"Let's get outta here!" Friends make all the difference in the world. Summer with Mrs. Von Mausch is a short film written & directed by David Pomes that's finally available online via Vimeo. This premiered years ago but can now be seen below and it's an amusing 14 minute watch. Molly Learner stars as Summer, a 13-year-old girl whose father is ill-prepared for his daughter's New York City visit - and for her developing an unlikely friendship with his eccentric next-door neighbor, played by Annie McGreevey. "With humor and poignancy, Summer with Mrs. Von Mausch is a timely yet timeless tale of moving past loneliness and isolation, as two entirely different women bridge the generation gap and affirm their individuality." The performances are a bit rough, but the film does have a fun Ferris Bueller's Day Off vibe to it at least. Enjoy. Thanks to Joanna for the tip on this short.
- 3/8/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Title: Cook County Director: David Pomes Starring: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho, Polly Cole, Makenna Fitzsimmons On the small screen, AMC’s “Breaking Bad” has shined a light on the production of methamphetamine, and wrung much drama from the heightened stakes of a seemingly regular family man’s descent into moral and criminal contravention. Writer-director David Pomes’ effectively grimy “Cook County” takes a look at the ravaging effects of the same drug from a user’s point-of-view, detailing the familial chaos surrounding three generations of addicts living in rural East Texas. A gritty, pungent drama with some nicely attuned performances, the film is well worth seeking out for fans of off-the-beaten-path independent...
- 12/17/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
The rapid growth of methamphetamine use in rural America has been unabated for years now, but it has just now found its definitive cinematic dramatization in David Pomes’ bittersweet crime thriller Cook County. Contemplating the final weeks in the life of an east Texas drug din as its proprietor spins out of control, Pomes’ film details the dark underbelly of addiction within an entire community that silently affirms the control meth has taken over many of its citizen’s lives. Meditating on the particularly harsh affect the drug has had on a family through three generations, Cook County is at heart a film about family. The meth-pushing brothers at the center of the film, played with startling authenticity by Anson Mount (AMC’s Hell on Wheels) and Xander Berkeley (Sneakers, Gattaca, Safe), are one of the more contentious and complicated set of siblings to grace screens in quite some time.
- 12/16/2011
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A 2011 Top Ten list from one of Tribeca Film Festival's Programmers, including a list of indie hits that may have never made it onto your radar. Aaron Levine Programmer, Tribeca Film Festival (list in alphabetical order) These are the top ten films you may've missed, and if so, treat yourself to some great indie gems for the holidays. Archie's Final Project (David Lee Miller) A cinematic shot of adrenaline with an important, powerful message. Look out for star Gabriel Sunday who sets the screen on fire. Attack the Block (Joe Cornish) Grab your popcorn and buckle up. This rollercoaster ride is the most fun you'll have all year (Allow it, Truth, Believe). Cook County (David Pomes) Down and dirty backwoods grit. Anson Mount knocks it out of the park. happythankyoumoreplease (Josh Radnor) A pitch perfect New York ensemble of life, love, and following your heart. Like Crazy (Drake Doremus) This...
- 12/16/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
Directed by: David Pomes
Written by: David Pomes
Cast: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho, Polly Cole, Tommy Townsend, Makenna Fitzsimmons
After wowing festival audiences in 2008, Cook County finally gets a theatrical release. This dark morality tale of backwoods meth-heads explores how cooking and smoking crack destroys entire communities. Don't let the release date fool you - festive family fare this ain't.
Debut writer/director David Pomes doesn't pull any punches when it comes to depicting the grim reality of his characters' existence. Three generations live crammed into a dilapidated cabin, and everyone is exposed to the harmful effects of the meth that's the only substance ever cooked in the broken kitchen. Bump (Anson Mount) rules this ramshackle roost, dictating every aspect of the ebb and flow of crystals through the house, from ordering supply runs to the local general store (where the owner sells cold-remedies and drain cleaner to...
Written by: David Pomes
Cast: Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho, Polly Cole, Tommy Townsend, Makenna Fitzsimmons
After wowing festival audiences in 2008, Cook County finally gets a theatrical release. This dark morality tale of backwoods meth-heads explores how cooking and smoking crack destroys entire communities. Don't let the release date fool you - festive family fare this ain't.
