Sluggish Machine-Sluggish Machine:2021:Stephanie, a stressed and vibrant actress, meets Gerard, an NYPD counter-terrorism specialist who’s an aficionado of experimental theater (and possibly out of his thoughts). Flirtation ensues, ends disastrously, and forces Stephanie to the ramshackle house of musician Eleanor Friedberger, a supposed escape contaminated by violent recollections of her previous life.