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CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio review for the doc series “Charlie Hustle & the Matter of Pete Rose,” about the rise and bitter fall of the major league legend, the MLB’s all-time hits leader, only to be banned from the sport because of gambling. Streaming on MAX and on HBO since July 24th.
Podtalk: Writer/Director Jennifer Reeder on ‘Perpetrator’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on August 23, 2023 - 10:52am
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Jennifer Reeder, Writer/Director of ‘Perpetrator’
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto at HollywoodChicago.com
’Perpetrator,’ directed by Jennifer Reeder
Photo credit: SHUDDER
”Perpetrator” has a run at select theaters on August 25th, including the Music Box Theatre, 3733 North Southport, Chicago, with an appearance by Jennifer Reeder, the cast and crew for a Q&A after the 6:45p show on August 24th. Streaming on SHUDDER beginning September 1st. Featuring Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Josh Bywater, Melanie Libra and Avery Holliday. Written and directed by Jennifer Reeder. Not Rated.
© 2023 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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CHICAGO – One of the finest genre filmmakers from Chicagoland is releasing her latest horror epic. Writer/director Jennifer Reeder has created “Perpetrator,” her fourth feature film, and it will have a run at select theaters, including Chicago’s Music Box Theatre (LINK HERE) as well as streaming on SHUDDER beginning September 1st.
 Rating: 3.5/5.0 |
Jonny Baptiste (Kiah McKirnan) is a reckless teen sent to live with her estranged Aunt Hildie (Alicia Silverstone). On her 18th birthday, she experiences a radical metamorphosis … a passed-through-the-generations spell that redefines her called Forevering. When several teen girls go missing at her new school, a mythically feral Jonny goes after the Perpetrator.
Jennifer Reeder, Writer/Director of ‘Perpetrator’
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto at HollywoodChicago.com
Jennifer Reeder emerges again, as her reputation evolves in the horror space. But her films are much more than is on the surface, with feminist themes of a woman’s quest for strength, safety and freedom in an increasingly cruel world. “Perpetrator” is also about the passion of generations nurturing these women, who have learned to survive through guile, power and intellect. Reeder’s metaphors also contain chilling horror, both through the metamorphosis of Jonny and the comeuppance of the societal element that relies on violence to achieve a means to the end. Perpetrator is another passionate work of cinema from Reeder, a rising genre star.
Jennifer Reeder’s major directorial feature debut was “Signature Move” (2017), followed by “Knives and Skin” (2019, also writer) and “Night’s End” (2022). Along the journey she has over a dozen short films, many of them major festival award winners. She matriculated from The Ohio State University and got her Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
’Perpetrator,’ directed by Jennifer Reeder
Photo credit: SHUDDER
In PART ONE of a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, writer/director Jennifer Reeder talks themes, symbolism and intent in “Perpetrator.”
In PART TWO, of #MeToo, power and her optimism for young women …
Trailer, “Perpetrator” …
For a 2019 interview with Jennifer Reeder regarding “Knives and Skin,” CLICK HERE.
 | By PATRICK McDONALD |
