Alison MacDonald’s comic short ‘The Last Supper’ is an atrociously hilarious retelling (?) of Jesus’ last supper. Comedian Matthew Highton’s Jesus has a grand total of zero lines in this grand film running for exactly 3 minutes and 3 seconds. And he is the funniest of the lot. Peter and John form his marketing team… Continue reading ‘The Last Supper’ Is The Comedy You Didn’t Know You Needed!
Author: Sristi Gayen
Hide Your Fires Will Make You Question Reality Once Again!
Writer-director John Capone’s ‘Hide Your Fires’ is probably one of the most stylish short films you’re going to watch. Mark Sader is a celebrated VR content producer at 24. Hero-worshipping him and his start-up Dive is 22-year old film school graduate Simon Doerr (Sam Sturges). He lands himself an internship under Mark’s guidance, quickly rising… Continue reading Hide Your Fires Will Make You Question Reality Once Again!
Montana Is A Lesson In Hope…
Depression, self-harm, anxiety and anger play lovers to one another within people who often do not receive the treatment or even just the understanding they need and deserve. ‘Montana’, set in the picturesque woods of the eponymous state, gives you fleeting glimpses into the lives of people who take a less than conventional route to… Continue reading Montana Is A Lesson In Hope…
‘Stiltsville Sisters’ Is About A Siblings’ Path To Reclaiming Old Bonds
‘Stiltsville Sisters’ or ‘Souers de Stiltsville’ lingers on the tale of two stepsisters who set out on a trip to Miami’s Stiltsville to reconnect. Ines visits the young and more flippant Marine for a vacation where they recount stories from last night, their private lives and long lost childhoods. Writer-Director Adam Walters had a great… Continue reading ‘Stiltsville Sisters’ Is About A Siblings’ Path To Reclaiming Old Bonds
‘Hayley’ Tells You of The Horrors That Seldom Get Fully Resolved
“1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before they turn 18 years old.” Named after the child at the core of this film, writer-director Michael Dolha’s ‘Hayley’ is a 10:50 minutes short about one woman’s battle to get a little girl out from under the control of a man who… Continue reading ‘Hayley’ Tells You of The Horrors That Seldom Get Fully Resolved
‘Veni, Vidi, Fugi’ Is A Witty & Multi-Layered Take on The Golden Eras of Humanity!
Publius Ovidius Naso, the great Roman poet who was exiled from Rome to Tomis in AD 8, is seen sitting, nay, lounging, in K’s house – just as K has been assigned to elucidate why Ovid was exiled and not murdered. ‘Veni, Vidi, Fugi’ is a genre-transcending examination of oppression, with the travails of a… Continue reading ‘Veni, Vidi, Fugi’ Is A Witty & Multi-Layered Take on The Golden Eras of Humanity!
‘Ricochet’s’ Surprise Humour And Gore Gives Everyone Something To Enjoy!
Writer-director-editor Tim Earnheart has taken the action flick and fashioned a slick short with doses of sci-fi and comedy thrown into the mix. Not that it is without flaws. In fact, ‘Ricochet’s’ flaws have tragically kept it from being truly laudable. Unexpected things happen to Gianna-Marie’s Ana almost all at once when she wakes after… Continue reading ‘Ricochet’s’ Surprise Humour And Gore Gives Everyone Something To Enjoy!
‘Telephone’ Is A Warm Story Against The Unforgiving Cold Of The Arctic…
Alistair Cheyne’s ‘Telephone’ (20:29 minutes) is a demonstration of the filmmaker’s mastery at visual storytelling. From sweeping shots of the endless Arctic to a passing shot of a humble radio (cinematography by Erik Põllumaa), director/writer/editor Cheyne zeroes in on a deep sense of isolation and loneliness. Viktor, a miner played by Aleksei Belyaev, lives a… Continue reading ‘Telephone’ Is A Warm Story Against The Unforgiving Cold Of The Arctic…
Oksana Mirzoyan Retells and Makes A Work Of Art With ‘Susanna’
Inspired from Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting, Oksana Mirzoyan’s short film ‘Susanna’ is the visual experience of a sinking feeling in your stomach; of despair and the bleakest recognition of eventual hope. The eponymous character, played by Kamee Abrahamian, plots her escape from the suffocating community and an abusive marriage, enlisting the help of her fellow community… Continue reading Oksana Mirzoyan Retells and Makes A Work Of Art With ‘Susanna’
‘Night Tide’ Is A Reminder That You Can Run and Hide, But Jump Scares Will Always Startle You!
Someone keeps banging on the door in writer-director Richard Miller’s short; ‘Night Tide’ and we follow Ryan (Gavin Fowler) as he attempts to unravel the mystery; though it isn’t much of a mystery as the entire plot comes undone early on for the experienced viewer. That is not to say that it isn’t enjoyable, given… Continue reading ‘Night Tide’ Is A Reminder That You Can Run and Hide, But Jump Scares Will Always Startle You!