On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age. In February 2025, we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with three weeks of Romantic Midnight Trysts. First, read the BAIT: a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film. Then, try the BITE: a behind-the-scenes breakdown of the project’s ending, impact, and any other spoilers you’d want. The Bait: The Pizza Guy Doesn’t Get to Just Decide What Pizza Is Worth In a time when not every midnight movie passes the political sniff test, “Make Me a Pizza” earns five-star reviews from all the right customers. Filmmaker Talia Levin’s cult-hit short film has been described as a “Marxist pizza porno” by its mostly LA-based creative team — who in turn call themselves “an artistic collective of hot queer dorks.”
