As High As the Sky


A low-fi indie drama of sisterly reconnection that feels a bit like a cinematic cousin of early Miranda July, vacuumed free of any irony and collagist sensibilities, writer-director Nikki Braendlin’s As High As the Sky deserves credit for maximizing its resources and evoking a certain mood of hedged-in, wallflower protectionism — of tapping into the feeling of someone who’s withdrawn from life. In the end, though, it can’t overcome a general lack of gradation and the unconvincingly established deadpan affect of one of its central characters. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. For more information on the film, which is presently available on DVD and will be available on Hulu, Amazon Instant and Cinema Libre on Demand beginning on June 6, click here to visit its website. (Aunt Kiki Productions, unrated, 93 minutes)