Caroline White – MRQE

Red Flag

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Writer/director/star Alex Karpovsky, a familiar face to indie filmgoers, reveals his sterling comic chops in this close-to-the-bone comedy. Teasing the line between fiction and reality, he plays an indie filmmaker named Alex Karpovsky who, dumped by a longtime girlfriend fed up with his refusal to marry, takes to the road with a reluctant old pal for a misbegotten mini tour screening his movie on college campuses and independent cinemas.

Open Five 2

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A relationship drama set amid a winter van trip from New York to New Orleans. A loose continuation of the 2010 film.

Pilgrim Song

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Seeking escape from his stalled relationship and unhappy place in the world, a recently pink-slipped music teacher sets out to hike Kentucky’s Sheltowee Trace Trail. Among the verdant hills of Appalachia, he encounters various strange characters and becomes the reluctant companion of a gregarious father and son who ultimately help him rediscover what he’s been missing.

Open Five

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A blend of reality and fiction, “Open Five” follows the story of Jake, a struggling musician and his sidekick, Kentucker, a maker of “poor” films and what happens when two girls (Lucy and Rose) venture down to Memphis for a long weekend.

Passenger Pigeons

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set among the coalfields of Eastern Kentucky, ‘Passenger Pigeons’ is a story about finding hope and beauty in the dark hills of Appalachia. The film quietly interweaves four separate story lines over the course of a weekend as the town copes with the death of a local miner.

Team Picture

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A realistic character study of a young man in his early 20s negotiating a disintegrating relationship with an ambitious artist/photographer girlfriend and an ascending fling with an adventurous floater, as well as pressures from his family and society to go to college/make steps toward success, all the while becoming increasingly interested in the questionably viable life of playing guitar.