28 Hotel Rooms
A man (Chris Messina) and a woman (Marin Ireland) encounter one another in a hotel cafe and stumble into an extended love affair. Their story, told entirely through the titular conceit of 28 short vignettes, becomes increasingly complicated as their personal lives develop outside of their relationship, and yet simultaneously they become more emotionally entrenched with one another. It’s a tightly focused portrait that relies heavily on the naturalistic performance of the two lead actors, who are also the only credited actors in the entire film. (KRISHANU RAY)