Shot on a shoestring, Pooling to Paradise, now on VOD, is your typical road trip indie–with atypical characters. There’s ‘copter mom and mommy blogger Jenny (Lynn Chen), headed for a Las Vegas conference. Undeniably skittish about leaving her kids with her ...

A former literary agent, Caytha Jentis began making movies while driving carpools in suburban New Jersey. Her contemporary stories are typically heightened-reality, existential comedies about an under-served population. Jentis earned an MFA from UCLA in screenwriting and a BS in ...