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From "Everything Everywhere All at Once" to "Scarface," these films show the lives of seekers of the American Dream

Filmmaker Wes Hurley's autobiographical mishmash 'Potato Dreams of America' features Lea DeLaria and Dan Lauria.

NOW Magazine Six movies to see at Inside Out 2021 The 31st edition of the 2SLGBTQ+ film festival is streaming online across all of Ontario By Norman Wilner, Kevin Ritchie and Glenn Sumi May 27, 2021 2SLGBTQ+ film festival Inside Out is going virtual for a second year with 33 features and five episodic series. All films are available to stream anywhere in Ontario and the majority of titles will be viewable for the entirety of the festival – though films in the Premiere program will be...

New ‘Potato Dreams of America’ film was shot in Burien, where Big Lots is now A new film that’s playing in the 2021 Seattle International and SXSW film festivals was shot at the former Zoo Break Studios in Burien – “Potato Dreams of America” – Written and Directed by Wes Hurley. Zoo Break Studios was located at 14907 4th Ave SW, where the new Big Lots recently opened (and before that it was Staples). The stage was managed by Producer Mischa Jakupcak and her partner Robyn Miller (w...

This absurdist comedy from Washington-born director J. Rick Castañeda is precisely the sort of lo-fi oddball indie you expect to find at a film fest. Diego (Eli Vargas), a young guy sleeping in his car, takes a job at Data Mart, a cartoonishly bland office. People type; people file; people sneak naps in their endless rows of cubicles in the wan light. Then Diego and his friend June (Greena Park) discover that behind the office Coke machine, a door opens after hours and people filter into wat...

Potato Dreams of America Review: Queer Coming-of-Age Tale Is a Film of Two Very Different Halves Potato Dreams of America Review: Queer Coming-of-Age Tale Is a Film of Two Very Different Halves Russian-American director Wes Hurley expands his SXSW-winning short into an autobiographical feature that mixes structural surprises with more hackneyed conventions. Guy Lodge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Director: Wes Hurley With: Marya Sea Kaminksi, Tyler Bocock, Sera Barbieri, Hersh Powers, Dan ...