It is a topic that never ceases to inspire filmmakers or intrigue psychologists. A topic that has been well chronicled in books and films. And quite frankly, a topic that should never be set off the table. But for those whose lives it has shredded, this remains a particularly painful subject to be seen repeatedly… Continue reading Mickey Hardaway: A Slow Drama On The Many Variations Of Abuse
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She’s Not Your Type: Hilarious Face-to-Face Encounter With Your Worst Date
This one is for the keeps! A poignant addition to your library that will come in handy every time you or your friends decide to not take your brain along for your date. A 10-minute laughathon at the expense of Barry and the hapless companions of his double date, She’s Not Your Type is rich… Continue reading She’s Not Your Type: Hilarious Face-to-Face Encounter With Your Worst Date
Hells Kitchen: Brilliantly Written Mobster Drama Worth Turning Into A Feature Length
16 minutes feel short. Terribly short. For a film of its magnitude—both in terms of the production and concept—Hells Kitchen could have easily been turned into a series or a feature. Which makes writer-director Steve Young quite the wizard. Truncating something of this magnitude into a short of less than 20 minutes certainly requires some… Continue reading Hells Kitchen: Brilliantly Written Mobster Drama Worth Turning Into A Feature Length
Panic In Valley City: Healthy Banter Saves The Day
Couple jokes are clichéd. Quarantine ones, even worse. And yet, in directors Antonio Harper and Abby Burton’s pre-lockdown world, these jokes churn out something warm and pleasantly enjoyable. Based on Bernie Golias and Sarah Golias’s true story, as we are informed in a very dramatic, 50s cinematic style (a choice that is fitting considering the… Continue reading Panic In Valley City: Healthy Banter Saves The Day
Rendezvous: An Engaging Thriller That Subverts The Crime Genre
Seth Kozak’s 15-minute Rendezvous feels apt material for a feature-length, making one wonder at the effort it must have taken to truncate it to its current runtime. A film about crime and deception, the short labours on vaguely familiar characterizations, only to spin them around to offer something surprising. There is very little background that… Continue reading Rendezvous: An Engaging Thriller That Subverts The Crime Genre
Luccica: A Victorian Horror Musical For The Daytime
Do not misunderstand the headline and presume this short to be an ancient tale. It is very much a modern-era story. One of a young man and his bride who moves into a Victorian house only to encounter the worst of their fears. Writer-director-editor Jesse Mcanally’s Luccica is a 10:30-minute film about a ghostly apparition… Continue reading Luccica: A Victorian Horror Musical For The Daytime
Dia De Las Carpas: A Fantastical Journey That Reminds One Of Their Childhood
Director João Dall’Stella’s Dia De Las Carpas feels warm on multiple levels. Like an afternoon breeze on a lazy summer day, the film carries with it a wonderful, lingering note of comfort. A film on adventure and fantasy, with its characters in a surprisingly well-balanced cast, Dall’Stella in no uncertain terms makes it clear that… Continue reading Dia De Las Carpas: A Fantastical Journey That Reminds One Of Their Childhood
Fish Out Of Water: Mellow Look Into A Child’s Inner World
Two brothers, set apart by a medical condition and a fervent imagination. Two parents, differing on their ideals of their children’s upbringing, and their own temperament. In writer-director Alyssa Asaro’s 16:10-minute film, the world is simple. It is a regular, simple family, leading a routine life, but with the unexpected help of an ally. Known… Continue reading Fish Out Of Water: Mellow Look Into A Child’s Inner World
2125: A Quarantine Much Worse
2125, Sean Ian’s post-apocalyptic drama, shot as a digital diary, is set roughly 105 years into the future. Humanity appears to have been pushed to the brink of extinction in this 14-minute film, produced, written, directed, shot (on an iPhone), edited and acted by Ian. The choices seem apt and reflective, considering how the story… Continue reading 2125: A Quarantine Much Worse
Nene: A Moving Tribute To Someone Dearly Loved
A mother and son wait for the start of their journey. Miles away another mother prepares for the end of hers. Shown parallelly are two narratives in writer-director King Louie Palomo’s Nene, a film on life and its all-encompassing stories. A touching and a believable depiction of what must be several people’s real-life experiences, Nene,… Continue reading Nene: A Moving Tribute To Someone Dearly Loved