Screening:
Friday, April 28, 5:30 PM, Charles 4
Saturday, April 29, 7:00 PM, Charles 4

Synopsis:
Cross David Lynch with the Brother's Grimm and you might come up with something a vivid and bizarre as Arthur Flam and Diane Doniol-Valcroze's feature debut about sibling tailors, twins-a brother and a sister-whose rivalry escalates to dangerous levels. Thomas is the anxious young tailor, dominated by their father, himself a master tailor. Vera, father's favorite, and clearly the more gifted of the two, returns home for the Tailors' Ball Competition. The skill in question is the ability to measure clients by sight-without the aid of measuring tape. Kill by Inches charts the minutest traces of a psychological and familial disturbance, measuring its narrative with the exacting precision of tailor. A creepy and uncanny film that may just give you nightmares.

Tidbit:
Fraternal or dizygotic twins are formed from two fertilized eggs (two ova and two sperms) and can result in two siblings of the same or different sexes. Your likelihood of having fraternal twins is dependent upon the woman carrying a fraternal twin gene and can also be affected by hereditary, race, marital age and number of children previously borne. One-third of all twin-births result in different-sex fraternal twins.

Since 1980, the twin birth rate has risen 49% (from 18.9 to 28.1 per 1,000 live births)

Bios:
Diane Doniol-Valcroze was born in Paris, France. She earned her B.A. at the Sorbonne University in British and American Literature. She has directed several successful short films, including the award-winning Fissure. She graduated from the NYU Graduate Film School. Her father, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze was a film director and co-creator of the Cahiers du Cinema.

Arthur Flam was born in New York City. He earned his B.A. in writing at the Johns Hopkins University. He has directed several successful short films, including the award-winning Lurker. He graduated from the NYU Graduate Film School. His uncle, Kuba Goldberg was an early collaborator with Roman Polanski, co-writing Knife in the Water.