Eric's plan to make a short trip back home is jeopardized when he becomes entangled in his sisters' lives and his obsession with poker. As he tries to assert his dominance in the local poker game, he must confront the complicated relationship with his sister Rachel. Meanwhile, their younger sister Maggie tries to recreate their childhood bond, forcing Eric and Rachel to confront their adult selves.

In the 1950s, a charismatic cult leader takes over a mental asylum and subjects the patients to lobotomies and electric shock therapy. The story follows a young woman who becomes entangled with the cult and fights to expose their brutal practices.

Person to Person follows the intertwining stories of various individuals in New York City as they navigate through their daily lives. From an investigative reporter chasing a scoop, to a vinyl enthusiast on a mission, to a teenager trying to navigate love, each character brings their own unique perspective to the bustling city. Through humor, heartbreak, and everything in between, Person to Person offers a glimpse into the lives of individuals from different walks of life within a one-day timeframe.

A woman is confronted by a stranger, who believes she’s been edited out of their story.

A humorless loner attempts to win the admiration of a drifter with his debut performance at the local comedy club.

Scenes from the working life of a male director: Defa sophisticatedly lampoons masculinity in filmmaking with this sly, surprising meta-movie. (Courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center.)

A dizzy trip through the mid-1990s with a dysfunctional American family. Reliving a distracted child's birthday party, an emotionless wedding, a Halloween in a garage and a Christmas marked with alcohol, drugs and perversion, the film is a crumpled letter from a filmmaker to his family: a shattered kaleidoscope of the destructive patterns that have trapped and wounded its members.

A young woman recounts a story to a group of friends who listen with rapt attention, but the tale sounds very familiar… Another masterful and clever work by one of the world’s premier shorts filmmakers.

The Sixth Year is an art world drama series in five episodes, which re-interprets the format of the TV series. Set in the New York art world, it stages the backstage and theatricalizes the social interactions and power games, the aspirations, passions, and everyday realities of the field. The screenplay is based on interviews with artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, and art advisors, whose opinions, anecdotes, and gossip it abstracts and extrapolates into a fictional narrative.

A young woman invites a vagabond to stay the night at her house but her feelings of insecurity threaten to overshadow the visit.

In the wake of Shepard Fairey’s arrest for vandalism, Dustin Guy Defa explores graffiti and street art in contemporary Detroit. What is vandalism? And how will the city define itself going forward?

Dan Sallitt in conversation with Jaime N. Christley about Red River

George W Bush declares war on terror to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001.

Waking up the morning after hosting a party, a man discovers a stranger passed out on his floor. He spends the rest of the day trying to convince her to leave.