1NS: How To Make The Most Of A Lockdown
The best of Fiona Campbell and Ella Exley's 1NS comes in its opening shot. Great editing that puts together an...
A Vital Sign: Confused Examination Of Religious Suicide
Paul Robinson's A Vital Sign tackles a controversial subject, that of a religious suicide pact among a group of five....
Small Talk: Big Subjects Disguised Under Uneasy Laughs
Terrisha Kearse's bizarre comedy Small Talk is a difficult film. The inverted Wonderland that screenwriter Farelle Walker envisions is deliberately...
Two Little Boys: Brutal Demonstration Of The Effects Of Homophobia
Neither of the leads in Farbod Khoshtinat's Two Little Boys is someone you can root for. The screenplay creates characters...
Remnants: On The Nature Of Untouched Grief
Evers Pund's Remnants, through the metaphor of purgatory, delves into grief and the pain of nostalgia. To demonstrate, it examines...
Everything Is Upstream: Cathartic Portrayal Of Dreams
One of the first things you notice in Everything Is Upstream is the old tape noise. The nostalgia it evokes...
Sunshine Periphery: Treating Introspection With Surrealism
Eric J. Liddle's second short Sunshine Periphery is in the same surrealist vein as his first, Mister Swolo. What distinguishes...
Buttons: Feel-Good Holiday Film
Eric Andresen's Buttons is a tearjerker, deliberately so, and despite its potential, turns itself into the kind of mush that...
Le Choix De Sofia: On The Two-Fold Effects Of Capitalism
Alain Deslongchamps's Le Choix De Sofia (English: Sofia's Choice, interesting choice of title) runs a double narrative, wildly different from...
Like Animals: The Inescapable Hells Of Happy Childhoods
Leland Montgomery's Like Animals is a tense family drama revolving around three sisters who live in their childhood home and...
