I haven’t time traveled. I am only counting the days I see films in the festival. Tuesday and Wednesday, I took the days off.

But I returned to the fray yesterday for August, a film so new they hadn’t even tacked on the end credits yet. Josh Hartnett does a great job playing an arrogant jerk-face running a dot-com business with his genius brother on the brink of a burst. The film includes a lot of pop culture references to solidify the time setting of August 2001. How significant is that? You tell me. There is a great deal of tension built as Hartnett’s character is in denial of the impending doom of his company, while his brother, the COO and CFO all wait to see how the chips fall. The mostly electronica score added to the unease as it never really let you relax. This movie made me angry, but perhaps that was the point.

Tonight’s fare was Bill Plympton’s new feature Idiots and Angels. The story follows the antagonizing protagonist, a bully whose life changes course despite his best efforts to prevent it. The film was completely hand drawn by Plympton, and each frame was digitally scanned and manipulated on a computer instead of photographing cels. The artist drew 25,000 frames to make the total film. Mr. Plympton was in the house for a quick introduction to the film and a Q&A afterward. On our way out of the theatre, he presented those of us willing to wait a signed card with our very own little drawing done there on the spot.