2017 Movie #4: Operation Avalanche (2016)

When I heard about Operation Avalanche from last year’s Sundance Film Festival, I was instantly intrigued. Operation Avalanche is a 1969-set conspiracy thriller film set behind the scenes of NASA’s staged moon landing. It took a while for me to get the opportunity to see Avalanche, but I’m really glad I did. Operation Avalanche is the debut film by writer-director-actor Matt Johnson, and while it’s not a perfect film by any means, it’s a promising debut, combining period-style footage and tone with archival footage in interesting and unique ways.