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First Winter

First Winter (2012)

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During a winter of record-breaking cold, a blackout of apocalyptic proportions strands a group of Brooklynites in a remote country farmhouse. At first, it's a party: drugs, sex, and yoga. But as the days go on and the food supply dwindles, they turn against one another, and gradually are forced into a confrontation with their mortality. (c) Official Site

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Benjamin Dickinson

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It haunted me the first time I saw it and even more so the second time.

November 15, 2012 Full Review Source: New York Times
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Dickinson's anti-dramatic methodology proves ill-suited to the task of generating narrative interest.

November 13, 2012 Full Review Source: Village Voice
Andrew Schenker
Village Voice
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The film's interests are mainly relegated to wallowing in the frigid-starvation-suffering of its protagonists.

November 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine
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Highly recommended. Haunting, beautiful and unflinching in its basilisk gaze on the consequences brought about by the chasm between the expression of our cultural values and the core nature of the human experience.
March 27, 2013
Remy Schrader
Remy Schrader
It's a hipsteri-fic kind of entertainment, where a bunch of weird, bearded dudes and their laid-back girlfriends try to survive through a rough winter (looking like a strange, colossal apocalyptic nightmare, where nothing spectacular really happens, yet we still have to be convinced that there is no way those people can escape from the deserted mad-house located somewhere far in the vast snow fields). Given their perverse attitude towards the sex-infused, drug-filled routine, they aren't able to reveal all their true feelings when placed in front of a grave tragedy - shortage of food, and then the death of one of their friends. Beautifully shot and enhanced by some poetic visuals, First Winter comes as an intriguing, worrisome look at the behavior of young people during a crisis. Strangely, it's also an interesting encounter with - what could be called - some kind of a bizarre sect, where everything is a big mystification organized by the guru of the whole group. Look for yourselves, as Benjamin Dickinson created an inviting film that might tire some because of too many unneeded longueurs, and satisfy others due to its fascinating camera work.
October 21, 2012
Patryk Czekaj
Patryk Czekaj

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