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"OBEX," the latest invention from Albert Birney, one of our contemporary mad geniuses of low-fi indie sci-fi, debuted at Sundance, and is on its way to theaters later this year; stripped down, sparse, and scary as hell, the picture gives empathy to people that "Black Mirror" shows contempt, namely, people with crippling social anxiety and a distaste for reality, for whom video games are a refuge from a hostile world.

Paul Owens’s low-fi “LandLocked” delivers equally brutal blows but with softer gloves.

The title song — which allows that a little imperfection is OK and insists, “I’m on your side” — approaches psych-folk, with low-fi guitar and piano and apparitional sounds and voices.

On the other hand, it’s possible that the pivot to low-fi Twitter is more of a match for the current incarnation of Carlson.

Steve Dildarian’s low-fi animated comedy about an improbably mature but still painfully naïve 10-year-old whose life is an obstacle course of inappropriate and unhelpful adults returns.