Category: Reviews

The Extraordinary Steven Payne: Making Record Lemonades Of Bitter Lemons

Regijus Simkevicius documents a sliver of an unusual man’s life as he recounts his metaphorical and literal journeys in life, some of which made news and put him down in history as the man who journeyed to the Alps on a space hopper.  The Extraordinary Steven Payne explores the eccentricities and unusual circumstances of Steven… Continue reading The Extraordinary Steven Payne: Making Record Lemonades Of Bitter Lemons

Flight: Gut Punch Hidden In A Simple Drama

Flight – Short Film Review – Indie Shorts MagNatalie Peracchio has filled her latest film with grief, wit, love, and a whole relationship, all in a five-minute-long run. On the surface, not much happens in Peracchio’s Flight. If you do not pay attention, there is nothing out of the ordinary, only the mundanity of regular… Continue reading Flight: Gut Punch Hidden In A Simple Drama

Feed: Jump Scares Continue To Wield Fear

Despite including broad genre signifiers, Will Lee’s four-minute horror flick Feed is effective at unsettling its audience, packing a lot in a short time.  There is the malicious entity, called Fingerlady (Julia Müller). The unsuspecting, ever so casual protagonist/latest victim (Noelle Filippone) of said malicious entity. And a dead roommate (Alexis Clayton). Yet there is… Continue reading Feed: Jump Scares Continue To Wield Fear

QuaranTEEN: Teenhood In 2020

QuaranTEEN, created by a 15-year old known only by her first name, Sabrina, epitomizes the unique experience of being a school going teenager in the era of COVID-19.  Styled as a time capsule interview, the documentary features five teens, including Sabrina, as they recount their experiences staying home, missing school and missing out on key… Continue reading QuaranTEEN: Teenhood In 2020

I Never Finish Anythi: Empathy For Failure

With I Never Finish Anythi – Aly Bérubé epitomizes the struggle to create and goes deeper to speak of everything that constitutes that final failure and its effects.  The effects are simple: a fervent resentment against one’s own self. Voiced by Bassel Mamoun and enacted by Sebastian Ortiz Wilkins, the artist battles daily, in a futile,… Continue reading I Never Finish Anythi: Empathy For Failure

Here Today: Beguiling Drama About Mental Health

Focused on a group of high school teens, Erica Arvold’s Here Today surprises with a narrative that is simultaneously clumsy and ingenious, and although one might be tempted to write it off due to that initial inelegance, sticking with the film proves rewarding in the best way. The problem arises from the editing which juxtaposes… Continue reading Here Today: Beguiling Drama About Mental Health

Infinitus: Sci-fi With An Interesting Premise And A Great Score

Writer-director Cameron Currin has shortened a feature length’s worth of story into a ten minute film, Infinitus, a sci-fi that explores a world near the core of the Earth, made up of previous surface-dwellers, driven inside by the lack of a sun. Mankind harnessed the energy of the sun until it died out, an experiment… Continue reading Infinitus: Sci-fi With An Interesting Premise And A Great Score

Jack and Anna: Masterclass In Succinct Storytelling That Covers Multiple Timelines

Fourteen minutes does not seem like a long enough time to explore a story, past, present and epilogue. In many hands, it would not be enough. But Ksenia Ivanova does just that with Jack and Anna (co-written by Savannah Oakes), a period drama based on a true story, of Jack Hill and Anna Slifka who… Continue reading Jack and Anna: Masterclass In Succinct Storytelling That Covers Multiple Timelines

Cotton Wool: In Fierce Defense Of People’s Value

Nicholas Connor’s Cotton Wool covers the universal hardships of being a child, a teenager, or a mother and specifically, having to be an adult at all of those stages. Connor bases his film as both a portrayal and a tribute to the 22,000 aged under nine and 243,000 aged under nineteen carers in England and… Continue reading Cotton Wool: In Fierce Defense Of People’s Value

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