‘Scope’ by Richard Keaney
When a young man drops out of college to care for his shut-in mother he too finds himself increasingly insulated from the outside world, something which conflicts with his growing forays into amateur...
View Article‘Alien: Harvest’ by Benjamin Howdeshell
The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester have minutes to reach the emergency evacuation shuttle. A motion sensor is their only navigation tool leading them to safety while a creature in the...
View Article‘Goldman v Silverman’ by Josh & Benny Safdie
Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of that. Credits Directed By:…
View Article‘The Neighbors’ Window’ by Marshall Curry
92nd Academy Award Nominee for Best Live Action Short, The Neighbors’ Window tells the story of Alli (Maria Dizzia), a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and...
View Article‘Crude Oil’ by Christopher Good
Jenny breaks free from a toxic friendship and learns to harness her magical, useless superpower. Nick Kush: Crude Oil is such a delightfully silly and experimental short film that labeling it as...
View Article‘Tingle Monsters’ by Alexandra Serio
An ASMR vlogger with a devoted fan base returns from an extended absence with a livestream that spirals out of control. Nick Kush: I appreciate any film that strives to push cinema forward. What…
View Article‘Fire (Pozar)’ by David Lynch
Fire, given by a mysterious figure, creates a hole in the world through which something terrible enters and leaves the world burned and overrun by strange insect figures. Nick Kush: David Lynch may...
View Article‘Squeegee’ by Morgan Krantz
A high-powered female executive has an erotic rendezvous with a high-rise window-washer on opposite sides of her office window. Funny and poignant, Squeegee is an apt portrait of intimacy in the time...
View Article‘The Prisoner’s Song’ by Bilal S. Haider
The Prisoner’s Song follows two days in the life of an American prisoner, one during his time incarcerated and one as a free man, providing an observational view of the issues within the American prison…
View Article‘If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own...
If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth is a short film adapted from the hilarious and heartwarming humor essay written by Toronto-based comedian...
View Article‘-Ship: A Visual Poem’ by Terrance Daye
A black boy learns contradicting lessons of manhood and masculinity on the day of his cousin’s funeral. Winner of 2020 Sundance Jury Award for U.S. Narrative Fiction. Nick Kush: It’s the...
View Article‘Sickboy’ by Julian Muller
Every day that passes in New York City, Jeff finds a way to get through it. Maybe he’s driven to find love. Maybe he’s driven to find a connection. Or maybe he’s just driven to…
View Article‘Man-Spider’ by Tom Oxenham
Everyone knows the Spider-Man story: man gets bitten by spider, gets spider powers, becomes hero. But radioactive metamorphosis is a two-way street. So what about the spider who bit Peter Parker?...
View Article‘Ode to Desolation’ by Lindsey Hagen
Ode to Desolation shares the story of Jim Henterly, a naturalist, illustrator, and fire lookout as he contemplates the dwindling days of Fire Lookouts in North America. With the influence of technology...
View Article‘Runon’ by Daniel Kaufman
All Luke and his mom have are two garbage bags full of clothes, and two tickets out of town on the midnight Greyhound. Like he’s assembling a puzzle, Luke has to figure out the why…
View Article‘Is Your Daughter Home?’ by Vincenzo Nappi
Mark Reiter stands in front of his love’s house as he practices what he will say to her mother. Nick Kush: The grain of the film and the general rough-around-the-edges aesthetic to Is Your Daughter…
View Article‘Bob & Dale’ by David Rosfeld
An elderly gay couple living off the grid in the Rocky Mountains finds a deeper love together when dementia threatens their independence. Nick Kush: I adore Bob & Dale’s sparing use of dialogue....
View Article‘Darling’ by Saim Sadiq
As a new show is introduced at an erotic dance theater in Lahore, a sacrificial goat goes missing, a dreamy trans girl desperately tries to become a star, and a naive young boy falls in…
View Article‘Youth’ by Farida Zahran
A teenage girl takes a step toward adulthood in contemporary Cairo. Nick Kush: Farida Zahran shows plenty of restraint in telling this coming-of-age story; in the wrong hands, Youth could turn into a...
View Article‘Freeze Frame’ by Soetkin Verstegen
Identical figures perform the hopeless task of preserving blocks of ice. Nick Kush: I love little oddballs such as Freeze Frame, wherein it appears the creator set out to try something just to see what…
View Article‘The Moon’s Not That Great’ by Mathieu Libman
After an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public lost all interest in the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a film director, and a bear intersect. Nick Kush: Whether it’s…
View Article‘Frank’s Joke’ by Ed Bulmer
Frank told a joke at work. Nobody laughed. Now at 3 am he’s unable to sleep as he obsesses over his social faux-pas, leading him to contemplate the nature of memory itself. Nick Kush:…
View Article‘How to Breathe in Kern County’ by Chris Filippone
As the workday grinds to a halt, a gathering of street racers makes way for the backroads of Bakersfield to find catharsis. Nick Kush: So little is said throughout How to Breathe in Kern County,…
View Article‘The Gaze’ by Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins’ note on The Gaze: “In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&A’s for the various films we’ve made, there is one question that recurs. No matter the length of the piece…
View Article‘While You Were Sleeping’ by Anderson Wright
Night shift cleaners in Salt Lake City share their experiences and attitudes toward their essential work. Nick Kush: While You Were Sleeping is a gentle reminder of the necessary, but mostly...
View Article‘Shots in the Dark With David Godlis’ by Lewie & Noah Kloster
Between 1976 and 1980, young Manhattan photographer David Godlis documented the nightly goings-on at the Bowery’s legendary CBGB, “the undisputed birthplace of punk rock,” with a vividly distinctive...
View Article‘Genius Loci’ by Adrien Merigeau
One night, Reine, a young loner, sees within the urban chaos a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide. Nick Kush: Genius Loci was on my long list of my favorite movies…
View Article‘Left Over’ by David N. Drake
Nel packs up her late father’s home while simultaneously unpacking memories of their volatile relationship. Nick Kush: I very much admire Left Over‘s preference for small-stakes character building...
View Article‘The Sentence of Michael Thompson’ by Kyle Thrash and Haley Elizabeth Anderson
Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to a close...
View Article‘Soft Animals’ By Renee Zhan
Two ex-lovers cross paths at a train station. Nick Kush: In a manner that only animation could express, Soft Animals is a very honest, funny, and occasionally gross (thanks to some wonderfully...
View Article‘Lay Me by the Shore’ By David Findlay
Introducing a young cast of first-time actors, Lay Me by the Shore follows a week in the life of Noah, a high school senior in his final days of school as he comes to terms…
View Article‘Berry Pickers’ By Agnes Skonare Karlsson
During an exceptionally hot summer in Sweden, a Thai migrant worker has to navigate the forest and his increasingly quarrelsome relationship with his older brother, in order to find the blueberries...
View Article‘Act of God’ by Spencer Cook and Parker Smith
Stuart, a disabled man who pushes away his caretakers, comes to understand the value of accepting help. Nick Kush: On top of the refreshing representation it provides, Act of God creates a worthwhile...
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