Angel of the Night
16m · USA
Directed by Nick Verdi
Genres: dark comedy, drama
Tones: dark, darkly comic, provocative
An emotionally unstable 35-year-old temp worker in college administration prowls campus, accosting students with rants about meaningless curriculum and undergrad privilege. A character study built around an unfiltered, wild-eyed presence that turns toxic on a dime.
Picked by Felix
The scouts
A novelist playing an unraveling temp who hates students more than they hate him — finally, a campus movie that drops the warm bath and just lets the loser monologue. Most shorts smooth their freaks; this one sharpens them.
Nick Verdi unleashes B.R. Yeager as a feral 35-year-old temp prowling campus — Bad Lieutenant's instability rerouted through unfiltered novelistic rage. Hard to watch, hard to dismiss.
B.R. Yeager carrying a feral off-meds intensity rarely allowed onscreen as a 35-year-old temp prowling campus — Nick Verdi committing to a pitch-black character study at 16 minutes needs the lead to deliver, and the writer-as-star choice signals seriousness.
Reviews
Pitch black character study featuring a rare unfiltered presence exhibiting a wild-eyed charisma that can turn toxic in the blink of an eye.