Three bewitching fables of young lovers weave together a poignant exploration of the challenges and persistence of love. Director Alma Har’el is known for her genre-bending, visionary storytelling, including her debut feature Bombay Beach and music videos for Sigur Rós. Here, she mixes tender observational scenes with artful, lush psychodramas, spinning them all together with an ethereal score by Flying Lotus. Blake, a tender-hearted stripper in Alaska, falls for a king of the nerds. Will, a Hawaiian surfer who married young, transforms himself in the face of parenthood. And Victory, a New York City gospel singer, struggles to hold her family together. Using her fluid camera and uncanny ability to construct intimate moments, Har’el both celebrates the power of love and reveals its sometimes harsh reality. (AS)