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Because mainstream theaters largely bypassed the film, its primary life blood became boutique, cinephile-oriented streaming platforms.

Known as the premier digital archive for cinephiles, The Criterion Channel frequently licenses Cinema Guild titles. The film, along with Sallitt’s follow-up feature Fourteen (2019), has periodically cycled through the platform.

Themes of sibling attraction. Handled with intellectual gravity, not exploitation. the unspeakable act 2012 online exclusive

Set in a sun-drenched but emotionally claustrophobic Park Slope, Brooklyn, the film follows 17-year-old Jackie (the astonishing Tallie Medel) as she navigates the final summer before college. Her older brother, Matthew (Sky Hirschkron), is heading off to a new life. But Jackie is not sad in the ordinary sense. She is devastated because she is in love—not with a classmate or a stranger, but with Matthew.

Still, the town had learned to ask when something felt wrong. That, to Riley, felt like an act worth speaking about. Because mainstream theaters largely bypassed the film, its

The phrase "" typically refers to the 2012 independent film directed by Dan Sallitt.

: The film is noted for its "humanism" similar to Éric Rohmer's works and for avoiding the typical sensationalism found in films with taboo subjects. Cast and Production Jackie Kimball Tallie Medel Matthew Kimball Sky Hirschkron Mrs. Kimball Aundrea Fares Director/Writer Dan Sallitt Themes of sibling attraction

Say what? Riley’s pulse beat against the base of his skull. He mapped possible reads of the fragment and, like a puzzle, the choices felt infinite and equally unsettling.

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Stream it alone. Think about it for a week.

where he breaks down the film's controversial themes and formalist style. Filmmaker Magazine