FILM & TV by David James Parr
Eleanor
24 Strangers. 24 Hours. 1 chance to connect.
Based on the play Eleanor Rigby Is Waiting by David James Parr
Directed by Aidan Kane
Look at all the lonely people. Where did they all come from?
Eleanor bursts onto the screen in this poignant tapestry of human connection and self-discovery. Directed by Aidan Kane, this cinematic adaptation of David James Parr’s acclaimed off-Broadway play brings 24 strangers together during one stormy day in New York City. As these colorful, eccentric, and beautifully flawed characters intersect - searching for love, lust and connection - they each discover something far more surprising: themselves.
Featuring a stellar ensemble cast, Eleanor is a love letter to the messiness of modern connection, proving that “sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.' (Edward Albee)
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Going Dark
An original anthology series created and written by David James Parr
This electrifying ten-part anthology thriller series takes the classic tropes of the genre you know and love — haunted houses, sinister strangers, deadly secrets — and flips the script with bold originality, modern twists, and surprising revelations. Each episode delivers a fresh, standalone tale - where a recurring ensemble cast takes on different roles - bound only by an overarching exploration of the deepest corners of the human psyche.
Stylish, suspenseful, and packed with twists aplenty, Going Dark is an addictive anthology series for modern times, where the monsters hiding in the dark might just be the ones we carry within ourselves. Dare to step into the void—you might not come out the same.
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In the claustrophobic Going Dark, stoic stage manager JOY tries to save a contemporary Broadway production of “Macbeth” plagued by the mysterious disappearance of its lead actor, the increasing ambitions of its director, and an escalating body count.
In Slaughter Beach, a group of twentysomething film students on Spring Break in 1982 take an unexpected detour to a deserted beach haunted by a grisly history where hallucinations, and jealousy, blur the lines of reality.
Set around Halloween in a not-too-distant future, The Meek tells the tale of an illegal Mexican immigrant in NYC who becomes infatuated with a fiercely independent trans-woman who shares his late-night subway commute, and goes to great lengths to protect her from what he perceives as a dangerous threat.