-The Los Angeles Times reviews THE AFTERLIGHT: "visual artistry...nothing short of masterful."
- David Sterritt of the National Society of Film Critics gives THE AFTERLIGHT a strong review. Listen to mp3 podcast: Here
- THE AFTERLIGHT opens in Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent Theater from Sept 2nd - Sept 9th.
- THE AFTERLIGHT opens in Seattle at the Grand Illusion Cinema from Sept 2nd - Sept 9th.
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- "A genuine American Art Film" - Mike Wilmington of Movie City News reviews The Afterlight. For complete review please visit: Movie City News
- THE AFTERLIGHT opens in Chicago at the Facets Cinematheque from March 25th - March 31. For tickets and showtimes visit Facets Cinematheque
- THE AFTERLIGHT has been acquired for distribution by Cinema Purgatorio. Our next theatrical opening will be at Facets Cinematheque in Chicago from March 25th - March 31st, with more cities to follow. A DVD and VOD release is planned for later this year. For complete coverage please visit: Indiewire
- New York Times reviews The Afterlight: "intoxicating beauty ... a minimalist mood poem to loss and alienation"
- Variety reviews The Afterlight: "cryptic images of ominous beauty ... plumbs female mysteries beyond male ken"
- Time Out reviews The Afterlight - "Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill's proudly minimalist affair favors ambiguity over soap-operatic, evoking the inescapable heartache of a loss so great, it cannot be uttered"
- Advance sales for tickets to THE AFTERLIGHT's exclusive week long engagement at the Quad Cinema are on sale now. Sept 10th - Sept 16th. 1:00pm, 2:45pm, 4:30pm, 6:15pm, 8:20pm, 10:25pm daily
- I-D Magazine reviews The Afterlight: "Stunning cinematic debut... A film guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat."
- The Afterlight opens for a theatrical release starting Sept 10th, 2010 at the Quad Cinema in NYC
-MY MOVIES Review of The Afterlight: "systematic combination between the poetry of Antonioni and the aesthetics of Van Sant."
- Variety reports on the International Rome Film Festival - "American indie directorial duo Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill will bow their first feature, The Afterlight, about a New York City couple who move into an abandoned country house, in the fest's EXTRA section dedicated to cutting-edge works. EXTRA scours the planet for the most original and innovative films around."
-Major Italian newspaper, Corriere Della Sera, features The Afterlight - "Among the suprises in... [The "Extra"] section is "The Afterlight," by Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill, two young men from Brooklyn that tell the story of a couple in crisis. The landscapes and images recall the era of silent film.
- Photos on Getty Images from the world premiere screening in Rome
- International Rome Film Festival program summary for The Afterlight - "The Afterlight is a debut of suggestions that proudly display an echo of Antonioni (and perhaps Russian or Lithuanian influences in the lyrical vocation of the landscape and the mystery of the characters' thoughts). The two young directors speak the language of cinema with precision, expertise and fascination, where the story is driven like a breeze of pure images."
- The Afterlight has been selected for the official program of the Rome Film Festival and will have its world premiere on October 18th, 2009. The film will be screened as part of the festivals L'ALTRO / EXTRA section. "Comprised of surprising developments on cinema's cutting edge, EXTRA scours the planet for the most original and innovative films around. "The festival takes place from October 15th through 23rd.
- The Afterlight was featured as the headlining story in the "In Focus" section of Filmmaker Magazine.