Shane Acker

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    Sci‑Fi Mark Slutsky

    Never Happened

    In this low-key sci-fi, after a pair of colleagues have an affair on a business trip they decide it might be for the best if it just never happened.

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    Drama Hazel McKibbin

    She Always Wins

    She Always Wins captures all the complicated moves in the dance of dominance, deference and self-diminishment that takes place when a young woman brings her new boyfriend to his first family visit.

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    Competition Short Films Part 1: 2011 Tribeca Film Festival

    Friday I reviewed the 9 retrospective short films available to watch for free in the Tribeca Streaming Room. They underwhelmed me, which I found odd—shouldn't the program have been comprised of nothing but slam-dunk, all-star selections? Anyway, today we shift focus to the films that are actual 2011 Tribeca Film Fest selections, and fortunately  I think they are much better.

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    Sci‑Fi Travis Bible

    Exit Strategy

    Two brothers caught in a time loop must traverse a series of maze-like events in order to prevent a catastrophic fire from occurring.

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    Dark Comedy William Lancaster

    Dún Laoghaire

    A dance of death between a mother and daughter ignites when the daughter attempts to install a new stove in her mother’s house in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland.

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