Oct. 27--Filmed in Chicago (with an excursion to Paris), this affable romantic comedy from local filmmaker Jack Newell combines improvised and scripted dialog that winds its way through various dinner table conversations among urbanites contemplating love and its discontents. The cast includes local theater notables including Caroline Neff, Beth Lacke, Keith Kupferer and Desmin Borges, who currently stars on the FX comedy "You're the Worst." Improv heavyweights TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi star in a series of connected vignettes about modern love gone awry. Newell, who also co-stars, made the film for only $50,000, though it doesn't look it. For more, check out my column on "Open Tables" from last week.
3 p.m. Tuesday, AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. Tickets $11-$14 at chicagofilmfestival.com. Running time: 1:16.
--Nina Metz
