Written and directed by Jonah Hill (Superbad, Knocked Up, The Wolf of Wall Street), Mid90s follows Stevie, a thirteen-year-old boy in ’90s-era Los Angeles who spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop. (A24)

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In his new book, Mirror Mirror, Ryan McGinley—one of the most important photographers of his generation—asks his friends and colleagues to take the camera into their own hands. Following instructions given to them by the artist, a group of individuals explore their own image. Though related to the ubiquitous selfie, the participants didn’t have the benefit of seeing the image before they clicked the shutter, and McGinley selected the final image to represent the photo session. The experiment yielded scores of intimate and psychologically revealing photos that—even though not done by his own hand—bear some signature McGinley flourishes in their emotional depth and resonance. (Rizzoli)

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Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, and directed by Paul Dano in his directorial debut, Wildlife is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Ford. It tells of 14-year-old Joe, the only child of Jeanette, a housewife, and Jerry, a golf pro, in a small town in 1960s Montana. When Jerry loses his job and his sense of purpose, he decides to join the cause of fighting an uncontrolled forest fire raging close to the Canadian border, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.

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Winner of the World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival, The Guilty is an innovative and unrelenting Danish thriller that uses a single location to chilling effect. When police officer Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren) is demoted to desk work, he answers a panicked phone call from a kidnapped woman who then disconnects abruptly. Asger, confined to the police station, is forced to use others as his eyes and ears as the severity of the crime slowly becomes more clear. (Magnolia Pictures)

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After a strong reception at SXSW, Sadie director Megan Griffiths (the highly respected director of indie hits Eden (2012) and Lucky Them (2013)) chose to walk away from distribution offers and self-release the film—helping to destigmatize indie distribution and empower up-and-coming filmmakers. Sadie is a powerful, unsettling and darkly funny story of a young girl (startling newcomer Sophia Mitri Schloss), the daughter of a soldier, who will stop at nothing to preserve her father’s place on the home front when her mom begins dating a new man. Co-starring Melanie Lynskey, John Gallagher Jr., Tony Hale and Danielle Books. (Independent)

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Moritz Simon Geist is a performer, musicologist and robotics engineer, aiming to create the future of electronic music—with robots. Geist’s projects range from robotic music performances to robotic sound installations, and he has performed at festivals and exhibitions throughout the world. On his fascinating debut EP The Material Turn, Geist introduces the world’s first techno record played entirely by self-made robots. First single “Entropy” is a bassy club-track played by futuristic 3D-printed robo-kalimbas, small motors that beat on metal, salvaged parts from old hard drives, and a pneumatic hi-hat. His full length album Robotic Electronic Music is due for release next month. (Kompakt)

NZ-born avant-pop wunderkind Connan Mockasin has announced a new “five-part melodrama” and accompanying concept album. Bostyn ‘n Dobson, Mockasin’s first publicly-released film project, follows fictional music teacher, Bostyn (played by Mockasin), and his student, Dobsyn (played by Mockasin’s childhood next door neighbor Blake Pryor). The series was filmed inside a disused hair salon in Los Angeles in 2016. The accompanying album, Jassbusters, is Mockasin’s third album and the first he has recorded with a band. Adopting the concept of “an album made by music teachers”, Jassbusters was intended to be listened to after watching the miniseries.(Mexican Summer)

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Written and directed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power in their feature-length debut, After Everything (FKA Shotgun) premiered to rave reviews at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. The comedy drama film stars Gina Gershon and Marisa Tomei, and tells the story of Elliot (Jeremy Allen White), a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, who meets sensible Mia (Maika Monroe) and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week. As their love blossoms amidst his treatment, they discover that Elliot’s illness is not the real test of their relationship—it’s everything else. (Good Deed Entertainment)

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