Debut writer/director David Pomes doesn't pull any punches when it comes to depicting the grim reality of his characters' existence. Three generations live crammed into a dilapidated cabin, and everyone is exposed to the harmful effects of the meth that's the only substance ever cooked in the broken kitchen. Bump (Anson Mount) rules this ramshackle roost, dictating every aspect of the ebb and flow of crystals through the house, from ordering supply runs to the local general store (where the owner sells cold-remedies and drain cleaner to...
- 12/15/2011
- by Karina Wilson
- Planet Fury
Houston filmmaker David Pomes was a full-time lawyer not too long ago. Now, with his first feature "Cook County" coming out, and a second film in the can, it doesn't seem like he'll be falling back on his previous career. "Cook County" is a bleak and devastating three-generational family drama about a house divided against itself by crystal meth. Bump, played by Anson Mount in a terrifying performance, is a meth dealer so irreparably demented that he thinks nothing of forcing his 6-year-old daughter to take a hit of his home-cooked stash. His sober brother Sonny (Xander Berkeley) is released from jail and returns home to find his teenage son (Ryan Donowho) struggling to keep their family from deteriorating completely. It's a terrific debut that ends up in some seriously unexpected places and earned the film audience awards at SXSW and the Nashville Film Festival. The film is being released...
- 12/15/2011
- Indiewire
Anson Mount is currently heading up the Western drama Hell On Wheels, but a different AMC series inevitably comes to mind when watching Mount in Cook County, David Pomes’ directorial debut. Mount plays a psychotic mess of a man overseeing a crumbling East Texas house populated by his teenage nephew (Ryan Donowho), his 6-year-old daughter (Makenna Fitzsimmons), his aging father (Tommy Townsend), a pile of hangers-on, and a meth lab that tends to catch fire when whoever’s using it gets distracted. Since everyone’s high all the time, that happens often. With his neck tattoo, wild eyes, scruff of ...
- 12/15/2011
- avclub.com
Over the last four years, AMC drama "Breaking Bad" has earned a reputation as one of the best shows on television. The saga of a high school chemistry teacher embroiled in meth production, it treats the drug and its users as the pitiable victims of larger interests. Anyone seeking an alternative perspective should look no further than "Cook County," writer-director David Pomes' grimy, unsettling debut, where a hoard of unsalvageable East Texas addicts dominate the screen. A focus on the daily habits of meth addicts is the main strength of this otherwise murky work, which lacks focus but maintains a grim outlook that sets it apart from more popular takes on addiction and drug production. There's nothing slick or entertaining about the crumbling existence of Pomes' unsalvageable antiheroes. The movie emphasizes the relentless lunacy that afflicts meth addicts and their crumbling world. At its center, head addict Tommy (Anson Mount), known to.
- 12/14/2011
- Indiewire
Several excellent films are arriving at the box office this weekend, including Lars von Trier's achingly beautiful "Melancholia" and Werner Herzog's poignant "Into the Abyss," and if you can handle the heavy subject matter, these two are your best bets. Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" is bound to elicit a range of reactions, but it's worth the two and a half hours for Leonardo DiCaprio's committed performance and the strong supporting cast of Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench. Tarsem Singh's "Immortals"--and the latest Adam Sandler abomination which we will not name--should both bring in crowds that are less inspired by auteur offerings. Brazil's "Elite Squad: The Enemy Within" is boasting an impressive 100% on the Tomatometer, while indie drug drama "Cook County," from David Pomes, is finally getting a release after three years. Details, reviews and trailers for these films below:...
- 11/10/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sascha Paladino's world music docu Throw Down Your Heart and David Pomes' drug-themed drama Cook County won the final audience awards at Austin's South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival.
Heart won over the crowds in the rockumentary 24 Beats per Second category, as did County in the Lone Star States section for new Texan filmmakers. The fest wrapped Saturday with a screening of Stephen Walker's docu Young@Heart.
Heart won over the crowds in the rockumentary 24 Beats per Second category, as did County in the Lone Star States section for new Texan filmmakers. The fest wrapped Saturday with a screening of Stephen Walker's docu Young@Heart.
- 3/19/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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