What directors Sonia Gumuchian and Katherine Eaton’s Home Entertainment does is neatly package people’s pet peeves, secret desires and subversions into an anthology of three parts, with each raising the bar in disbelief and hilarity. The three stories, told linearly, holding keys to multiple subtexts, simply offers enough material to mull over, even individually. Unbeknownst… Continue reading Home Entertainment: Voyeuristic Narrative Running From Comedy To Horror
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Supplements: Dystopian, Futuristic Bio-hacks For The Sci-Fi Aficionados
Writer-director Sarah Phillips’s Supplements is a voyeuristic experience to the year 2289. In a practically human deficient planet Earth, which now resembles its red neighbour, two domed cities stand protected from the threatening climatic changes. Between the two poles that host these wealthy cities are nomads, fighting for their survival, against the earthly invasion of… Continue reading Supplements: Dystopian, Futuristic Bio-hacks For The Sci-Fi Aficionados
52 – A Tale of Loneliness: Sorrows of Sound
With 52 – A Tale of Loneliness, Patton Oswalt’s affinity for marine characters might be considered a legitimate subject of discourse. Where Pinky Penguin, and the actor’s general career, has reigned the comedy arena, writer-director Johnny DePalma’s animated short is full of heart. DePalma takes the story of the lonely 52-Hertz whale, known simply as… Continue reading 52 – A Tale of Loneliness: Sorrows of Sound
Haunt: Gory Ensemble & A Disgruntled Employee Offer A Laugh Riot
There’s no mistaking Nikki Born’s Haunt as anything but a comedy. But beyond its witty one-liners, commendable cast and well-timed dialogues, Haunt manages to offer poetic justice to an issue that’s prevalent in the workforce and in presenting it with such gusto what Born deserves (besides just fans) is a real pat on her shoulder.… Continue reading Haunt: Gory Ensemble & A Disgruntled Employee Offer A Laugh Riot
Dion: The Suffocating Grip Of PTSD
Crimes against women get reported daily. Too many shorts have already explored its reportage. But what about those whose cases have gone unheard? The ones that are still silently suffering from the unspeakable trauma they endured? As poignant as this topic is, and as easily considered for filmmaking, it’s almost rare that the subject is… Continue reading Dion: The Suffocating Grip Of PTSD
Soyka: A Belarusian’s Emigration Sheds Light Into Thousand Others
Over 200 million people remain displaced and migrated as per official reports. Whatever may be the reason behind their choices, the life of an immigrant is far from easy. But that’s hardly surprising. What’s new or unexplored is the internal battle, the duality of their existence and the crushing attempt to simply survive, while dreaming… Continue reading Soyka: A Belarusian’s Emigration Sheds Light Into Thousand Others
Dope Sick: Grim Reality Of Addiction Exposed
Enzo Flores’s Dope Sick is a mirror shown to society. Set in Bushwick, the film explores the socio-economic structure of an ever-evolving neighbourhood that plays the setting to a bleak future that is already unfolding. The film is devoid of rich colours, almost as if it’s emulating the circumstances of its characters. Morgan and Harman… Continue reading Dope Sick: Grim Reality Of Addiction Exposed
White Horses, Silver Mine: A Tale Of Unfulfilled Love Set Against Sweeping Visuals
Writers Jun Tang and Ziyi Jin follow a nuanced story, of a sexagenarian and his lover, a forbidden love that can’t find its safe haven in an unforgiving world. When juxtaposed with the raw scenery of a Mexican hamlet, what White Horses, Silver Mine becomes is a meditative piece; poetic and lingering in its effect. … Continue reading White Horses, Silver Mine: A Tale Of Unfulfilled Love Set Against Sweeping Visuals
The Journeyman: Heartbreakingly Beautiful, Painfully Real
Pamela Perrine’s The Journeyman (11:28 minutes) is a layered social drama that brings forward the discussions on mental health, societal rehabilitation and childhood traumas in a tight, dual narrative. But, if you thought the film can be compartmentalised into one of the numerous stories dealing with mental health, you couldn’t be more wrong. At the heart… Continue reading The Journeyman: Heartbreakingly Beautiful, Painfully Real
The Wine Thief: British Class Dissected Through The Lens Of A Caper
Thomas Wheeler’s The Wine Thief is many things at once. A heist film, set in Bridgnorth, Shropshire dealing with a charming thief and his escapades. A love story set against the backdrop of the idyllic English countryside. And, a revisit to the nostalgic times of the early 2000s. But, underneath it, it’s a social drama… Continue reading The Wine Thief: British Class Dissected Through The Lens Of A Caper