{"id":332592,"date":"2025-10-25T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/332592\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T23:44:11","slug":"award-winning-neo-noir-detective-film-to-screen-at-coronado-island-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/332592\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning neo-noir detective film to screen at Coronado Island Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTears to a Glass Eye,\u201d a new detective film by Chicago-based writer-director Jack Kenny, will be featured at the upcoming Coronado Island Film Festival on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1 pm<\/a> in the Coronado Performing Arts Center. Kenny will take audience questions after the screening. The film stars Chris Browning as Martin Dye and Natasha Henstridge as Dori.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The film takes place in a small-town and centers on retired Los Angeles detective Martin Dye, who is drawn by chance into investigating a 20-year-old car crash involving Eddie, a drug dealer who recently passed away. Dye learns that money from the crash went missing. An unlucky night, a bag of money \u2014 and 20 people over 20 years \u2014 Dye unravels a web of deception that leads to the film\u2019s surprising conclusion.<\/p>\n

Chris Browning<\/a> (Martin Dye) has been in \u201c310 to Yuma\u201d (2007), \u201cTerminator Salvation\u201d (2009), and \u201cCowboys & Aliens\u201d (2011). Natasha Henstridge<\/a> (as Dori) has starred in the science-fiction thrillers \u201cSpecies\u201d (1995), \u201cSpecies II\u201d (1998), and \u201cSpecies III\u201d (2004), and in \u201cThe Whole Ten Yards\u201d (2004), among others.<\/p>\n

Kenny said he chose both Browning and Henstridge because of their upbeat personas, which counter the usual dark atmosphere of a traditional neo-noir detective film.<\/p>\n

\u201cA neo-noir detective film must have some traditional noir elements, but it must also have some difference,\u201d said Kenny. \u201cI fashioned \u201cTears to a Glass Eye\u201d to engage audiences in the mystery and noir thrills but also to provide audiences with a bit of upbeat material to savor. The characters and plot center not on the usual noir urban setting, but on a kind of everyday American town, where yet anything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cTears to a Glass Eye\u201d is the winner of multiple awards, including: Jury Prize at the Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival; Best Mystery Film at the New York International Film Awards; Best Director, Best Film Noir, Best Mystery and Best Original Score at the Milan Independent Awards; Best Actor-Mystery Film, Best Actor- Detective Film, Best Supporting Actor and Best Director-Detective Film at the Best Actor & Director Awards\u2013New York; Best Mystery Film, Cannes World Film Festival; and most recently, Best Director, Best Thriller and Best Original Score at the Portugal Indie Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Coronado Island Film Festival\u2019s 10th anniversary film festival will be held November 5-9, 2025.\u00a0Tickets<\/a>\u00a0and additional details are available on the\u00a0Coronado Island Film Festival website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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