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AMERICANA – David Fleming
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
Americana is a modern western crime thriller written and directed by Tony Tost, starring Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon, and Halsey. The film centers on a rare Native American artifact that falls into the black market, sparking an increasingly violent conflict between various characters including a waitress, a US military veteran, a hardened criminal, and an indigenous leader. The film was shot in 2022 in New Mexico and premiered at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in 2023, but then it languished in distribution hell for a couple of years, before finally receiving a belated theatrical release in August 2025. Unfortunately, despite decent critical reviews, the film was an enormous commercial flop and disappeared from cinemas after just a couple of weeks, with some people suggesting that a backlash to Sweeney’s recent controversial American Eagle jeans commercial may have contributed to its failure. Read more…
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