Movies: Theodore Schaefer

On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend....

Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online....

A series of surreal vignettes at an American Diner....

A young woman working as a surrogate at an upscale, remote facility uncovers a sinister truth hiding behind an idyllic façade....

A young, Juilliard-trained violist is still living at home with her parents in the heart of NYC, while trying to make a living playing gigs with her friends in the homes of strangers....

A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own....

When her boyfriend returns to Ukraine to care for his ailing father, 23-year-old Dakota must navigate the precarious anxiety of holding onto the past and forging her future in the midst of her South Brooklyn universe....

Two friends take a trip through a Michigan forest, intent on carrying out a disturbing pact....

A Black family in rural Vermont attempts to live a life of solitude and cope with the ghosts living on their property....

After having her identity stolen, a woman, and her son's pregnant girlfriend, bond together on a surreal journey as they attempt to track down the perpetrators....

Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his c...

A prismatic view of college and the existential angst encountered when faced with questioning one's purpose and direction in life. A philosophical comedy that intertwines ancient greek philosophy and playwriting with modern day escapism and dread....

An aspiring auteur tries coaxing her dad and uncle into financing her first short film but winds up raising more questions than dollars....

A cynical NYPD domestic violence officer ends up falling in love with a woman running away from her obsessive and abusive husband....

Follows a content creator on a food network who’s trying to hide her dark past....

Documentary about actress Carol Kane and her 98-year-old mom, Joy....

A frustrated comedian makes a viral video, but it winds up being his worst nightmare....

Reuniting after last year’s Between the Temples, director Nathan Silver and star Carol Kane shift focus to the actress’ 98-year-old mother, Joy Kane—a music teacher and former dancer who lives with Carol on the Upper West Side, and who regales them (...