Hand-labeled VHS tapes line the shelves of the living room where Conor Marsh (Albert Birney), a 36-year-old man living alone with his dog Sandy in 1987 Baltimore, spends many hours watching late ...

This analog library of thrilling fictions and ephemeral images preserved on tape is part of the bevy of references in “Obex,” a miniature epic of melancholic whimsy endearingly conceived in ...

Heimann makes the most of limited resources, crafting a vibrant and alive world. The film’s lo-fi aesthetic is part of its charm, adding intimacy. Its influences from zany vintage Japanese ...

“Inheritance,” directed by Neil Burger and written by Burger and Olen Steinhauer, immediately plunges us into Maya’s world, captured with a gritty, grungy lo-fi aesthetic. Soundtracked to ...

Within the first five minutes of “Inheritance,” Maya (Phoebe Dynevor) has stolen a bottle of tequila, gone home with a stranger from a rave and dangled her legs out his window while smoking.