Across the Hall
Convinced his fiancée is unfaithful, a man tails her to a hotel and enlists his best friend to help him avert a catastrophe.
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Alex Merkin
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John Chard
Art Deco Neo-Noir has more style than substance? Across the Hall is directed by Alex Merkin and Merkin co-writes the screenplay with Jesse Mittelstadt and Julien Schwab. It is adapted from Merkin's short film of the same name that aired in 2005. It stars Mike Vogel, Brittany Murphy, Danny Pino, Natalie Smyka and Brad Greenquist. Music is by Bobby Tahouri and cinematography by Andrew Carranza. The Riverview Hotel, and Terry (Pino) has rented the room opposite the room where he believes his fiancée June (Murphy) is cheating on him... Alex Merkin clearly loves film noir and knows his noir onions, this is not in doubt due to the twisty story, characterisations and superb stylistics on offer here. And just in case anyone is in any doubt about this, the keen of noir eye will notice the film showing at the theatre next to the Riverview Hotel is Nightmare Alley, the brilliant Tyrone Power noir pic from 1947. On the style front the production is top draw, Carranza's photography is both beautiful and ghostly, creating a brooding atmosphere befitting the plot machinations. The look is supplemented considerably by Tahouri's edgy pulse like musical score, while the Art Deco design of the Riverview is a splendid accompaniment to dark deeds unfolding. As a story we are served up standard fare, the insertion of twisters and linear jumps not really lifting it out of its predictable trajectory. Which is a shame, because performances are solid and Merkin obviously has love for noir as a film making style. The resolution is expected but handled well enough to pay off the patient, but as a whole Across the Hall just about rises above average, but really this is more down to style than substance. 6/10
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Alex Merkin is the director of Across the Hall.
The cast of Across the Hall includes Brad Greenquist as The Porter, Brittany Murphy as June, Mike Vogel as Julian, Guillermo Díaz as The Cook, Danny Pino as Terry, William Stanford Davis as Custodian, Chase Kim as Police Officer, Arie Verveen as Lucas, Erika Ringor as Detective, Dov Davidoff as The Bellhop, Mark Engelhardt as Officer, Natalie Smyka as Anna, and more.
The duration of Across the Hall is 1h 33 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Across the Hall trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Across the Hall was released on 27 Aug 2009.
Across the Hall is listed under Thriller and Mystery on Fanbiz.
Across the Hall has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Art Deco Neo-Noir has more style than substance? Across the Hall is directed by Alex Merkin and Merkin co-writes the screenplay with Jesse Mittelstadt and Julien Schwab. It i..."
