Picked by The New Yorker
Sparring Partner
Directed by J.J. Kandel · Starring Cecily Strong, KeiLyn Durrel Jones · 2022
Two flirtatious co-workers trade banter on their lunch break until the conversation drifts into uncomfortable revelations.
A sharp Neil LaBute two-hander where friendly banter turns quietly unsettling.
In J. J. Kandel’s short film, written by Neil LaBute and featuring Cecily Strong and KeiLyn Durrel Jones, the lunch-break banter of a flirtatious pair of co-workers gives way to uncomfortable revelations.
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