Directed by John Magary • 2014 • United States
Starring Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen
The wonderfully strange and acidic debut comedy from writer-director John Magary will resonate with anyone who’s ever loathed and loved a sibling in equal measure. Unfolding as three stylistically distinct but interwoven acts, each with its own mesmerizing rhythm, THE MEND follows a mismatched yin-yang pair of New York City brothers—loose cannon Mat (Josh Lucas) and put-upon Alan (Stephen Plunkett)—as they stagger dimly toward some understanding of love, masculinity, and what it truly means to be a brother.
Directed by Naima Ramos-Chapman • 2016 • United States
Starring Naima Ramos-Chapman, Angela Silverio, Bianca Soto
A young woman dealing with the psychological aftermath of sexual violence shuffles between experiences both mundane and extraordinary as she attempts to leave her New York City apart...
Directed by Laida Lertxundi • 2018 • Spain, United States
Laida Lertxundi applies the six compositional principles of eighteenth-century Chinese painter Shih-t’ao (such as “draw attention to a scene emerging from a static background” and “add scattered dynamism to immobility”) to this cosmic dia...
Directed by John Magary • 2020 • United States
Starring Kalle Condliffe, John Magary
Cooped up in their New York City apartment during the pandemic, a couple’s lockdown frustrations find release during a DIY haircut in this black-comic riff on Martin Scorsese’s breakthrough short THE BIG SHAVE.
