Charlotte Sometimes

A mature, startlingly confident first feature by writer/director Eric Byler, whose complex take on modern relationships renders the label "Asian-American filmmaker" entirely beside the point. While the rest of his family died or moved away, brooding mechanic Michael (Michael Idemoto) remained in Los Angeles, working at the family garage and living in the house where he was born. When he's not dutifully spending his evenings with his aunt (Shizuko Hoshi), Michael sits alone in his house, reading Camus and pining for the girl-next-door, Lori (Eugenia Yuan), a pretty aspiring actress who rents a section of his subdivided house. Michael and Lori have known each other for...