Skateboard
Factory 25 typically releases contemporary(ish) low-budget (and often mumblecore-adjacent) indies like "Actual People," "Uncle Kent 2," and "Funny Haha," so it’s a bit of a shock to see them releasing a studio comedy from 1978. But it’s easy to see the draw, and crossover appeal, of this shaggy sports comedy, which amounts to "The Bad News Bears" by way of "Gleaming the Cube." The great <PERSON> stars as <PERSON>, a sleazy D-level Hollywood talent agent who needs a quick cash infusion to pay off his gambling debts, and seizes on the (then) nascent skateboarding craze by putting together a traveling team of teenage wonders—including a young <PERSON>. <PERSON> lends the picture a freewheeling improvisational spirit, and eases along the young actors and non-acting skateboarders of the cast into pleasingly naturalistic performances. 585