Dual parts fictive creation and documentary, Low and Behold is so much more than a typical independent film. Telling a powerful story of rebuilding after Katrina, it's not just one about an insurance claims adjuster who has a heart or a man who has lost his dog. This is a film about how humanity pulls together—or doesn't—in the wake of disaster.

Our lives are made up of continuous juxtaposition, and in crafting Chiayi Symphony, Stefano Giannotti uses the fact to great effect, painting himself along the way truly a new voice in the field of experimental film.

Before going to see A.J. Schnack’s Kurt Cobain: About a Son, I refused to read any reviews about it. I didn’t want my interpretation and perception of the film to be colored by anything I heard or read. I wanted to be a tabula rasa for Schnack’s work, learning more about the legendary lead singer of Nirvana through this much-touted documentary.

The rawness of LOL would be appealing if it wasn't so boring. The conversations are flat and expressionless, and the characters inspire little empathy. The guys' online activities are exercises in narcissism. Any pathos lies with the girls, whose sad desperation is palpable: Tim (Joe Swanberg) asks girlfriend Ada (Brigid Reagan) if they can wait 20 minutes to have sex while he does some work online. "Are you serious?" she exclaims. Chris (C. Mason Wells) tries to persuade long-distance girlfriend Greta (Greta Gerwig) to have phone sex: "I know you're not here. That's the whole point. That's why I want it. Like, I wouldn't want it if you were here." (The appropriate expression here isn't LOL, but WTF?)