Michael Landers

A comic frenzy filled with sex, music, science fiction, and all combinations thereof... as well as a dildo-festooned Moby. In an adult video store on Christmas Eve, we join Joe (an owner terrified of his own merchandise), Adam (an employee spouting indignation about everything), and Tina (whose unabashed promiscuity lends itself well to the locale).

Nikko and Nora aren't your average siblings. She's a sultry serial killer, and he's her voyeuristic accomplice. She poses as a literature professor who tempts students into her lair, where she teases them with erotic poetry before …

Human communication is a thorny endeavor. No matter what our messages are, no matter how difficult it is to get them across, we all share one desire: to be understood. But what happens when we aren't understood? "10 Lives" features four segments of directed improvisation that investigate a few of the ways people argue. In "Babble," a young literary couple masks true feelings with metaphor. "Abuse" features a young woman's descent into domestic violence. Familial love and support is put to the test in "Discourse". The film ends with "Silence"; an introspective tale that unfolds after words are no longer useful.

Human communication is a thorny endeavor. No matter what our messages are, no matter how difficult it is to get them across, we all share one desire: to be understood. But what happens when we aren't understood? "10 Lives" features four segments of directed improvisation that investigate a few of the ways people argue. In "Babble," a young literary couple masks true feelings with metaphor. "Abuse" features a young woman's descent into domestic violence. Familial love and support is put to the test in "Discourse". The film ends with "Silence"; an introspective tale that unfolds after words are no longer useful.