This one is for the keeps! A poignant addition to your library that will come in handy every time you or your friends decide to not take your brain along for your date. A 10-minute laughathon at the expense of Barry and the hapless companions of his double date, She’s Not Your Type is rich… Continue reading She’s Not Your Type: Hilarious Face-to-Face Encounter With Your Worst Date
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Hells Kitchen: Brilliantly Written Mobster Drama Worth Turning Into A Feature Length
16 minutes feel short. Terribly short. For a film of its magnitude—both in terms of the production and concept—Hells Kitchen could have easily been turned into a series or a feature. Which makes writer-director Steve Young quite the wizard. Truncating something of this magnitude into a short of less than 20 minutes certainly requires some… Continue reading Hells Kitchen: Brilliantly Written Mobster Drama Worth Turning Into A Feature Length
Zoo: Expertly Challenged Power Dynamics In A World Of Unequals
Will Niava’s (writer-director) Zoo feels personal. Like a page out of his diary, an excerpt of his biography, the short gnaws out a piece of his life. It is gripping, questioning and most of all, not keen on letting its viewer rest in comfort. A reflection of our contemporary times, this film, all of 11:37… Continue reading Zoo: Expertly Challenged Power Dynamics In A World Of Unequals
Panic In Valley City: Healthy Banter Saves The Day
Couple jokes are clichéd. Quarantine ones, even worse. And yet, in directors Antonio Harper and Abby Burton’s pre-lockdown world, these jokes churn out something warm and pleasantly enjoyable. Based on Bernie Golias and Sarah Golias’s true story, as we are informed in a very dramatic, 50s cinematic style (a choice that is fitting considering the… Continue reading Panic In Valley City: Healthy Banter Saves The Day
Seabreeze: A Mother’s Apology Rendered Against Soothing Imagery
Directors Fatty Soprano & Shawn ‘Shutterr’ Vasquez’s Seabreeze is intriguing. While it strikes a chord with anyone who has dealt with loss, it brings together several subjects within a single story. At a mere 6 minutes, the film packs in several poignant themes. There is grief and drug addiction, for one. Both well explored subjects… Continue reading Seabreeze: A Mother’s Apology Rendered Against Soothing Imagery
Rendezvous: An Engaging Thriller That Subverts The Crime Genre
Seth Kozak’s 15-minute Rendezvous feels apt material for a feature-length, making one wonder at the effort it must have taken to truncate it to its current runtime. A film about crime and deception, the short labours on vaguely familiar characterizations, only to spin them around to offer something surprising. There is very little background that… Continue reading Rendezvous: An Engaging Thriller That Subverts The Crime Genre
Denervation: Visually Stunning Sci-Fi Dealing With An Outbreak
No, before you presume, this is not about COVID-19. It has nothing to do with bats or any other creatures. But in director Joshua Ashish Dawson’s 6-minute, animated world, something even more startling occurs. An airborne outbreak (mind you, a series of it, and not just an isolated case) has been reported from the deadly… Continue reading Denervation: Visually Stunning Sci-Fi Dealing With An Outbreak
Toxic: A Lesson For all; The Poison Of An Inflated Ego
There is something about Mike Manning’s Toxic that brings unease to the viewer. Intrusive, familiar and suffocating, like a crime that once happened in the neighbourhood and cannot be forgotten, no matter how much one willed it. Like the tense environment in the film, it remains palpable. The stifling intensity, the slippery slope, and a… Continue reading Toxic: A Lesson For all; The Poison Of An Inflated Ego
RedSin: Suspense-Drama On Hero-making
An organisation has gone rogue. For reasons unknown, war veterans have come under its unforgiving eye. But, Greg Schulls is a changed man today. In his attempt to start afresh, he has even done everything to escape his past. Can identities forged alone make for a clean escape? If so, how long can one escape… Continue reading RedSin: Suspense-Drama On Hero-making
Erena… Our Eritrea: A Ray Of Hope To Those Who Call Eritrea Their Home
For those unaware: Eritrea is a north-eastern African country that gained independence only in 1993, only for it to be usurped again by its very giver: Isaias Afwerki. Afwerki, whose rise to power and subsequent actions have come under international notice, has not yet been held accountable. At 75, he still retains power by maintaining… Continue reading Erena… Our Eritrea: A Ray Of Hope To Those Who Call Eritrea Their Home