Tisch School of the Arts (NYU) Popular Movie

A young man walks into a meticulously clean and sterile bathroom and proceeds to shave away hair, then skin, in an increasingly bloody and graphic...

genus: Horror

cast: Peter Bernuth

A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life...

genus: Comedy

cast: Zeph Michelis

Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through...

genus: Comedy

cast: Ira Rubin

On a laid-back summer day, a young woman spends some time with her casual partner. Irmak Akgur directs "Limerence," a slice-of-life portrait that...

genus: Romance

cast: Zeynep Kalender

At a shiva with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy.

genus: Comedy

cast: Rachel Sennott

When Dana, a runaway young woman is faced with the news that her father has passed, she will embark on a journey for redemption along with her...

genus: Comedy

cast: Karolína Růžičková

Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the...

genus: Drama

cast: Grayson Taylor

A young man's livelihood is put to the test when he gets profiled and stopped by the police on his way home from practice.

genus: Drama

cast: Keishawn Butler

Holly, an anxiety-ridden high school sophomore, is faced with the challenge of giving a class presentation.

genus: Drama

cast: Emily Rey

Old memories and ghosts from the past resurface when a man reluctantly agrees to help his now-alcoholic childhood friend sober up over the course of...

genus: Drama

cast: Andy Gershenzon

This visually ravishing and thought-provoking work portrays one of the USA’s great shames—the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till by...

genus: History

cast: Jasmine Guy

When the Birch brothers inherit a failing funeral home from their decaying father, they must resort to unsavory means to save the family legacy.

genus: Comedy

cast: Ian Bouillion

This animated twist on Halloween memories involves the traumatic theft of a candy bag on Halloween night.

genus: Horror

cast:

Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy. All Zack wants to do is run a...

genus: Drama

cast: Monty Ross

'A Woman's Gaze' is a story about the struggle and growth of a lesbian tomboy. It realistically explores the bittersweet between a popular lesbian...

genus: Drama

cast: Kathleen Burke

In Belleau Wood, France, during the Great War, a soldier named John writes a letter home to his wife Sara in Milwaukee. He writes that her picture...

genus: Animation

cast: Brian K. Vaughan

A down-on-his-luck photographer determined to capture visual magic and fame. He concocts an intricate plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty and sets...

genus: Comedy

cast: Danny DeVito

A college student struggles to reconnect with his high school friends after learning they’ve started dating each other.

genus: Drama

cast: Micah Meyers

Rural Appalachia explored through the eyes of two young brothers.

genus: Drama

cast: Henry Gagliardi

The tense relationship between a mother and son reaches a climax during a summer heatwave.

genus: Drama

cast: William Lund