04/08/2021
The Awakening of Lilith was just given a positively glowing review from Film Threat!
Some highlights:
“Director-writer Steven Adam Renkovish has created a feature-length dramatic tone poem. While clearly meant as an art film, even, perhaps, falling into the experimental category, The Awakening of Lilith is still accessible enough to enjoy as a feature-length dark mystery. Announcing itself with a quote from the poet Rilke, the film never shies away from its art-house aesthetic. The score by Seth Anderson quietly creates the space around Lilith, and the soundtrack includes lovely songs as well as powerful classical moments from Vivaldi and Mozart.
The low-budget Indie production elements work perfectly, making this intimate ride-along with Lilith’s internal torture nearly unbearable and more authentic for the uneven lighting and cinematography. Renkovish captures the vibe of the best of David Lynch’s mind-blowing alternate realities. Renée perfectly embodies Lilith with the great abyss of darkness and nothingness threatening to consume her. Trapped inside herself, she lives through a horror show of images and fears dredged up from the darkest corners of a soul obsessed with pain and survivor’s guilt.
While the narrative is surreal and maybe out of sequence, seen through the twisted lens of Lilith’s troubled mind, the progression of her descent will be all too familiar to anyone who has suffered a deep personal tragedy and loss. Is her mind disintegrating, or is this part of a process of healing? The Awakening of Lilith is a beautiful, terrible look at emotional anguish from the inside. Score 8/10.”
https://filmthreat.com/reviews/the-awakening-of-lilith/?fbclid=IwAR28CnPE8yKPSfkyfefJb4WmWwU1DMDrt3m5ZbJKI5L-uNAyVQMde13bcNI
The Awakening of Lilith takes viewers on a dark emotional downward spiral with the titular young woman living through an intense time of loss and anxiety. The source of her pain is only revealed in the shocking final moments of the film. Lilith (Brittany Renée) has isolated herself, avoiding everyt...
