Janicza Bravo

It’s quintessentially late afternoon Californian sun. The eponymous house gently hosts a number of clipped social encounters. Each of these denotes dynamics of power in race, gender and class. While it’s the macaw that seems ostensibly and literally caged, Bravo’s drama of manners suggests that every single one of us may not be quite as uncaged as we assume.

An author nurses brain tumors he does not have and mourns family members who are not dead while preying on people’s sympathy to get away with almost anything.

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

Parents-to-be Elliott and Jackie embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent birth of their first child in this strikingly honest and hilarious portrait of parents and children.

A woman calls a suicide prevention hotline and is put on hold.

A salesman on a bum route runs in to an odd lot.

A dark comedy of errors unfolds as two interloping idiots inadvertently wreak havoc on the lives of others.

A woman tries to connect with people she's never met.

After locking herself out of her apartment, a young woman finds herself in the company of a strange and frightening neighbor.

Henry really wants a dog. Because of Mom’s allergies, they can’t get one, so Dad brings home an “invisible dog” (an empty cage).