Joe Swanberg
1) The rental
Author
Publisher
Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
From the director of Drinking Buddies comes a comedy about an irresponsible 20-something, Jenny, who arrives in Chicago to live with her older brother Jeff and his novelist wife, Kelly, after a breakup. Jenny's arrival shakes up their quiet domesticity as she and her friend Carson instigate an evolution in Kelly's life and career.
3) You're next
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Aubrey and Paul Davison decide to celebrate their wedding anniversary by inviting their four children and their significant others to a family reunion at their remote and slightly rundown weekend estate. But the family reunion goes awry when their home comes under siege by a mask-wearing team of crossbow-bearing assailants. The family has no idea who's attacking them or why. All they know for certain is that nobody is safe.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Luke and Kate, co-workers at a Chicago brewery, spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years; Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. Beer makes the line between 'friends' and 'more than friends' really blurry.
5) The rental
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light..
7) Offseason
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave site has been vandalized, Marie quickly returns to the isolated offshore island where her late mother is buried. When she arrives, she discovers that the island is closing for the offseason with the bridges raised until spring, leaving her stranded. With one strange interaction with the local townspeople after another, Marie soon realizes that something is not quite right in this small town....
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Two reporters for VICE Media journey to a remote Central American compound hoping to reunite with the photographer's sister, who feels out of touch after struggling with a drug addiction. They find an isolated community of true believers devoted to a shadowy but charismatic figure called "Father." Skeptical at first, the journalists begin to come around to the group's utopian claims, until things rapidly take a very dark turn.
Publisher
Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hannah, a restless college grad, spends a hot Chicago summer trying to figure it all out. Full of ambition and indecision, she'll try to find a crush who can keep up with her and a project that will keep her stimulated, but she may just leave a trail of broken hearts.
11) 24 exposures
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
When a young model is found brutally murdered, a fetish photographer and homicide detective are brought together at the crime scene through a shared if sadistic interest. Before long an unlikely friendship develops between the two, as each tries to involve themselves in the other's professional life. But their mutual affection for the macabre and grisly may ultimately lead to horrific consequences for both.
12) Digging for fire
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun send a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.
Publisher
Oscilloscope
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Butter on the latch: Sarah reunites with her old friend Isolde at a Balkan folk song and dance camp in the woods of Mendocino, California, and with a haunting song she learned years ago. When Sarah pursues a romance with a new camper Steph, the nights of sensual secrets and singing with Isolde coe to an abrupt end.
Thou wast mild and lovely: When Akin arrives at the farm, he finds his job. This is what he expected to find. When Sarah opens her legs,...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Birds of prey and the fantabulous emancipation of one Harley Quinn: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Nights and weekends: Mattie and James are in love and living in separate cities. As they both struggle with the distance between New York and Chicago, their visits become reminders of the difficulties rather than the pleasures of their...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Begin again: British songwriter Gretta is adrift in Manhattan after getting dumped by her philandering rock star boyfriend. While playing at an open mic night at a local bar, she is discovered by struggling music producer Dan. Sensing her songwriting potential, Dan pushes Gretta to sign with him and record an ambitious outdoors album all across the city.
The big sick: Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love...