Editorials > Fairview St indie film (review)

My friend Michael McCallum whom I met at Project Twenty1 film festival a few years back just sent me his first full feature film that he directed, wrote & acted in. The movie is called Fairview ST & it’s a gritty little intense drama filmed in classic black & white which really sets of the tone & mood of this movie. James Winton (McCallum) spent four years doing undeserved time for a close friend after an armed robbery went bad. While in jail he finds his true self & hopes to bring this new found harmony to the outside world. His day of freedom comes & he’s released from prison to return home to his wife & father. His first stop is at a local restaurant owned by one of his mentors growing up. The owner offers him a job at the restaurant to get him back on his feet. As he is leaving a man enters & shoots the owner. Two detectives that know James very well are hot on his trail & are certain given James shady past he is the prime suspect. This turns into a cat & mouse chase as James tries to convince everyone around him that he is a changed man. He reconnects with his old friend Bobby Stone (Root) & the temptation back to his former life. A very well written film about redemption & the price we sometimes pay for our past. The acting is amazing especially McCallum who explodes with affection all the way through. An emotional rollercoaster ride of one man searching desperately for salvation
& an escape from his dreary past. The cinematography is really intense & the ending will floor you.

Neal Damiano
Film Critic