Daily Film Fix:
Alyssa and Athena Lobit
at the Atlanta Film Festival

CinemATL COVER STORY:
Sisters "Carry" Quite a Load

ASIA Journal of
Culture & Commerce:

Filmmaker Sister Team Shares
Their Personal Story on the Screen
(p. 16)

San Diego Asian Film Festival:
Q&A with Alyssa and Athena Lobit

Atlanta Film Festival:
10 Questions with
Alyssa and Athena Lobit

Backstage:
Alyssa Lobit: Casting Myself

SDAFF Woman in Film:
Alyssa Lobit

 

 

"...an excellent piece of cinema told in a brutally honest undertone."
- Jerod Williams, LA Splash Magazine

 

"...the best writing and best lead performance I’ve seen yet, and they both come from the same person, actress and screenwriter Alyssa Lobit.... It’s an outstanding drama and feels like a career-making moment for Lobit."
- Jeff Marker, Gainesville Times

 

"moving... sincere... wise"
- Michael Dunaway, Paste Magazine

 

"...an excellent film..."
- Rick Stemm, Dane 101

 

"...a thoughtful, moody glimpse into the dynamics between family members whose lives revolve around another's addiction."
- Sylvie Kim, Hyphen Magazine

 


"In 'The Things We Carry,' Korean-American sisters reunite after their mother’s death, surrounded by junkies
who could have stepped out of an early John Waters film, if Waters had made dramas."

- Steve Warren, Sunday Paper

 

SJIFF3 FEST BUZZ – BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE FESTIVAL
Film Review: The Things We Carry By Cole Akins

 

THE THINGS WE CARRY
Press Release