Andrew Grant and Aaron Hillis, prez and vice-prez, respectively, of Benten Films, are friends. So if I go on and on about the painstaking care they've put into their second release - two films by Aaron Katz, his first and second features, Dance Party USA and Quiet City - that belies an almost fetishistic attention to design (gorgeous) and completeness (director and cast commentaries, extra clips, shorts, a trailer, sharp essays), my words would shrivel in all the salt you'd take with them. So let me turn to James McNally, who writes in Toronto Screen Shots, "Benten are quickly becoming the Criterion of the indie film world." An idea that's occurred to Matt Dentler as well.
Continued reading Benten's Quiet City + Dance Party USA....
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