Browsing: Faustian bargain

In the daring directorial debut MIMICS, hitting theaters nationwide on February 13, Kristoffer Polaha steps behind and in front of the camera to deliver a genre-bending blend of fun, fright, and romance. The film follows struggling impressionist Sam Reinhold (played by Polaha himself), whose desperate pact with a wicked, strings-attached puppet named Fergus promises stardom—but