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"Your anger and anxiety rule your life." A festival trailer has launched for a surreal, experimental short film titled Catharsis, from a new filmmaker named Brian Logvinsky. For those curious, this will be premiering at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this summer, hence why this trailer is dropping now to build some early buzz. A dancer savant named Alex with serious anger issues is about to sabotage his life until a strange psychotherapist brings him to face the shadows of his subconscious mind... The short film runs 17 minutes and it's described as an "avant-garde, neo-noir film." Weaving surrealism, performance art and horror, this psychological story is a lifelong passion project for Logvinsky, drawing from his own Soviet-American heritage. Within the void of hypnosis, Alex faces his worst fears and darkest truths. Featuring an ensemble cast w/ Deborah Harry, Harrison Ball, Marc Geller, Jemima Kirke, Sasha Pivovarova, Zumi Rosow,...

Deborah ‘Debbie’ Harry, lead vocalist of the band Blondie, headlines the cast of the Tribeca-selected short “Catharsis.”

Brian Logvinsky’s directorial debut follows a dancer savant on the brink of self-destruction, confronted by a peculiar psychotherapist who delves into his subconscious. The 17-minute film blends surrealism, performance art and horror, drawing from Logvinsky’s own Soviet-American heritage.

Harrison Ball stars as Alex, a gifted but troubled dancer grieving his mother’s death. He lives with his superstitious aunt Anya, played by Harry, who believes a family curse fuels Alex’s destructive behavior. Anya convinces Alex to visit the unconventional Dr. Leechny (Marc Geller), who, along with his assistants Chakra and Harmony (Jemima Kirke), uses hypnosis to help Alex confront his inner demons. The film culminates in a transformative sequence where Alex, guided by a vision of his deceased mother, finds redemption. As dawn breaks, he dances through New York City,...

Black Lips build a surreal bridge between Lou Reed and the late televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in the new video for their song “Get It on Time.”

The video was directed by David Black, who shot the clip on a mix of 16mm film and repurposed television equipment he bought from a studio that used to belong to Bakker. The video jumps between, and slowly blends, footage of the Black Lips performing “Get It on Time” as a group and a delightfully gauzy and melodramatic sequence in which saxophonist Zumi Rosow sings the simmering cut,...