The well-acted, confidently crafted indie “Scrap” probes messy family dynamics with low-key but taut acuity, avoiding the usual poles of dysfunctional-clan comedy or high drama driven by yelling ...

Vivian Kerr’s involving debut as writer and director features the actor as a single mother trying to keep homelessness secret from her concerned, exasperated brother Anthony Rapp. Beth (Kerr) is ...