Special guest review by Mike White, editor of Cashiers du Cinemart and co-host of The Projection Booth podcast.
The Top! Few guys make it: John Paizs did. The Winnipeg filmmaker was what Jerry Lewis would describe as a “total filmmaker.” After writing, directing, editing, and starring in a handful of delightful short films (which would be collected into The Three Worlds of Nick), Paizs crafted CRIME WAVE. The film tells the tale of filmmaker Steven Penny (Paizs). He can write the beginnings and endings to stories but never those elusive middles. Through the vignettes of rejected films, Paizs introduces the audience to a handful of characters who populate his active fantasy life.
