Slacker Josh, who has failed to make it as a musician in the big city, buys, as a suprise present for his father, a chair that reminds him of his own childhood and sets off on a cross-country drive, with his emotionally demanding girl-friend and brother in tow, to pick it up.
If you've heard the term 'mumblecore' in reference to a new genre of American independent cinema then this is a prime example. find out more...

From the director of the excellent 'Old Joy' comes this film about the hassles of trying to survive if you're out of ackers. Wendy, a semi-rootless drifter, along with sole companion Lucy, her dog (but no string attached), is driving her old banger across country to Alaska in the hope of finding work. When the beat-up old car bites the dust in a small Oregon town she encounters one obstacle after another. The threat of both poverty and loneliness are present throughout in this well observed, tho find out more...