Lon Waterford

A quietly observed story of a man holding on to his precarious sense of identity in a mental hospital.

For five sophomores, the college experience consists of illegal substances, firearms, hookers, repeated transgressions of natural law, and general chaos.

An artist obsessed with death is suddenly murdered, but his body disappears. His brother and wife, trying to sort out what happened, discover a dark world.

Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup. "Looping" (1991) satirizes independent moviemaking. And the dialogue-free "Joe" (1997) features David Aaron Baker as a psychiatric patient searching for enlightenment.

It's autumn in New York. Sam has broken up with his girlfriend and his father has recently died. World-weary and sloppy drunk, he finds temporary solace in the arms of Anna, a mysterious vampire who draws him away from his friends and into a web of addiction and madness.