Rhinoceros Eyes

I have seen many films that include animation and usually they are not so great-this one is no exception. In the start of the film I could have sworn the lead male character was a woman. As it turned out it... Full review

I have seen many films that include animation and usually they are not so great-this one is no exception. In the start of the film I could have sworn the lead male character was a woman. As it turned out it... Full review

I was one of only 8 people in the Madstone theater of Tampa watching this, 3 of which were friends. And this was on a Saturday night. Im wondering what the world is coming to when movies with a purpose and... Full review

I was one of only 8 people in the Madstone theater of Tampa watching this, 3 of which were friends. And this was on a Saturday night. Im wondering what the world is coming to when movies with a purpose and... Full review

This movie is playing only at one theater and I cannot understand why. It is depressing, uplifting, scary, and funny. Watch it and you'll be glad.... Full review

This movie is playing only at one theater and I cannot understand why. It is depressing, uplifting, scary, and funny. Watch it and you'll be glad.... Full review

they provide the most playful, interesting portions of the movie....like the others, seems only to help suffocate the interesting parts of the storyline.....Make no mistake though, there is a lot working against these brief playful scenes of psychedelic oddity....Michael Pitt's characteristically unique performance thankfully breathed spurts of life back into this reviewer.....salvage an otherwise silly script from plunging the audience into the type of exasperated, claustrophobic distress.... ... Full Review

MDT "Rhinoceros Eyes" is a terrible title for a movie -....As weird and off-putting as portions of the film are, the most serious problem is Pitt's performance.....unfortunately they've already been loaned out to another film..... ... Full Review

What makes "Rhinoceros Eyes" pleasurable is its intoxicating mix of familiar movie genres and reverence to semi-obscure artistry. While far from being a perfect movie, film fans looking to discover stimulating new works by up-and-coming cinematic storytellers will find much to take pleasure in. ... Full Review

Something that's ambitious and noble in a climate dominated by boutique moviehouses preaching indie while stroking mainstream, Madstone's fledgling community of filmmakers seems suspiciously Zoetrope-ian in its mandate--and the first product, Aaron Woodley's Rhinoceros Eyes , is so assured and engaging that it feels like a revelation. ... Full Review

Written and directed by award-winning short filmmaker Aaron Woodley, the film is a fantastical coming-of-age story that stars Michael Pitt (Murder by Numbers). But there are two film audiences-the comic-book, action-hero crowd and those who value sophisticated storytelling. ... Full Review

This is your brain on film school; this what happens when film students urgently determined to "be artistic" and "make a statement" are allowed near Final Draft and a camera. ... Full Article

Deep inside the clammy, weird-for-weird's sake world of "Rhinoceros Eyes," set mostly in the bowels of a cluttered store for movie props, Chep (Michael Pitt), a pathologically reclusive young clerk, sleeps among a pile of mannequins when he's not scavenging... ... Full Article

Written and directed by Aaron Woodley, Rhinoceros Eyes follows Chep (Michael Pitt), a reclusive prop-factory employee who quite literally lives at his job. Considering that Chep only leaves the funhouse-like factory to watch romantic films at the local movie house... ... Full Article

Deep inside the clammy, weird-for-weird's sake world of ''Rhinoceros Eyes,'' set mostly in the bowels of a cluttered store for movie props, Chep (Michael Pitt), a pathologically reclusive young clerk, sleeps among a pile of mannequins when he's not scavenging... ... Full Article

hep (Michael Pitt) is an idiot savant who works and lives at a prop-house that services the local film community. Though he never leaves his cluttered abode by day, he manages to catch screenings of The Sweltering Squaddee at the... ... Full Article

Canadian filmmaker Aaron Woodley knows where to look for inspiration: His debut feature bears the stamp of Richard Kelly's enigmatic DONNIE DARKO, the stop-motion animation of Jan Svankmajer and Dennis Potter's Hollywood fever dreams. ... Full Article