In the spring and summer blockbuster season, it can be easy to overlook indie gems that march to the beat of their own drum. But one picture worth making the time to track down is “Buster’s Mal Heart,” an ambitious film that falls somewhere between comedy and sci-fi, but carves out its own unique niche. And today we have a great prize pack from the film for some lucky readers.
Starring Rami Malek, Kate Lyn Sheil, DJ Qualls, Toby Huss, Lin Shaye, Mark Kelly, and Teresa Yenque, and written and directed by Sarah Adina Smith, the film follows Jonah, a hard-working husband and father whose job as the night-shift concierge at a hotel took its toll on his psyche and, consequently, his marriage to the sensitive Marty — until a chance encounter with a conspiracy-obsessed drifter changed the course of their lives forever. As the solitary present-day Buster drifts from house to house, eluding the local sheriff at every turn, we gradually piece together the events that fractured his life and left him alone on top of a snowy mountain, or perhaps in a small rowboat in the middle of a vast ocean — or both, in this visceral mind bender that will provoke discussion long after it turns your world upside-down.
To win a prize pack for “Buster’s Mal Heart” that includes a poster signed by Rami Malek and a Y2K survival kit, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, tweet: “I want to win Buster’s Mal Heart from @ThePlaylist. #WinThePlaylistContest,” and include this link. Your final step: just email us your tweet, with your full name and address, and tells us your favorite movie of 2017 so far. Good luck!
“Buster’s Mal Heart” is now playing in select theaters and is available on most digital VOD platforms.
