A cultural history of ventriloquism disguised as a sci-fi TV series, integrating live actors with vintage and artist-made puppets. The Case of the Vanishing Gods is a fiction-doc hybrid that traces the phenomenon of ‘throwing voices’ from the oracles of ancient Greece to the spectacle of the modern horror film, and pushes the essay film into exciting new territory.
Magician
Over the course of a night, Rachel, a bereaved clinical psychologist, combats her grief with elaborate self-soothing rituals while Lia, a regional shopping network host, tries to obliterate hers in a self-destructive haze. They collide in a televised confrontation.
Karl Morris
An evil leprechaun who has been imprisoned within the roots of a majestic old oak tree, is accidentally set loose on St. Patrick's Day. Once free, he takes out his bloody revenge on the descendants of the people who originally imprisoned him.
Interviewer
With the 1946 formation of "The League of Heroes" in Chicago, the country is introduced to the first ever superhero labor union. Founded by the Gray Raven, his kid sidekick Sparrow, and the amazing Blue Blaze, The League of Heroes was a beacon of hope against evil and tyranny in Chicago. Now twenty years later, as The League is about to expand nationally, an old adversary makes a murderous comeback. Drawn by the rampage, the former sidekick Sparrow returns to the city-- and The League-- for the first time in years.
Eclipse
With the 1946 formation of "The League of Heroes" in Chicago, the country is introduced to the first ever superhero labor union. Founded by the Gray Raven, his kid sidekick Sparrow, and the amazing Blue Blaze, The League of Heroes was a beacon of hope against evil and tyranny in Chicago. Now twenty years later, as The League is about to expand nationally, an old adversary makes a murderous comeback. Drawn by the rampage, the former sidekick Sparrow returns to the city-- and The League-- for the first time in years.
Rottweiler
A wealthy out-of-towner hires an indigent man to abduct an estranged family member.
Tom (Dad)
An award-winning feature length film whose sole purpose is to explore as many ways to divide up the frame as possible.
Max
Slackers in their 20s gather for a pre-Thanksgiving party and find themselves facing the end of the world in ensemble comedy that offers thought fodder concerning the plight of a generation that has been so overshadowed by the hype surrounding the baby boomers that they feel there are no frontiers of reality left to explore. All of the guests know each other from their high school days and have grown up to take wildly divergent paths, many of which are observed before the fateful gathering, hosted by the strangely devilish Kurt Swan, a convicted killer.
