The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia
Acting
Paul Dano and Rosario Dawson deliver quietly devastating work.
Direction
Mark Webber's debut shows confident restraint, no pity.
Writing
Intersections feel earned, not forced — rare for anthology structure.
Director
Mark Webber
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark Webber cast local Philly non-actors alongside established names like Dawson to ground the street-level authenticity.
Released during the 2008 housing crisis, its timing made its poverty narrative feel almost documentary — audiences couldn't look away comfortably.
US
