NOW SEE THIS: Nash Edgerton's Spider

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NOW SEE THIS: Nash Edgerton's Spider

POSTED: Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:00 PM

Filed Under: Movies | Now See This Film Fest

Nash Edgerton's feature debut The Square gets its Philly premiere tonight at the Philadelphia FIlm Society's Spring Preview. The Square features Edgerton's short film Spider. Watch it so you know what you're getting into and don't say we didn't warn you.

Here's what Gary M. Kramer had to say about The Square:

Delivering on the promise director Nash Edgerton displayed in his short, Spider (which unspools here, too), The Square alternates between nervous hilarity and gasp-inducing shock. After Carla (Claire van der Boom) discovers her husband's bag of cash, she gives her married lover, Ray (David Roberts), an ultimatum: Help her steal the cash and escape or she will end their relationship. Ray reluctantly, perhaps foolishly, agrees. Using the kickbacks he's getting at work, Ray hires an arsonist (Joel Edgerton, the director's brother and co-screenwriter) to mask their crime. This being a film noir, nothing goes as planned. Soon, Ray is being blackmailed, and he must discover his tormentor and cover his tracks. Edgerton ratchets up the tension throughout, boxing Ray and Carla into tight, uncomfortable situations that are riveting to the end, when the filmmaker pulls the rug — if not the floor — out from under everyone.

The Square, Fri., April 9, 9:45 p.m., free, Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St., filmadelphia.org.

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