Acting
Joseph Lopez is known for The Looming (2023), One (2024) and Run Rabbit Run (2020).
After his stubborn father suffers a stroke, a sensitive son (Michael) becomes his temporary caretaker, and the tensions of their estranged relationship come to the surface.
A husband takes his family on a getaway to escape the distractions of society in order to complete his first book. While on the trip, he fights to retain focus and sanity after multiple visits from mysterious strangers who seem to know him all too well. When the husband is finally pushed to the edge of insanity, his wife's intentions come into question over a secret she is willing to do anything to protect.
Is it possible to mend a fractured bond, or is it time to welcome someone new?
The siblings Hannah and Andrew haven't seen each other in three years. While Hannah is going through a prolonged episode where she can't leave her house, her brother has just landed back in LA and sets off to Pasadena on foot. He goes on a day-long journey through the city with only one goal in mind: Prolonging the reunion with his sister for as long as he possibly can.
After missing his wife's phone call goodbye on the morning of September 11th, a now listless and brokenhearted music teacher must harmonize with his increasingly desperate fourteen-year-old son.
A directionless young man contemplates his aspirations whilst on a dirty job.
Santino, an undocumented immigrant, trapped in Los Angeles by an enterprising criminal, works as a 'handyman' at an 'anything goes' massage parlor to pay off his debt. But the decadence of the business, his unstable boss, his family left in Mexico, and an underage girl (Grace) forced into prostitution push him toward violent ends.
A 70-something puppeteer struggling to come to terms with a breakup puts on the most heartbreakingly personal show of his life to an audience of strangers. Writer/director Andrew Fuchs (HEY STRANGER), with his remarkable lead Joseph Lopez, have made one of the most haunting films this side of oblivion, a depiction of trauma and grief processed through art that will suck the breath from your lungs.
Miniatures, prosthetics, sightless driving mountain shots, puppets, gore effects, all serve to make a traditional Son and Father rite-of-passage hunting trip into an uncanny vision of maturation and masculinity.
When a virtual home assistant speaker, Luna, picks up the strange noise Chester has heard in his house, he realizes that it may not be a symptom of dementia.