Filmmakers of two of the best films at the May 8 screenings of the festival. One, SELL YOUR BODY, directed by Jaanelle Yee (in the middle; to her right is her cinematographer [name unavailable], about a med school dropout in crippling student debt who “kidnaps” a wild, kinky couple on a dating app to make some fast cash (the grisly way).

Two, NORMAN PINSKI COME HOME, directed by Aaron Rudelson, right. When a lightning bolt tragically cuts short the life a Jewish plumber’s son, all appears lost for the Pinski family. Luckily, Dr. Vanderwal, a celebrated local baldness doctor is secretly a modern day Dr. Frankenstein with a weird take on …

Reviews in the works.

 

Gregg W. Morris can be reached at gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu