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This review originally ran following the film’s world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

If a weathered heart still searching for tenderness in the twilight of life were a movie, it would be “A Love Song.” This miraculously radiant first feature from writer-director Max Walker-Silverman tells a Western romance amid constellations and birds, delayed letters and brief encounters, and the worthwhile sorrow of loving and yearning to be loved.

Placid in her self-sufficient lifestyle, lonely widow Faye (Dale Dickey) eagerly awaits the arrival of an important guest in the mountainous vastness of the Colorado terrain. On campsite seven, she catches shellfish for dinner and listens to her trusty radio, a battery-fueled portal to her emotional state that always plays a pertinent tune at the appropriate time.

With early shots of sturdy flowers, gorgeous in their bravery as they thrive on arid ground, Walker-Silverman makes a visual analogy to his leading lady’s gentle fortitude.

"Howdy, you know me?" Bleecker Street Films has revealed an official trailer for the beloved romance A Love Song, an indie super sweet dramedy marking the feature directorial debut of Max Walker-Silverman. This was one of the most talked about films from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, with raves from many critics across the board. It's a quirky, sweet little parable about love and loneliness, with Wes Anderson touches. Two widowed friends, Faye & Lito, spend a night together by a lake in the Colorado Mountains. It was filmed on location out near Telluride in Colorado. Starring Dale Dickey in one of her best roles and Wes Studi, with Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, John Way, and Marty Grace Dennis. If this trailer doesn't get you, nothing will. It shares the warm-hearted vibe of this lovely little film. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Max Walker-Silverman's A Love Song,...

A Love Song Review — A Love Song (2022) Film Review from the 44th Annual Sundance Film Festival, a movie directed by Max Walker Silverman, starring Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, John Way, Marty Grace Dennis. Quiet, simplistic grandeur prevails in this film about two friends who reconnect after several decades. For [...]

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A Love Song Sundance Film Festival Next Section Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Max Walker-Silverman Writer: Max Walker-Silverman Cast: Dale Dickey, Wes Studi, Michelle Wilson, Benja K. Thomas, John Way, Marty Grace Dennis Screened at: Sundance Film Festival Online, LA, 1/20/22 Opens: January 20th, 2022 Love and romance don’t look the same for […]

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There are great faces, and then there is Dale Dickey’s face. Simply put, it is in a league of its own. The sole contender may be Wes Studi’s. A Love Song, written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman, has both. Lovely, short, spare, and bittersweet, this feature debut is living proof that less is sometimes more. Often the camera lingers in close-up on either performer’s beautiful mug, and it’s never long enough. We see the world in their cheeks and their eyes. We see their regrets, their fond memories, and their nervous anticipation of what’s next.

For the first twenty minutes or so, we follow Faye (Dickey) as she goes about her routine at Camp Site Number 7. Her camper hitched to her pick-up, she collects fish from the nearby lake, makes coffee, and listens to an old box radio. She tells a curious, quirky local family...