Stars: Ryan Barton-Grimley, Simone Barton-Grimley, Ari Schneider, Richard Gayler | Written and Directed by Ryan Barton-Grimley

Listen Carefully, is very much Ryan Barton-Grimley’s baby. He not only wrote, directed and starred in it, he also did some of the editing and cinematography. The story itself has its roots in his own anxiety after his daughter was born while he was shooting The Truth. The tension and uncertainty that brought on would become the nightmare that inspired the film’s script.

The film begins with a quote from T.S. Eliot: “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” These words flash on the screen in flickering 8-bit digital letters, immediately setting a tone of disorientation and unease. This leads into a bizarre chase sequence, where the protagonist, Andy (Barton-Grimley), is pursued by hooded figures wearing baby masks.