09/02/2025
CUFF32 closes with the Chicago homecoming of $POSITIONS in the debut from local filmmaker Brandon Daley.
Premiering earlier this year at SXSW, this hyper-anxious comedy-thriller follows Mike Alvarado, a blue-collar Midwesterner who thinks he’s found salvation for his struggling family in the crypto market. Instead, he plunges them, and himself, into a volatile spiral of gambling addiction, screen addiction, and emotional ruin. Think Uncut Gems by way of the Midwest, but funnier, scarier, and a hell of a lot more personal.
It’s the rare indie comedy that doesn’t hedge its bets, just hard laughs and harder truths. We can’t imagine a better way to end CUFF 2025.
$POSITIONS will play at the GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER on closing night, SUNDAY, September 21, 7:30PM. Link below for tickets!
https://cuff32.eventive.org/schedule/6892b4b396b8a653e332dc10
