Blood and honey mix in the eccentric ‘Rivals of Amziah King’

Honey may be sweet, but ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ isn’t

The movie is a maddening mishmash of genres — blending brutality, a coming-of-age tale, a heist flick, a revenge fantasy and a sweet country hoedown.

Why ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Director Andrew Patterson Is the Most Exciting Filmmaker You’ve Never Heard Of

Andrew Patterson. It’s a fairly anonymous name. But it’s one that you should remember. Because Patterson is one of the most exciting and vital American filmmakers working today, and his sophomore feature, “The Rivals of Amziah King,” out this Friday from Black Bear, is the kind of exuberant, expertly crafted follow-up film that makes you think that you’re watching one of the best films of the year before the title sequence finishes. (By the time…

Movie set in Oklahoma hits theaters this week

Oklahoma filmmaker Andrew Patterson is the writer and director of "The Rivals of Amziah King," a set-in-Oklahoma movie starring Matthew McConaughey that opens this week.

Movie Review: 'The Rivals of Amziah King' a honey-tinged slice of quirky Southern pulp

The film is a tremendous sophomore effort from writer/director Andrew Patterson. -- Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service

Blood and honey mix in the eccentric ‘Rivals of Amziah King’

Andrew Patterson can’t seem to catch a break. His debut feature, “The Vast of Night,” is one of the most underseen and underrated films of the past 10 years. Spookier than any conventional horror movie and brimming with talent from its cast and crew, it premiered on the festival circuit in 2019, making stops across the continent and accruing positive word-of-mouth. Then, when it was supposed to finally be publicly released in 2020, the COVID-19 …

THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING Review: Crime and Comedy Collide in Oklahoma

Matthew McConaughey stars in the new film by Andrew Patterson ('The Vast of Night'), introducing Angelina LookingGlass and featuring Kurt Russell. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]