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I didn't get to see as many films at the Brooklyn Film Festival as I'd hoped to due to other obligations and personal matters, but I did get a chance to catch a few more shorts last weekend, two of which preceded the document...
| Hubert Vigilla |
When Hubert did his crazy mass-interview at Tribeca featuring the directors of the upcoming V/H/S/2, there were two significant people not in attendance: Timo Tjahjanto and Gareth Evans. The pair, hard at work on films in Ind...
| Alec Kubas-Meyer |
Over the weekend I caught five short films at the Brooklyn Film Festival. One called Good Grief played before the feature-length documentary Furever (review of that later in the week); the other four (Love Letter, The Phantom...
| Hubert Vigilla |
A while ago comedian Patton Oswalt appeared on the TV show Parks and Recreation as a citizen of the town of Pawnee who made a filibuster rant... about Star Wars Episode VII, and all that it could be. And the internet went cr...
| Liz Rugg |
The ABCs of Death was an interesting experiment as far as anthology horror movies go. Despite some great entries by Marcel Sarmiento (D is for Dogfight), Xavier Gens (X is for XXL), and Lee Hardcastle (T is for Toilet), the f...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Pixar has revealed that they will be debuting another Toy Story Toon short, in the tradition of Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry and Partysaurus Rex. This time, Toy Story of Terror will be broadcasted on ABC television on Hallowe...
| Liz Rugg |
Tallest Heights was painstakingly made by filmmakers Becky & Joe, who employed an old filmmaking technique that reached the height of its popularity in the 1960s and 70s - physical manipulation of actual analogue film. T...
| Liz Rugg |
Omelette was created by artist Madeline Sharafian at Calarts. The story follows a happy-go-lucky dog who loves its master so much that it'll do anything to take care of him. The short film is super adorable and I love the mu...
| Liz Rugg |
Paul Verhoeven is due for a comeback in the United States. He mentioned at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier in the week that Showgirls sort of ruined him in Hollywood, and that Starship Troopers didn't help matters either si...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Everything I Can See From Here is a beautiful little film by artists Sam Taylor and Bjorn Aschim. The dark comedy features two guys and their dog minding their own business, playing some football in a dystopian, industrial la...
| Liz Rugg |
Illusions is a sweet little film that begins as a look at optical illusions and their impact on the mind, and quickly rallies into a philosophical call for reverence of human life. It's a short, subtle and very enjoyable lit...
| Liz Rugg |
RGB XYZ is an animated short film by artist David O'Reilly. It's about leaving home for the big city, growing up and discovering one's place in the universe. O'Reilly says that RGB XYZ was a sort of stepping stone for him an...
| Liz Rugg |
Earlier today we featured a new short called Jojo in the Stars from the animators at Studio Aka, and while making all of that happen I stumbled upon an older series of animated shorts from Studio Aka called Love Sport. There...
| Liz Rugg |
Jojo in the Stars is a short film by Marc Craste and Studio Aka. It tells the sorrowful tale of Jojo - a freak show performer in a bleak, dystopian world where abuse is the norm. Jojo has a number one fan though, and he'll r...
| Liz Rugg |
Back to the Future Part II, directed by Robert Zemeckis, still captures the minds of people today. That or people really just want the Mattel Hoverboard from the film to be real by 2015. I’m looking at you Mattel! You have 2...
| Logan Otremba |
Ups and downs are expected when it comes to anthology films. Certain shorts won't hit as hard as others, and tonal shifts are bound to happen. This is true about movies like Creepshow and Creepshow 2, and it's especially true...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Of the 26 short films that comprise The ABCs of Death, one of the best is Marcel Sarmiento's "D" is for Dogfight. Anyone who's seen The ABCs of Death can't help but mention how stylish and effective the short is. Since it com...
| Hubert Vigilla |
The Pub is a short, animated film by Joseph Pierce. The short combines the melancholic life of a barmaid who works in a seedy pub in London, with a fluctuating animation style where reality is fluid. You know, fluid like bee...
| Liz Rugg |
[As a reminder, this 92Y Tribeca event kicks off tonight with a 25th anniversary screening of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in 35mm.] From February 27th to March 1st, 92Y Tribeca is hosting a three-night film series to celebrate t...
| Hubert Vigilla |
Moon Dust, a short film created by Ezequiel Romero, is about a pilot (on his way from the moon) who crash lands in the middle of a forest. There's this fabulous twist on the genre in the end, so I can't really explain the fi...
| Nick Valdez |
CodeHackerz, by Jonathan Franco, Matthew Levenstein, and Micheal Parks for the Univeristy of Central Florida's Campus MovieFest, is a spoof of all of the terrible "computer hacking" in films from the late 90s-early 2000...
| Nick Valdez |
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