A rational New York accountant gets into a dramatic dispute with his mother over the veracity of a tabloid conspiracy theory.

A gay man working in a luxury fashion store in Asia prepares for the upcoming arrival of the brand’s chief designer. If everything goes right, his desired career in fashion will be set.

When a young adult accompanies her avoidant mother to a mammogram appointment during a visit to her suburban hometown, she receives terrible news that throws her identity in flux.

Upon hearing about an upcoming wedding, a former American soldier reminisces about the time he met a young girl who gave him the recourse to survive the war.

After partying for the first time in a while with his childhood friend, a middle-aged father in North Carolina must reckon with the scary truth about his hangover.

A group of people at a bar discuss their experiences with an eccentric and impulsive boy as they anticipate his arrival.

After their fighting neighbors wake them up in the middle of the night, a suburban married couple stays up, watching television and dreaming about what their lives could be if only they could break free from the monotony of ritual.

A misanthrope’s decision to ditch her donuts and weed to go exercise in the park leads her to a near-death experience.

A lonely middle-aged widow goes through his daily routine in the suburbs, looking to make small talk with someone, anyone, just to have occasion to get out of his own head.

An unemployed woman in a contemporary urban setting passes a slow day at home, where mundanities consume her and reality seems far away.