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His Monster movie review - new film by Erich Cannon starts a US tour in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 8 with a secret (unlisted) screening at Brewvies

By Sujewa Ekanayake Programmer - 3I/Atlas Film Festival, Brooklyn Indie film production and distribution - more distribution these days - is something of a mysterious monster. The problems happen in part because indie filmmakers do not know a lot about distribution and marketing, and also there is a vast gulf between indie film distribution and Hollywood type distribution that everyone hears about - and thinks they know about. And the information about Hollywood distribution is mostly false.  Somehow, in the middle of all that confusion, I discovered a movie called His Monster, by an excellent filmmaker who was previously unknown to me - Erich Cannon (probably a major force in independent film in the future - he has two films coming out this year - the second one is The Cuckoo Clock, directed by Lisa Jay - which I have seen and that one is also excellent.  And Cannon is acquiring more for release - so, perhaps another Jason Blum/Blumhouse).  His Monster is very good - so ...

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