10/29/2021
We are delighted to share Strand Releasing news: MINYAN Theatrical Release Expands to Los Angeles as it continues at the IFC Center in NYC.
LA Folks >> SPECIAL HALLOWEEN TREAT for you to all the screenings of "Minyan" on Sunday October 31st: $8 tickets available in person at Laemmle's Royal and Town Center box offices when you say the magic words: Chapter Two!
"EXQUISITELY REALIZED" — LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The subtle coming-of-age drama “Minyan” [directed by Eric Steel] creates a version of 1980s New York where whole neighborhoods have built up around the grief that’s carried by those who live there. The film observes as older Jewish men in Brooklyn recall rebuilding their lives after the Holocaust. In very different places of congregation, young gay men navigate death and persecution as a result of the AIDS epidemic. The hero of this film, David (Samuel H. Levine), is a novice in both worlds." — Teo Bugbee, The New York Times
"Samuel H. Levine (Broadway’s “The Inheritance”) subtly but powerfully carries Eric Steel’s debut feature." — Dan Callahan, The Wrap
"the delightful Ron Rifkin... can imbue an evil spy mastermind (“Alias”) or an adorable elderly man [in “Minyan”] with equal parts humor and heft. Levine, who broke out in Broadway’s “The Inheritance,” carries it all off with a smoldering finesse." — Jude Dry, IndieWire
"From an aesthetic standpoint, “Minyan” is an exquisitely realized fiction debut (Steel has directed documentaries) blessed with the muted colors of Lucio Seixas’ production design captured in Ole Bratt Birkeland’s graceful cinematography, which soak the period piece in the melancholia of a dignified humbleness, and a piercingly jazzy score that vibrates with eerie holiness." — Carlos Aguilar, LA Times