“Like primitive cartoons, Beckman’s films are filled with syncopated energy, perceptual game-playing, and ingenious, homemade special effects. Out of Hand is an Allstate Insurance commercial as it might appear to an autistic child; You the Better, which drove the NYFF audience into a frenzy, concerns an enigmatic gambling game—half dodge ball, half roulette—played by a five-man team in what looks to be a giant pinball machine.”
