{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Deep Focus Review","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com","author_name":"Brian Eggert","author_url":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/author\/dfrbeggert\/","title":"MSPIFF 2024 \u2013 Dispatch 4","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DaX9RyKIlC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/mspiff-2024-dispatch-4\/\">MSPIFF 2024 \u2013 Dispatch 4<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/mspiff-2024-dispatch-4\/embed\/#?secret=DaX9RyKIlC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;MSPIFF 2024 \u2013 Dispatch 4&#8221; &#8212; Deep Focus Review\" data-secret=\"DaX9RyKIlC\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"These films were screened at the 43rd Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF43). Select films reviewed below will receive separate full-length writeups, some for their wider release, some exclusive to Deep Focus Review\u2019s Patreon. In the meantime, here are some first impressions. Wildcat As a poet, novelist, musician, and actor committed to the art of his craft, Ethan Hawke also directs and, given his multihyphenate background, it\u2019s no surprise he often makes films about artists. His directorial debut on Chelsea Walls (2001) found him adapting the play by Nicole Burdette about a group of artists staying in the same hotel. He made the screen version of his novel, The Hottest State (2007), about a young man in love with a singer. In 2015, he released a documentary about pianist Seymour Bernstein. And in 2018, his film Blaze captured the life of Austin musician Blaze Foley. Given his penchant for earthy creatives who struggle to balance life and art, Wildcat, a look at Flannery O\u2019Connor\u2019s life and short stories, feels apt.\u00a0 Sharing screenwriter credit with Shelby Gaines, Hawke makes his most stylistically experimental film, opening with a black-and-white sequence that looks like a mid-century melodrama. It signals the aesthetic playfulness [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.deepfocusreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/wildcat-poster-2024.png"}