Black Magic for White Boys

A New York illusionist introduces a real disappearing spell into his struggling act. Soon, the magician is hired both by a landlord who wants to raise his rents but first must make his minority tenants vanish, and by a man-child seeking to avoid fatherhood by making his girlfriend’s unborn child disappear. Onur Tukel’s latest blistering satire is a righteously furious look at gentrification, misogyny and pharmaceutical dependence, hilariously brought to life by a sprawling ensemble cast. (Sidewalk Film Festival)