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Katie, Craig, and Mikey are the final three members of a cult that has prepared for years to achieve spiritual transcendence by stepping through a portal. After completing their final duties, the trio enter the portal... only to find themselves back at the start of the previous day. In an attempt to complete their spiritual transcendence, the trio must figure out why they are unable to get through the portal as their fellow cult members did. Will adhering closely to the cult’s teachings help them finally achieve perfection, or will they need to learn more about themselves – and each other?
In attendance for Q&A after screening
Mike Hayhurst, Director, Allison Moy Hayhurst, Producer
Review by by John Seal
original article https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/12/02/head-in-a-hole-another-hole-in-the-head-film-festival
Just as good is writer-director Mike Hayhurst’s And Through the Portal We Go, a Groundhog Day-style comedy about three members of a new age cult desperately trying to transcend to the next level via the titular glowing gateway. Unfortunately, the threesome (brilliantly depicted by Sarah Goeke, Joseph Lymous, and Taylor Dalton Curtis in hideous matching sweaters) find themselves stuck in a loop, as the portal takes them back to the start of their ‘final day’ over and over again.
Their journeys back and forth continue, and tempers begin to fray as the trio suspect each other of making subtle mistakes that are setting back their spiritual pilgrimage. The coffee was made incorrectly! The finger sandwiches should have been cut into squares, not triangles! That spot on the living room table needs a more thorough cleaning!
One generally doesn’t associate AHITH with subtle comedy, but And Through the Portal We Go is the proverbial exception that proves the rule. It’s very, very funny and (along with Head Like a Hole) a festival highlight.
Katie, Craig, and Mikey are the final three members of a cult that has prepared for years to achieve spiritual transcendence by stepping through a portal. After completing their final duties, the trio enter the portal... only to find themselves back at the start of the previous day. In an attempt to complete their spiritual transcendence, the trio must figure out why they are unable to get through the portal as their fellow cult members did. Will adhering closely to the cult’s teachings help them finally achieve perfection, or will they need to learn more about themselves – and each other?
In attendance for Q&A after screening
Mike Hayhurst, Director, Allison Moy Hayhurst, Producer
Review by by John Seal
original article https://www.berkeleyside.org/2024/12/02/head-in-a-hole-another-hole-in-the-head-film-festival
Just as good is writer-director Mike Hayhurst’s And Through the Portal We Go, a Groundhog Day-style comedy about three members of a new age cult desperately trying to transcend to the next level via the titular glowing gateway. Unfortunately, the threesome (brilliantly depicted by Sarah Goeke, Joseph Lymous, and Taylor Dalton Curtis in hideous matching sweaters) find themselves stuck in a loop, as the portal takes them back to the start of their ‘final day’ over and over again.
Their journeys back and forth continue, and tempers begin to fray as the trio suspect each other of making subtle mistakes that are setting back their spiritual pilgrimage. The coffee was made incorrectly! The finger sandwiches should have been cut into squares, not triangles! That spot on the living room table needs a more thorough cleaning!
One generally doesn’t associate AHITH with subtle comedy, but And Through the Portal We Go is the proverbial exception that proves the rule. It’s very, very funny and (along with Head Like a Hole) a festival highlight.