Bernard and Huey
By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted February 12, 2018]
Bernard and Huey is about what happens when two middle-aged men meet 25 years after their young friendship ran its course. It’s a film about men navigating their relationship to sex in the shadow of their own egos, of the confident and put-together women they fuck and, of course, each other … read more
Birds Without Feathers
By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted January 22, 2018]
Birds Without Feathers is the tale of six strangers whose lives intersect and collide in delusional episodes where people manage to interact despite existing in completely different paradigms. … read more
Songs in the Sun
By Parker Scott Mortensen [Posted January 22, 2018]
What Songs in the Sun ultimately wrings from its premise is three women whose varying abilities to function rub up against myth and legend in a way that ultimately heals them, though not always in ways that seem just. … read more
Freedom for the Wolf
By Zaina Abujebarah [Posted January 21, 2018]
Take five countries: Hong Kong, India, Tunisia, Japan and the United States of America. Freedom for the Wolf showcases footage from all of these countries in the last three years, fleshing out each country’s political powers and how each are struggling to achieve their ideal political climate: democracy. … read more
Mexman
By Ali Shimkus [Posted January 21, 2018]
Germán Alonso’s main project is Mexman, an idea Alonso first worked on for his senior thesis at USC. It’s a crazy story—one about a Mexican immigrant who comes to America for a better future, who then dies unexpectedly and is subsequently turned into a “cyborg slave.” … read more
Instant Dreams
By Kathy Rong Zhou [Posted January 21, 2018]
In this visual essay, Baptist mirrors the power of photography, fixating on the Polaroid as not only an artistic medium, but also a decisive technology and cultural document, a record of time that continually develops and evolves with the contemporary world. … read more
Lovers
By Ali Shimkus [Posted January 21, 2018]
With the gorgeous backdrop of Copenhagen, Denmark, Lovers explores the inner workings of three people at different stages of their respective love lives, in an almost episodic sequence. … read more
Fake Tattoos
By Ali Shimkus [Posted January 21, 2018]
Opening with a confusion of racing cars and yelling to a black background, the first actual scene of Le Faux Tatouages is of brooding, angry teen Théo (Anthony Therrien) wearing a Dead Kennedys T-shirt, being carded at a convenience store while buying his first pack of beer on his 18th birthday (the scene is set in Montreal). … read more
The Starry Sky Above Me
By Connor Lockie [Posted January 20, 2018]
The Starry Sky Above Me feels especially off-kilter. It’s not that it’s overtly outlandish or psychedelic, but rather that it sits just on the line between believable and incongruous. A lot of my enjoyment with this film came from its twists and surprises. … read more
CHARLIE AND HANNAH'S GRAND NIGHT OUT
By Lois Brady [Posted January 20, 2018]
Charlie and Hannah’s Grand Night Out is as fun, strange and magical as the title implies. It starts off in a fairly ordinary fashion, introducing Charlie (Evelien Bosmans) and Hannah (Daphne Wellens), best friends in their mid-20s on their way to a house party with friends. … read more