Jackals & Fireflies

Overview

Director Charlie Kaufman adapts a poem by Eva H.D. into an evocative meditation on New York City. A woman (played by the writer) drifts through the city—riding buses and trains, lingering in bars and coffee shops, moving across its many neighborhoods—while reflecting on her life, her loneliness, and unrequited love. As she wanders, she finds moments of communion with various people she meets along the way and with the city itself.