Join SARA’S and Roxy Cinema (
@roxycinemanyc ) for the third iteration of Film Club: “Why Do I Live Like This?” a two-day screening of four shorts and a series all focused on modern life. Today April 17, 9:30pm and Saturday April 18, 9:45pm. Featuring works by Asher Bentley (
@asherhilarious ), Creston Brown (#crestonbrown), Taylor Ervin (
@the_yearbook_committee ), Clay Mills (
@claythemills ) and Jesse Zhou (
@fml.jesse ).
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BEAUTIFUL ROOM IN VIBRANT AND CULTURAL NEIGHBORHOOD — AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY (2025)
~40 min in total
Directed by Jesse Zhou
Steven’s roommate is dead. The police say his death is a suicide, but Steven is skeptical. After a rendezvous with his roommate’s most recent fling turns into an entanglement of their own, Steven succumbs to a harebrained conspiracy alongside her, who may know more about the death than she lets on.
JESSE ZHOU is a first generation Chinese American filmmaker. Currently based in New York but coming of age between South Florida, New Jersey, and Chicago, his work reflects his transient and ever-shifting upbringing. He has written and directed two short films and is currently developing three feature scripts. Jesse enjoys crafting stories about complicated people looking for brief moments of solace and connection in the turbulent river of existence.
ROXY CINEMA is an Art Deco-inspired arthouse cinema located in downtown Manhattan specializing in first-run independent films, rare archival prints and 35mm cult classics. It also runs special cultural programming including film series, director and actor Q&A’s, and artist collaborations.
SARA’S is a New York gallery founded by Sara Blazej in 2023. Film Club is the gallery’s ongoing film programming, taking place at partnering institutions throughout the city. Organized in collaboration with invited curators, artists, and filmmakers, the series highlights a range of moving image work across experimental film, video art, and documentary.
For inquires and additional information, please email
[email protected].
To get involved with the screening series, please email
[email protected].