It’s hard to peg writer-director Nikhail Asnani’s The Foal into a genre. It has convincing elements of horror, fantasy, why even a thriller. A slow narrative that takes its time to build, offering enough drama to make its audience invest in it, the short at 10:30-minute might seem peculiar for its subgenre, especially because neither the… Continue reading The Foal: A Hangover Horror Like None Other
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Something Round: The Surreal Quality Of Grief
We expect therapists to be sorted. Certainly, the people who solve our issues must have their own affairs in order, we believe, naively. Nikhail Asnani’s 17-minute short dispels that notion. At the centre of Something Round is a woman grieving unrequited love, only to let it fester into something deeper, more damaging. Three characters populate… Continue reading Something Round: The Surreal Quality Of Grief
The Little Thief: Richly Narrated Children’s Tale That Rings In Nostalgia For All
It must take someone highly skilled or gifted to craft a tale with just three characters, in just 3-minute’s duration. But then the name Nicole Vanden Broeck springs on the screen and you know how that feat must have been achieved. If her recent Elle is anything to go by, one must hardly be surprised… Continue reading The Little Thief: Richly Narrated Children’s Tale That Rings In Nostalgia For All
Movie Night: No-Fuss Slasher Horror
Matt Rosenblatt’s Movie Night about a date gone sour holds the suspense heavy throughout the narrative, frequently shifting perspective so that you don’t know which way to look. With its cold open, the film illustrates right away that Chris (Skeeta Jenkins) and Rachel (Natali Jones) have not had the most pleasant time with each other.… Continue reading Movie Night: No-Fuss Slasher Horror
Four Minute Warning: A Bottle Film That Banks On Comedy To Drive Home A Significant Message
Despite its unusual setting, writer-director Chris Hallas’s Four Minute Warning couldn’t have hit any harder considering its relevance to what the world is already witnessing. The pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have altered perspectives, perhaps forever. And, Hallas, couldn’t have timed his film any better. Without being preachy or relying on the usual emotional drama… Continue reading Four Minute Warning: A Bottle Film That Banks On Comedy To Drive Home A Significant Message
Geronimo: Circus Trash Monster: On The Joys Of Bringing Together A Community
Colleen Brady’s Part 2 of the two-part documentary, Geronimo, this time titled Circus Trash Monster (read our review of Part 1, In Flight here), is an improvement on the first. Here, Brady has mastered serenity. The 8-minute film boasts the same soothing score as its sister, only here the narrative has better flow and balance,… Continue reading Geronimo: Circus Trash Monster: On The Joys Of Bringing Together A Community
I AM: Strong Tribute To Pioneering Queer Artists
Art, in its purest form, has always been the space of liberation, whether that is personal, social, or political. Many would argue that these are inherently intertwined. For the subjects of Laura Arten’s documentary on queer artists, I AM, this is certainly demonstrated. The 26-minute documentary delves into and celebrates the lives and work of… Continue reading I AM: Strong Tribute To Pioneering Queer Artists
Geronimo: In Flight: Documenting The Results Of Transformation
Compassion fatigue is at the centre of Colleen Brady’s documentary, Geronimo: In Flight about a veterinarian’s turn to aerial arts as a way to get away and heal from the regularity of death and tragedy that comes with the job. Although the phrase may be fairly self-explanatory, there exists a common misconception that compassion fatigue… Continue reading Geronimo: In Flight: Documenting The Results Of Transformation
West Winds: An Emphatic Take On Isolation, Uncannily Timed With The Pandemic
It is hard to pinpoint the success of a film to a singular event. It is even harder to not pin it onto the most overriding aspect of its filmmaking that establishes this. But, in Matthew Thomas Ross’s West Winds, there is something for everyone. Whether you are an audiophile or an aficionado of visual… Continue reading West Winds: An Emphatic Take On Isolation, Uncannily Timed With The Pandemic
Full Throttle Paradise: Easily The Wackiest Entertaining Short Out There
15:17-minute-long Full Throttle Paradise, inspired by real-life events makes its audience chuckle, guffaw and outright disbelieve at its modern-age quasi-mafia family meets an eccentric family storyline. And, as the star-crossed lovers’ union is to be blessed (aka interviewed) by a relatively young woman who unwittingly gets pulled into the drama of her lifetime, you’d be… Continue reading Full Throttle Paradise: Easily The Wackiest Entertaining Short Out There