‘Superior’
Superior, directed by alum Erin Vassilopoulos, edited by Professor Jennifer Ruff and cinematography by Professor Mia Cioffi Henry, opened at Brooklyn Academy of Music and became a New York Times Critics Pick.
"Superior, a compelling debut feature from Erin Vassilopoulos,” wrote The New York Times, “casts Alessandra Mesa and Ani Mesa (identical twin sisters) as Marian and Vivian, estranged siblings who reunite when Marian, a cagey chain-smoker, abruptly returns to their hometown claiming she’s just flown in from headlining a rock concert in Paris.”
The review praises the film’s style and suspense: “Hewing to the thriller’s manicured visual and sonic palette —it’s so tidy, the room tone sounds threatening — Marian slinks around in leather miniskirts while Vivian grocery shops in a beige trench coat. Yet the script, written by Vassilopoulos (the director) and Alessandra Mesa (the younger of the twin actresses by 14 minutes), reveals that the twins share one thing besides DNA: a terrible taste in men, whether a drag of a spouse who seeks a stay-at-home brood mare or a reptilian abuser (Pico Alexander) who prefers his women drugged and bound.”
Watch the trailer here.