Charles is locked out of his brownstone apartment. How to get back in?
Author of the article: Chris Knight
Publishing date: May 07, 2021 • 1 day ago • 2 minute read • Sunita Mani and Brian Tyree Henry in The Outside Story. Photo by Vortex Media
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The Outside Story, Brooklyn brownstone resident Charles Young (Brian Tyree Henry) finds himself on the stoop of his apartment, shoeless and locked out after dashing to the door to meet a delivery dude. It feels like the perfect pandemic metaphor – I’m outside! Now what? – but Casimir Nozkowski actually wrote and directed this simple, charming story back in the fall of 2018. It did have its world premiere at Tribeca delayed by COVID lockdowns, so there’s still a connection.
Also: Two more DOXA films (one of them Canadian), and a pair of amusing comedies.
DOXA is the main attraction today. It kicked off yesterday, is on for another 10 days and offers all its titles to stream. Also, seven of its best in a drive-in format next week at the PNE Amphitheatre. Check out for details.
The other big documentary festival, Toronto’s Hot Docs, is also still on. It ends Sunday and is also streaming.
I review another film today that’s at both and a batch of others. Read on.
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