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Film Review: AMERICANA (2023): Sydney Sweeney Excels in Tony Tost's Unique Vision of the American Dream Gone Awry

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Ulli Lommel, Christopher Kriesa and Nola Roeper on the set of “America: Land of the Freeks” (never released)

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Americana (2025): Neo Western Noir Sans the Coen Brothers

Americana; filmed in 2023 but released in 2025, is a neo noir western sans the Coen Brothers. Writer/Director Tony Tost ambitiously took on a real tour de force for his first time in the big chair. He manages to acquit himself very well, despite a number of “naysayers” who accuse him of taking on too much. He is aided by a splendid cast and while the storytelling may be a tad uneven, the end…

Americana (2025): Neo Western Noir Sans the Coen Brothers

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Beyond the Limits - Olaf Ittenbach 2003

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Film4 Frightfest 2015 Review - Wind Walkers (2015)

Film4 Frightfest 2015 Review – Wind Walkers (2015)

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From the films from actor/writer/director Russell Friedenbergthat I have seen, it seems – at least to me – like he has a fascination with three things: Native American culture; the human psyche and the personal demons we all have; and the idea of the stranger among us (even if that “stranger” is familiar to us). With Wind Walkers he combines all three subjects in a story that…

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‘Wind Walkers’ on DVD in UK later this September

‘Wind Walkers’ on DVD in UK later this September

  Fresh off its premiere at Film4 FrightFest and ahead of its US release Russell Friedenberg will hit DVD shelves this month. The intriguing supernatural thriller will be available on September 25th courtesy of Tricoast UK. So our fans across the pond will get a chance to see the terrifying tale of a  family dealing with an ancient evil that no one will be able to hide from. Make sure you grab…

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Wind Walkers gets a release date. Watch the trailer

Wind Walkers gets a release date. Watch the trailer

Following its World Premiere at Film4 FrightFest, Russell Friedenberg’s supernatural chiller WIND WALKERS will be released in the UK on DVD & Download on September 25, ahead of the late Autumn release in the US.

The film stars Zane Holz, Glen Powell, J LaRose Rudy Youngblood, Kiowa Gordon, Philip Burke, Castille Landon, Russell Friedenberg, Johnny Sequoyah and Christopher Kriesa. (more…)

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Native Americans have always been in the forefront of discussions of Urban myths and lore here in our country. From Wendigo’s and more we have heard tales that have frightened generations of settlers. One we aren’t too familiar with is the Wind Walker. Supposedly this malevolent spirit carries off “the white man” during the night when others are sleeping. It’s to enact revenge on the wrongdoings of the tribe by the colonial settlers. So what happens when a soldier has returned back from the Middle East hosting a demon of war during all this?  That’s what we intend to find out from the new film from Russell Friedenberg WIND WALKERS. It was announced that the film has completed post production and should be hitting the masses this upcoming Fall. Read ahead for more details on WIND WALKERS, see the new teaser and some fresh stills. We aren’t sure what to expect from this demon/zombie/spirit survival genre mash up here but we like what we see so far.

Acclaimed director Russell Friedenberg’s latest feature, WIND WALKERS, has completed post and is primed for an Autumn 2015 release in both the US and UK.

To highlight the news, the producers have released some first-look teaser stills and a blazing new trailer.

Trailer:

A group of friends and family descend into the swamp lands of the Everglades for their annual hunting trip, only to discover that they are the ones being hunted. A malevolent entity is tracking them and they begin to realise that one of their party, Sean (Zane Holtz), may be possessed by something he has brought home from a tour of duty in the Middle East – a demon of war so horrible and deadly that even he is unaware of its devilish presence.

Or are they facing something even more unspeakable?  Is a legendary Native American curse about to unleash its dreadful legacy? Has the mysterious Wind Walker beast, thirsting for colonial revenge, returned to claim more souls?

With no place to run, the group, starved and consumed with fear, must make a final stand – before madness and murderous mayhem consumes them all…

Writer/Director Friedenberg, who also has a starring role in the film, reveals: ‘“The experience of making Wind Walkers was incredibly rewarding and ridiculously difficult. The Everglades aren’t meant for humans. We shouldn’t have been there, and everything that lives there does it’s damndest to remind you of that. What thrives in the Everglades are things with cold blood, and all of them crave warm blood – namely yours”.

Apart from Holtz, who is currently starring as Richie Gecko in the Robert Rodriguez TV series From Dusk Till Dawn, the film also stars Glen Powell, Kiowa Gordon, Philip Burke, Castille Landon, Russell Friedenberg, Johnny Sequoyah and Christopher Kriesa with J. LaRose and Rudy Youngblood.

The film is a TriCoast Worldwide, Iron Circle Pictures and Sweet Tomato Films Presentation, in association with Ricou Browning Productions.

Stills from WIND WALKERS

Stills from WIND WALKERS

Stills from WIND WALKERS

Stills from WIND WALKERS

Written and Directed by Russell Friedenberg. Director of Photography, Harrison Sanborn. Executive Producers: J.B. Jones & Thomas E. Kelly Jr. Producers: Dori Sperko, Heather Rae, Ricou Browning Jr. & Elayne Schneiderman Schmidt

  For more info visit:

Website: www.windwalkersmovie.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wind-Walkers/403921876455597?ref=hl

Twitter:@WindWalkersMov

‘Wind Walkers’ set for fall of 2015 release Native Americans have always been in the forefront of discussions of Urban myths and lore here in our country.