Shithouse

This past weekend I found myself needing an escape ahead of the looming election (and I didn’t know back then what I know now). On Sunday night I ended up retreating to a guilty pleasure of mine, mumblecore. Cooper Raiff's SHITHOUSE won the jury prize at SXSW this year and I've been eagerly waiting for it to drop. It didn't disappoint. Raiff wrote, directed and acted in this film which is an autobiographical portrait of his first days in college. He falls for his RA (an incredible Dylan Gelula) and they spend one night together, which has an outsized impact on where and how he finds his place at school. This movie is undeniably charming—so much so that for at least a few seconds, I forgot about the election and was completely transported into its world. Check it out on PVOD.

—Bennett Levine, Executive Assistant