THE COBBLESTONE CORRIDOR
SELECTED PRESS
"The Cobblestone Corridor is a zippy and entertaining throwback."
Cinema Stance
"A delightful tribute to noir ... In a concise 25 minutes [Bloomquist] tells a complete, coherent mystery in the tradition and style of the genre, with a knowing wink that comes off as respectfully funny and not sarcastic or satirical ... His eye for mese-en-scene and his playful dialogue are great."
Non Modern Blog
"The amusing pastiche of '40s crime tropes is a delight from start to end [with] genuine intrigue at its heart ... The performances are also uniformly superb, the cast savouring the script’s hard boiled eloquence as if it were smoke from a Lucky Strike ... Endlessly quotable."
The Movie Waffler
"If you’re looking for something short, sweet and intriguing, this is the short film you are going to want to check out."
Nerdly
"The noir tone of the dialogue and story is brought to life extremely well, with just enough subtlety that the film feels authentic rather than silly ... There’s something genuine and believable about the film, [and] it makes for a special moviewatching experience."
Sonic Cinema
"Puts dialogue over action, story over spectacle, and relies on strong (if not always wholly likeable) characters, strong performances, and some slightly stylized scenes - and all that works, too. Totally worth a look!
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"An enjoyable experiment in genre storytelling."
Depressed Press
Cinema Stance
"A delightful tribute to noir ... In a concise 25 minutes [Bloomquist] tells a complete, coherent mystery in the tradition and style of the genre, with a knowing wink that comes off as respectfully funny and not sarcastic or satirical ... His eye for mese-en-scene and his playful dialogue are great."
Non Modern Blog
"The amusing pastiche of '40s crime tropes is a delight from start to end [with] genuine intrigue at its heart ... The performances are also uniformly superb, the cast savouring the script’s hard boiled eloquence as if it were smoke from a Lucky Strike ... Endlessly quotable."
The Movie Waffler
"If you’re looking for something short, sweet and intriguing, this is the short film you are going to want to check out."
Nerdly
"The noir tone of the dialogue and story is brought to life extremely well, with just enough subtlety that the film feels authentic rather than silly ... There’s something genuine and believable about the film, [and] it makes for a special moviewatching experience."
Sonic Cinema
"Puts dialogue over action, story over spectacle, and relies on strong (if not always wholly likeable) characters, strong performances, and some slightly stylized scenes - and all that works, too. Totally worth a look!
[re]search my trash
"An enjoyable experiment in genre storytelling."
Depressed Press