Wow. a pre-emptive attack on an article in preperation for an AfD. Unfortunately, quite miseleading. Hope others don't pay it much heed.  
 "No evidence of notability of this film." False. Notability has been asserted and sourced. FURTHER, the statement seems to absolutely ignore the sorces provided, which in toto amount to enough to meet WP:NF and WP:GNG: This Week, Columbus Dispatch, Athens News, and ABC News all qualify as in-depth coverage from reliable sources. 
 "No reviews by nationally-known reviewers or publications."  Misleading as it does not automatically apply. A cult horror satire film by independent filmmakers is unlikely to be reviewed by Siskel and Ebert, much less those publications that cater to only big-name, big-budget, highly touted blockbusters. Wiki's guideline recognizes that sources may be considered for what is being sourced and accepts that an in-depth review of film and filmmakers by Cranked on Cinema is from experts in the field qualified to voice an opinion about the subject.
 "even the so-called New York Times reference is in fact to All Movie Guide". Gee. WHy mislead with that? The New York Times was not used to source notability... neither was the use of Turner Classic Movies. Again, you are misleading a reader who might best be told that these 2 reliable sources were used to WP:Verify some of the article's non-contentious facts... like existance of film or of cast & crew... which is expected and demanded by guideline AND policy...  specially since notability has already been established by "significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject" (but thanks for the hint about AMG... I can now add it as well).
 "The fact that it is the first feature completed by Ohio State students is not an indication of notability"  False, as it is for them, and quite specifically meets the criteria set by WP:GNG, even though it is only a secondary and supported claim toward overall notability.
 "it is not an assertion that it is the first feature completed by university students: would there be an automatic bypass of notability requirements for the first feature completed by students of 'every' college or university?" This misleading WP:WAX argument is not about this article... only about some hypothetical article. The sourced minor assertion is that this is the first for Ohio University. Not for any others. Why not handle those article if/when they show up? There is no request being made here for a "bypass of notability requirements" for some other mythical set of as yet unwritten articles. Notability here has been asserted and proven. Period. 
 ' MICHAEL Q.