Searchers

[Plays May 13-23 as part of the MSPIFF40 Film Festival; for more information, log on to mspfilm.org/festivals/mspiff for full schedule.] Pacho Velez's low-key, slow-paced, realistic, humor-dotted, 81-minute documentary in which he interviews on the streets of New York City an eclectic group of New Yorkers, including Amber (47), Ruddy (35), Cathleen (70), Haley (23), EJ (29), Disnie (26), Robert (75), Arthur (78), Jon (55), Lily (27), Austin (23), Rose (19), Marc (41), Helene (88), Megan (27), Jess (34), and Jenn (31), who discuss their dating life during the pandemic and their use of various dating apps such as Tinder, Grindr, and OKCupid to find love as they stare at the computer screen and scroll through and comment on various profiles of potential dates.
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