A Time for Men
2024 · 10m · USA
Directed by Bill Benz
Genres: comedy, LGBTQ+, satire
Tones: absurdist, darkly comic, tense
Two gay friends arrive at what they think is a circuit party and instead find themselves trapped inside a men's rights activism event headlined by a charismatic spokesperson hawking his own milk beverage. Discomfort mutates into something genuinely sinister as the evening grinds on.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
Finally, somebody weaponizes the milk-discourse weirdos for actual cinema. This is the rare premise that gets less safe the longer it runs.
Bill Benz traps two gay friends in a men's rights rally branded around a proprietary milk product — Sorry to Bother You's escalation logic in a single venue. The milk-product detail is the inspiration.
Two gay friends trapped inside a men's rights rally branded around a proprietary milk product — Bill Benz's premise has a real engine and the wrong-audience-infiltration structure is built for escalation.
Reviews
A social comedy that places two unsuspecting gay men in a hive of men's rights activism.