DAD JOKE
2024 / r.c. barker / 18 min.
Logline
In a suburban idyll shadowed by global tensions, a middle-aged Dad navigates the mundanity of domestic life, his struggle for connection with his family, and the looming threat of an international crisis, leading to a poignant exploration of love, loss, and the humor that binds us.
WOLF AT THE DOOR
2025 / r.c. barker / 7 min.
Logline
A struggling man’s attempt to reconcile with his daughter is threatened by the return of his worst enemy: himself.
WOLF AT THE DOOR
2025 / r.c. barker / 7 min.
Logline
A struggling man’s attempt to reconcile with his daughter is threatened by the return of his worst enemy: himself.
the dangling modifier
2023 / r.c. barker / 13 min.
Logline
A veteran high school teacher gradually loses his mind over the course of one school day when he discovers that a notorious ex-student has become famous, an article about the student has an egregious grammatical error, and the school is seemingly out of staples.
Mulholland Drive Support Group
2002 / r.c. barker / 7 min.
Logline
A group of people meet in therapy because they have one thing in common -- they've been traumatized by an inability to understand David Lynch's film, Mulholland Drive.
The Escape Artist
2002 / matt hoyt & r.c. barker / 8 min.
A scene from an unfinished feature about a student of human behaviour who visits an immigration office. Premiered on the Emmy-award winning PBS series, The Short List. Directed by the late, great Matt Hoyt in collaboration with me on a never-finished feature. R.I.P. Matt.
r.c. barker
r.c. barker is a writer and filmmaker. He spends most of his time studying obscure French New Wave and Scandinavian cinema in order to stay current on trends in Hollywood.
Jim russo
Jim Russo is a screenwriter, actor, and bon vivant. He also writes novels. His outsized appetite for Weinersnitzel and penchant for 80s action films are often reflected in his work.
Chris Phipps
Chris Phipps is a gifted actor who likes to sing the theme of Shaft and regale people with tales of being a stand-in for Richard Roundtree on a film set. He spends most of his waking hours searching for red meats in Costco.
