The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

Comic book writer and Independent Spirit Award nominee Joanna Arnow writes, directs, and stars in this deadpan look at millennial anxieties, as a young Jewish woman navigates modern life through casual BDSM relationships, a corporate America that couldn’t care less about her well-being, and her dysfunctional parents.In a series of droll vignettes, this dry sex comedy captures the isolation and aimlessness of millennial life. Writer, director, and editor Joanna Arnow plays Ann, an unfulfilled Brooklynite drifting through the mundanity of her corporate job, uneasy relationships, and general loneliness. Even her decade-long BDSM arrangement with an indifferent older man proves to be unsatisfying. When she finally ventures in search of a new dom, she must choose between pushing out of her comfort zone or retreating into the familiar. Arnow’s feature debut calls to mind 2000s mumblecore and pre—”Girls” Lena Dunham as it walks the line between stark discomfort and off-kilter charm. THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED explores the absurdity and awkwardness of modern intimacy with idiosyncratic vulnerability. —D.O.Content Warning: This film contains material that may be difficult for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.