In the 1980s, New Zealand skateboarder Lee Ralph had the world at his feet. But right when he seemed poised to join the sport’s elite, he was kicked out of the USA and the limelight for good.
Abelardo Olguín Cuevas still practices the brutal pastime of cockfighting his grandfather taught him, even as growing controversy and declining interest threaten to make the sport he loves extinct.
Based on a short story by Dave Eggers, Johnna's dad talks too much, and Johnna herself lives inside her head. 'Your Mother and I' looks at the small moments that belie the larger tensions between families and generations, whilst Johnna's dad recounts all the ways he and his wife changed the world. Or so he says.
New to LA, Esi stumbles upon a vivid, diverse party and for the first time, she’s welcomed into a community where she can let go of societal and family pressures and venture towards self-acceptance.
Luna Magica, a professional Lucha Libre wrestling star in Mexico, dreams of becoming world wrestling champion while fighting to make ends meet as a single mom in Mexico City.
A young man, heartbroken when his girlfriend dumps him, hires a prostitute to recreate the mundane intimacies he used to take for granted.
An innocent tourist travels to LA and unexpectedly conjures her sister’s last night alive.
A drolly cheerful celebration of the very ordinary, 'Born to be Mild' explores the uncommon hobbies practiced by the members of the Dull Men’s Club – an online community that connects ‘dull men, and women who appreciate dull men’.
The assault that the city of New York has been under for the last week, perpetrated by 5'11, birdlike amazons, garbed in freakish war paint and extravagant, yet bizarrely soft battle armor, is now over. I speak of course of Fashion Week New York which ended yesterday, one of the 4 international fashion weeks which rule the industry and establish the direction the fashion world will take in the coming year.
