Writer/director Brandon Daley joins us to discuss $POSITIONS, the anxiety-fueled dark comedy that premiered at SXSW and heads to Fantasia ahead of its North American release via Dark Star Pictures.
The film follows blue-collar Midwesterner Mike Alvarado as he risks everything by investing his family’s savings into speculative cryptocurrency, only for hope to spiral into obsession, addiction, and collapse.
With comparisons to the Safdie Brothers and praise for capturing the chaos of modern American life, $POSITIONS blends stress, satire, and uncomfortable truth.
In this interview we discuss:
• The inspiration behind turning crypto culture into a cinematic nightmare
• Why comedy was the right genre for such painful material
• Building tension, anxiety, and momentum on screen
• Economic desperation and the American dream gone sideways
• Balancing absurd humor with real emotional consequences
• What audiences at SXSW responded to most
$POSITIONS heads to Fantasia ahead of its planned early 2026 North American theatrical release.
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