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Friday (neo) Noir: ‘Cold in July’ is a sharply focused film sporting many faces

Cold In July Written by Jim Mickle and Nick Damici Directed by Jim Mickle U.S.A., 2014 Set in a small Texas town, Cold in July opens with a bang in more ways than one. Family man Richard Dane (Michael C. Hall) awakens one night in bed, convinced that an intruder has infiltrated his home. After …

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‘Cold in July’ a mildly suspenseful revenge tale that remains too familiar

Cold in July Written by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle Directed by Jim Mickle USA, 2013 In his last film, the horror remake We Are What We Are, co-writer and director Jim Mickle succeeded primarily because he took as long as possible to make explicit what was really going on with the central family unit. …

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The proficient ‘Cold In July’ mashes up two genres that should have been kept apart

Indie auteur Jim Mickle has said that his newest effort ‘Cold in July’ is a combination of Bong Joon-Ho’s serial-murder thriller ‘Memories of Murder’ and the Patrick Swayze action film ‘Road House.’ That’s an eye-catching pairing, for certain…

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