Anton Tubero Indie Film Top May 2026

A teenager finds an encrypted hard drive in a dumpster behind a NYC bodega. Instead of turning it into the police, he uses the data to blackmail local slumlords.

By Jason Mitchell, Indie Film Critic

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In an era of franchise fatigue, Tubero represents the opposite. His films are quiet. They take their time. They feature characters who don’t have quippy one-liners or superpowers. They have credit scores, dead-end jobs, and leaky roofs. A teenager finds an encrypted hard drive in