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Partly in response to the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the rise of #MeToo, film and TV producers tackling scenes of romance have instituted the role of "intimacy coordinator," not dissimilar to the stunt coordinator who makes sure actors and stunt people are not harmed on set. Despite the political and racial overtones of the narrative, it boils down to a loving and thoughtful portrait by a daughter for her hard-working, first-generation American father, and the sacrifices he made for this second-generation American. She also follows a fellow liquor store baby, Danny, who put a promising career at Nike on hold to help out at his mother's liquor store on Skid Row, transforming it into an example of community outreach. With her feature film debut, one such liquor store baby, So Yun Um, profiles her father and how he maintained the family store, even after riots tore through Los Angeles, leaving many Korean businesses burned and looted. The self-dubbed "liquor store babies" had to weigh their own career aspirations against the responsibility they felt to keep the stores up and running. They could also become a burden for the immigrants' children tasked with carrying on the enterprises. These family businesses would prove to be a manifestation of the American Dream, but could also stir racial tensions with Black and Brown customers. Korean immigrants coming to California in the 1980s and '90s made opportunities for themselves by running liquor stores, often in marginalized neighborhoods. Next Exit Teaser Trailer (TRIBECA 2022 - RAHUL KOHLI, KATIE PARKER, ROSE MCIVER, KAREN GILLAN) by The performances by Katie Parker and Rahul Kohli are keenly attuned to playing inward people scratching at their surfaces until their motives, ambitions and fears are exposed to the world. In their journey to participate in a scientific study intended to bridge seemingly insurmountable distances, they actually manage to overcome distancing, but not in the ways they'd imagined. This sci-fi tale from writer-director Mali Elfman takes a humorous and emotional story and centers it on two characters eager to avoid opening up to each other, just as they are avoiding living in the here-and-now. And as often happens on road trips, life offers a detour.
In a rom-com twist, the two share a rental car for a cross-country drive to their appointments at the Life Beyond clinic. For one young woman, Rose, it means a way to reconnect with loved ones she'd rejected for a young man, Teddy, the pioneering study would, he believes, give his existence meaning. When a scientist announces proof of life after death, she invites subjects to participate in a study in which people willingly die in order to experience whatever comes after, offering purpose for those who are altogether ready to give up on actual breathing life. The cast is uniformly excellent, including Sadie Stanley as Sticks' girlfriend Dani. But the Russos evince a stalwart strength that helps protect them against outside threats, be they cancer, broken hearts or infidelity. The mistakes that Leo makes, in an effort to further his family, risk damaging that same family.
In his directorial debut, Romano brings real affection for the strangled love that exists within an extended blue collar Italian-American family, and between a father and son whose understanding of one another is blurred or blinded by insecurities.
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