While Redlands may scratch the surface of intriguing ideas surrounding alienation, masculinity, and creativity, its form and performances are unable to support these notions in ways that are particularly engaging.

The latest movie from Michigan-based auteur Joel Potrykus, Vulcanizadora initially operates as an off-kilter and increasingly uneasy buddy film before recasting into another form altogether, with its two distinctive sections united by ideas built around a duo of fallen men and their disempowerment in the face of the modern world.