AVON VIDO by Dhara Wright
SYNOPSIS
Director Dhara Wright and Steven T. Hanley of Deeper Into Movies are given the opportunity to rummage Avon Video, a London video store left abandoned for about 20 years.
Some of the items found in the video store can be seen on display in the Rio Cinema lobby.
STARRING: Steven T. Hanley
BITS by Lilliya Reid
SYNOPSIS
BITS follows a young woman in small town Montana who catches the attention of a serial killer on the hunt. When his pursuit ends abruptly, the young woman is overcome with rejection. Pining for closure, she struggles to untangle feelings of neglect and desire.
STARRING: Betsey Brown, Jon Gries, Morgan Krantz, Bella Israel, Fiona Rose Story, Siobhan Marks, Erin Weinacker
HEY LOVER by Marcus Maddox
SYNOPSIS
HEY LOVER is a 2024 slideshow exhibition of black and white photographs taken between 2017 and 2024 by artist Marcus Maddox. With 65 images, Maddox explores the intimately personal relationships in his life in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Nashville. The photographic sequence is a movement from a blissful, idealized version of youth—to a melancholy, dark interior of those same young subjects. In the end, what appears to be sweet isn’t so sunny after all. Inspired by the titling structure of Topographical poetry from the Romantic era, all of the picture titles in Hey lover cite a specific location and time. The titles, mostly written in verse, suggest emotional states too. This makes the work all the more personal and psychological, while rising to the effect of poetry.
LATE AND CRYING by Richard Simon
SYNOPSIS
Two siblings meander around at a dreadful family funeral. Neither of them have an easy time connecting with their family and desperately stick to each other’s side, but at least their family isn’t boring.
STARRING: Richard Simon, Sami Petrucci, Sal Rendino, Maximilian Isaacs, Addie Guidry, Marjorie Conn
LOLO by Owynn Kaye
SYNOPSIS
LOLO is a short film with no dialogue.
The story is of an estranged relationship between mother and daughter. The film is framed by the mother’s memory, and what the mother does not know or cannot understand about the life of her daughter she fills with her worst fears.
In the beginning, a teenage musician, Lolo, is lured away from her unhappy homelife by an older man. After discovering her daughter’s disappearance, Lolo’s mother is surprised by a visitor - the same man who took her daughter. He shows her a policeman’s badge and ostensibly begins to help her look for Lolo, but he is actually taking pleasure in exposing the mother to the uncomfortable truths she never knew about her own daughter. Meanwhile, Lolo is taken on a journey where she is broken down, re-fashioned, and has her passion and her song co-opted before her vital fluids are drained from her in a vacuum bag. The Sinister Man then proceeds to lead Lolo’s mother to the place where she will discover her daughter’s body and confirm her darkest suspicions.
STARRING: Tara Buck, Isabelle Gillette, Jordan Raf, Staz Lindes
NEPOTISM, BABY! by Tij D’oyen
SYNOPSIS
A fame-obsessed young woman fabricates a conspiracy to jump-start her career.
STARRING: Betsey Brown, Penny Balfour, Gus Hermoza
NIGHTMILK by Tiger Hornby
SYNOPSIS
A troubled lesbian, experiencing intrusive sexual thoughts, confronts her girlfriend and the men of her nightmares.
STARRING: Cricket Brown, Betsey Brown
PITCHER/CATCHER by Will Janowitz & Monroe Robertson
SYNOPSIS
PITCHER/CATCHER is a VHS-shot movie about a washed up baseball player and his last shot at glory.
STARRING: Will Janowitz, Arron Shiver, Dylan Kenin
PLEASE LOVE ME by Lea Rose Sebastianis
SYNOPSIS
A Tap Dancer prepares for her final performance.
STARRING: Lea Rose Sebastianis, Moira Brown, Faith Alexandra Marie, Dusty Lee
TRAIN OF THOUGHT by Vogue Giovanna Giambri
SYNOPSIS
How a thought travels from upstairs, down into the Tube station- but it can't get on a train, it's a thought.
STARRING: Victoria Ratermanis, Dion Costelloe, Lauren Fern, Chris Giambri, Fernando Ruiz