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Review: CATFIGHT (2017) Is A Compelling, Symphonic Myriad Of Brutal Satire And Life’s Miscarriages

Ask me at anytime before 2015 if I knew who award-winning director Onur Tukel was, and I probably couldn’t tell you; Mind you, I’m only a modest action film junkie – even though I follow the genre regularly – as much as it helps to have a general, distinct appreciation for film in order to be more engaging. For this, Tukel’s latest, Catfight, eventually made it under my radar in the months leading up to its Toronto International Film Festival premiere last year, and boasting a perfect, rompous serving of artful drama and physical comedy that states a truly dark and haunting prevelant message beyond the tit-for-tat. Tukel writes the script for the film which sets itself in New York City as the U.S. government readies for war in the middle east following a Presidential election. There is a multitude of characters on stage here, but the core story focuses […]

CATFIGHT: Sociopolitical Black Comedy Draws Black Eyes In The First Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

My guess was as good as anyone else’s when I first learned of what would become of award-winning director Onur Tukel’s latest, Catfight. The film then wrapped in late 2015 and premiered at TIFF last year to a resounding reception with notable reviews that garnish the film’s roll out suitably for a release hopefully not too far down the line. For this, we get actresses Sandra Oh and Anne Heche who are both impeccable performers in their own right with actress Alicia Silverstone, and co-stars Dylan Baker, Tituss Burgess newcomer Ariel Kavoussi. As such and drawing from the conclusions of critics, it appears Tukel’s independent feat is nothing short of a well-rounded and fully balanced comedy that accomplishes a great deal of things for its run time. Festival programmer Jane Schoettle had the following to add in detail about the film ahead of its 2016 premiere: A reunion between two […]