Midnight Confession
2019 · 15m · Canada
Directed by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
Genres: dark comedy, drama
Tones: dark, darkly comic, melancholic
West Berlin, 1989. A man named Manny Jumpcannon works through a list of people from his past, calling each one to make amends, except the apologies keep doubling as manipulation. Self-help as a longer con.
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Twelve-step program weaponized. Every apology a setup for the next grift, and McCabe-Lokos plays it without ever winking.
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos in a 1989 West Berlin character study has the texture of late Cassavetes or early Hartley — the kind of darkly funny prowling that lives on lead-actor commitment.
West Berlin 1989, Manny Jumpcannon working a list of people to make amends — apologies as longer cons rendered through unsolicited long-distance phone calls is a remarkably full backstory delivery system, and McCabe-Lokos is a serious craftsman.
Reviews
darkly funny, with perfectly authentic performances and vivid scene-building