Every so often there is a movie that comes around that wows me, and yet I had never heard of it. Perhaps it is an indie film, an obscure foreign film, or maybe a big budget studio film that ran out of money for marketing. The invention of Netflix has given me easy access to far more than ever before, resulting in quite a few great finds from Tucker and Dale vs. Evil to Merantau. One such find is Jeremy Saulnier’s 2013 dramatic revenge thriller Blue Ruin. Seeing this film led me to watch Saulnier’s follow-up film Green Room in theaters as soon as I could, and I am here today to tell you why more people should be paying attention to Jeremy Saulnier.
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