Sex,politicsandAmericanculturearemixedintoacombustiblecombinationinNow&Later.Angela(ShariSolanis)isanillegalLatinaimmigrantlivinginLosAngeleswhostumblesacrossBill(JamesWortham),adisgracedbankerontherun.Shetakeshimin.Throughpassionatesex,soul-searchingconversationsrangingfrompoliticstophilosophy,andotherworldlypleasures,AngelaintroducesBilltoanotherworldview.Astheiraffairheatsup,thecourseofBill’slifebeginstotakeanabruptandunexpectedturn.ThefilmwasconceivedbythedirectorinreactiontoAmerican’spenchantforviolenceinourcultureandourpuritanicalcensoringofanythinginvolvingsex.FamiliarwithphilosopherWilhelmReich’snotionthatasexuallyrepressedsocietyturnsintoaviolentone,Diazmakesanunabashedlysexualyetcerebralfilmthatchallengestheperceptionthatsexinmediaisharmful.
