A Look At The New Independent Film “Match,” As Screening At This Year’s DTLA Film Festival
Match is a new independently-produced feature film that anyone who has done online dating ought to connect with. Beyond its innovative storytelling, Match has other terrific elements to it, including the challenge of shooting during the COVID-19 lockdown. Set to have its world premiere on Saturday, September 17, 2022, Match will debut at the Regal LA Live Theater as part of the DTLA Film Festival at 1:50 PM local time, as showing part of the acclaimed festival’s narrative feature competition.
The story of Match is told using only the emails and text messages the characters send to one another. Little by little we piece together their interactions and come to see that both characters have flaws and are pushing each other’s buttons in ways that are increasing the stakes. The result is a voyeuristic experience that uses graphics as well as the actors’ performances to take you into the minds of two people in a way that truly says something about the dating culture of the modern era.
Match stars Austin Nichols (John From Cincinnati, Ray Donovan, The Walking Dead, Minx) and Ahna O’Reilly (The Help, The Morning Show, Gaslit, Where The Crawdads Sing) with a special appearance by Spencer Garrett (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty). It was produced, written and directed by Sean McGinly, whose 2019 film Silver Lake won “Best Screenplay” at the DTLA Film Festival and “Best Narrative Feature” at the Omaha Film Festival and the Rincon Film Festival. McGinly has also written and/or directed films which starred the likes of Paul Rudd, Adam Scott, Donal Logue, John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Tom Hanks and Kris Kristofferson.
More on Match and the DTLA Film Festival can be found online by clicking here, here and here.
MATCH TRAILER from Sean McGinly on Vimeo.
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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."
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