Gabriel Powers
CineScene.com
Chris Dashiell
Eclipse MagazineB
Sheldon Wiebe
filmcritic.comC
Chris Barsanti
ScreenAnarchy
Jason Gorber
PopMattersA
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMattersB
Valeriy Kolyadych
IONCINEMA.comC
Nicholas Bell
DVD TalkB
Ryan Keefer
DVD TalkA
Stuart Galbraith IV
Paste MagazineC
Dom Sinacola
Slant Magazine
Steve Macfarlane
Slant Magazine
Jaime N. Christley
Detroit NewsC
Tom Long
Big Picture Big SoundB
David Kempler
New York PostB
Kyle Smith
We Are Movie Geeks
Michael Haffner
DVD Savant
Glenn Erickson
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
Dallas Film Now
Peter A. Martin
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Village Voice
Karina Longworth
IndieWire
Jessica Kiang
IONCINEMA.com
Ryan Brown
The Onion A.V. ClubC
Mike D'Angelo
The Nation
Stuart Klawans
The Guardian
Jonathan Romney
The Guardian
Mike McCahill
Time OutB
David Fear
Time OutC
Tom Huddleston
Hammer to Nail
Michael Tully