A man returns a letter meant for his neighbor but it’s not what it seems. In this satire by Johnny Frohman and Jeremy Levick, the topics of pandemic masking and modes of shaming are explored in prickly fashion. Wearing a bright yellow vest and double-masked, a man turns up at a woman’s door and strikes up a conversation. He claims he recognizes her from somewhere (“you’re not, like, a movie star or something?”), before admitting he saw her at the park not conforming to the highest standards of Covid protocols. Levick, often collaborating with Rajat Suresh, specializes in an edgy brand of critique (on the media, internet trends, the news, et al) that wanders uncomfortably where upstanding liberals are not supposed to go. “Good Samaritans” was filmed in one shot and builds to a cacophony of passive-aggressive confrontation. Levick can also be seen as an actor in Ryan McGlade’s “On Showbiz,” which we featured in 2019. Frohman was previously featured as the D.P. of Tynan DeLong’s “Azurine” and Anthony Oberbeck’s “Book.” -KA. Writer, Director, Editor: Johnny Frohman, Jeremy Levick. Cast: Jeremy Levick, Sally Burtnick, Matt Nussbaum. Director of Photography: Johnny Frohman Producer: Jeremy Levick, Johnny Frohman, Harris Mayersohn. Sound: Taylor Gonzalez. Assistant Camera: Shirley Chan.
Adam Bernet's last wish was for his funeral guests to watch a special video he made, reenacting his final, gruesome, moments on Earth. “My Great Funeral Movie” is a morbid comedy that cycles through several scenarios of possible death. From a small TV wheeled out in front of a congregation, a tap...
A western novelist makes a noise complaint to his neighbors before getting sucked into their strange orbit. “A Man’s World,” directed by Jens Joseph, is a loopy, rapid-fire comedy wherein a man enters a rabbit hole and struggles to find his way out. After the cowboy-hat-wearing writer slides a no...
A teenager confronts her best friend who has a closer relationship to her mom than her, threatening the ties that hold them all together. Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz directs “In Sync,” a coming-of-age drama built with specificity and detail that explores the simmering tensions embedded in an unusua...
