ponderosa || Feature Film

Written and Directed by Rob Rice
Tribeca 2026
Coming soon

“and captured by DP Barton Cortright with just the right degree of uninviting digital flatness: a very ordinary and absurd America, with the humanity sapped out of it from under everyone’s noses.” - Variety

“With Ponderosa, Rice takes aim at America’s national myths in a more stylized way, using uncanny aesthetics, unexpectedly low angles, and comical wide shots captured by cinematographer Barton Cortright (The Cathedral) and placed in poetically awkward (with the sharpest intention) sequences by editor Mina Fitzpatrick.” - The Film Stage