Dictionary: Graphing Love in Seven Stages
Elena Viklova’s Dictionary is a brief, diagrammatic account of a relationship viewed as a progression through the seven stages of ...
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Chipper: A Chipper Protagonist Chips Away at Rotten Men
The protagonist of Chipper, Caroline,is Elle Woods meets Margot Robbie’s Barbie. Directed by MK Kopp, it is a proof-of-concept horror-comedy ...
Lambing: Parents, and the Baby They Must Choose
When going into Katie McNeice’s Lambing one does not (but perhaps should) expect to be momentarily devastated by the fate ...
Cairn: The Ancestral Home as the Repository of Generational Sins and Secrets
Gia Rayne-Harris and Joshua Zev Nathan co-directed Cairn has all the makings of a horror. An ancestral home in the ...
Born of Water: A Warrior is Brought to Life
Alex Bates’s 19-minute Born of Water pays heavy attention to its surroundings in order to create an atmospheric effect as ...
The Killer Service: Friendship and Rage Unite in Thriller Origin Story
Gio Randazzo’s The Killer Service sets up the origin story of its protagonist, Elliott for an upcoming series. A proof-of-concept ...
Ill Fares the Land: Guilt, Fear and Conflict in a Story (Not) About a Mermaid
Patrick Ireland’s Ill Fares the Land succeeds in creating the impression of something alive out of itself. And indeed it ...
Mandje: The Limits of Greed and the Steep Fall Beyond
Cameron Currin and Cody Kristapovich’s 18-minute Mandje is a loose adaptation of The Fisherman and His Wife (adapted by Josh ...
Are We Doing This?: Sex, Murder, and Misunderstandings at an Office Party
Harvey Puttock’s Are We Doing This? loves a good misunderstanding. Arriving with the hopes of facilitating a promotion at work, ...
God Willing: Tale of Slow Ruin and its Violent Grief
Valentina Tross’ God Willing, written by Hooriah Riaz, is ambitiously and beautifully melodramatic, if somewhat constrained by its runtime. At ...
