CARRIE BROWNSTEIN IN DIECTOR MATT McCORMICK’S Some Days Are Better Than Others

As an actor, the former Sleater-Kinney guitarist is known for her comedic turns in the satirical cable series Portlandia. In McCormick’s debut feature, however, Brownstein’s character helps strike a more melancholic note: “Have you ever had your heart broken? How long does it last? How long does it take to get better?”

JAMES MERCER IN Some Days Are Better Than Others

Mercer, the singer-songwriter behind the smashingly successful indie band the Shins, plays the character who offers this cheerful response to Brownstein’s question: “Sometimes I think it might just last forever.”

A SCENE FROM DIRECTOR JAMES STRAYER’S SHORT FILM Widow’s Walk Lake

Strayer’s forthcoming film (release date, according to the film’s Facebook site: “Soon”) draws its Gothic inspiration from the work of the late John Bellairs, author of popular and critically acclaimed fantasy and young-adult mystery novels.

ELDER SMITH AND ELDER MERRILL SHARE AN INTIMATE MOMENT IN The Falls

Director Jon Garcia’s tale of two Mormon missionaries bound by forbidden passion in small-town Oregon is slated for summer release.

A SCENE FROM Evidence of the Sasquatch

This faux-documentarian horror flick takes a page from Blair Witch Project. It screened last October at the Hollywood Theatre.

A SCENE FROM The Weather Outside

Auteur brothers Todd and Jason Freeman took advantage of state financing incentives to shoot two features back-to-back last year.

A SCENE FROM Cell Count