Tyler Taormina

Sound the bells, because American independent cinema has a distinctive new voice in director Jonathan Davies. Imagine a kindred film to Memoria that unfolds in verdant California, with a playfulness reminiscent of Jacques Rivette: this cabinet of sonorous, mysterious curiosities is just that.

Gliding through a somnolent suburbia, Tyler Taormina’s hypnotic follow-up to Ham on Rye captures the unexpected magic and surprise interactions of the witching hour. In this Long Island lullaby, filmed during lockdown, skaters soar and lovers slink into the dark, keyed in to the rhythm of the night.