Probably one of the best films you may never have heard of, Point Traverse had no theatrical release, seeing only a film festival or two before disappearing from the radar. The story, what little there is, follows two men in a frozen small town on the edge of wherever. One is a socially repressed kid with a steady job in a sandwich shop, the other is a more affable drifter who is occasionally employed and/or involved with any number of women. The contrast is in whether predictability is preferable to a hazardous adventure, considered for both men who are headed nowhere. The existential questions about whether one exists in any significant way clashes hard with the economic reality they both face – considering this is how most of the industrialized world gets by, it is not a superfluous question. First-time director Albert Shin crafts an uncomfortable but mesmerizing film with stunning visuals of a beautiful but lonely landscape, making a film with a budget of $10,000 that looks like a million. Point Traverse is content to allow the audience to drift to its own conclusions, as you are given a blank canvas on which to project your own fears and inadequacies; the men are in their early twenties, that unfortunate time when we come to realize that our failures are outweighing our successes, and likely always will. - Alex K (Ruthless Reviews)