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Host
Why this pick
Its séance unfolds entirely through a group video call, delivering the same screen-bound immediacy, fractured friend dynamics, and relentless sense that technology has opened an unsafe door.
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MOVIE2013 1h 21m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The movie begins with Elizabeth logging into a webcam-based social media site known as ''The Den'', which allows users to chat with random strangers across the world, similar to Chatroulette. For her graduate project in sociology, she proposes to chat with as many strangers as possible and calculate how many meaningful conversations she can accumulate. The graduate board reluctantly gives her a grant, with the help of Sally, one of her friends on the graduate board pushing for her approval. She spends the next few months continuously chatting with strangers, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, Damien, and friends Jenni and Max. Though most of her chats are quickly ended due to sexual content or scams, she accumulates plenty of data and is optimistic about the outcome of the project.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Adam Shapiro
Max
Matt Lasky
Ex Machina
Bill Oberst Jr.
Skeeter
Kirk Bovill
Dale
Jeff Rubino
Suburban Dad
Melanie Papalia
Elizabeth Benton
Matt Riedy
Sgt. Tisbert
Katija Pevec
Jenni