Overview

• The psychological thriller is the feature debut of theater director Nadia Latif, adapting Walter Mosley’s novel.
• Corey Hawkins portrays a Sag Harbor homeowner who agrees to a lucrative basement rental from Willem Dafoe’s mysterious visitor.
• Festival and early outlet reviews, including JoBlo and Film Festival Today, praise the leads but criticize narrative coherence and overreaching themes.
• The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its U.S. rollout and will stream on Hulu later this fall.
• Latif describes the story as an inquiry into who shapes historical narratives, engaging themes of race, land, and colonial legacy.