Off Jackson Avenue

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Off Jackson Avenue
Directed byJohn-Luke Montias
Written byJohn-Luke Montias
Produced byMichiel Pilgram
StarringJohn-Luke Montias
CinematographyGeorge Gibson
Edited byMichiel Pilgram
Music byEd Tomney
Production
companies
Goltzius Productions
The Group Entertainment
Multivisionnaire Pictures
Distributed byGoltzius Productions
Release date
Running time
79 minutes [2]
80 minutes [3] [4]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish [2]
Russian [2]
Spanish [2]
Cantonese [2]
Mandarin [2]
Japanese [2]
Albanian [2]

Off Jackson Avenue is a 2008 [3] American crime thriller drama film written by, directed by and starring John-Luke Montias. [4]

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Cast

Release

The film was released at the Quad Cinema in New York City on July 17, 2009. [1]

Reception

The film has a 59% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews. [5]

Ronnie Scheib of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "its laid-back absurdist tone and no-nonsense pacing make for an audio-visual delight." [2]

Andrew Schenker of Slant Magazine awarded the film one and a half stars out of four and wrote, "Sex slavery, Japanese hit men, and ordinary car thieves converge on the mean streets of Long Island City in Off Jackson Avenue, John-Luke Montias's engagingly lurid but ultimately tepid crime drama." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "One Hell of a Ride: "Off Jackson Avenue" Director John-Luke Montias". IndieWire. July 15, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Scheib, Ronnie (August 11, 2008). "Off Jackson Avenue". Variety. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Schenker, Andrew (July 13, 2009). "Review: Off Jackson Avenue". Slant Magazine. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Alter, Ethan (July 16, 2009). "Off Jackson Avenue — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Off Jackson Avenue". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
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