Broken Shelter: Looking Hate, And Terror It Spreads, In The Face
Tim Hewitt’s Broken Shelter surprises. Despite its obviously amateur choice of camera, not only does the film have largely compelling ...
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From A Strange Land: Skin Shriveling Awkwardness And All That Comes With It
Writer-director Caroline Steinbeis's debut From A Strange Land is wildly entertaining and contains greater depth than is apparent. The plot ...
The Reading: A Reckoning Of Creative License, And A Shattering Story
Nora Jaenicke's The Reading (co-written with Bobby Peretti) wastes no time in setting up its plot. Opening with an author ...
Cramming: Navigating The Unforgiving Maze Of Life As A Growing Child
Too often, narratives about teens and preteens on film focus on heady adventures and larger-than-life experiences, inclined more towards escapist ...
Ba Ham: A Refugee Story For The Generations To Come
One is left wondering after this 30-minute long film. Is Ba Ham a tale of friendship or love? Is it ...
Zaara: A Budding Filmmaker’s Dilemma Of Coping With A Reality That Doesn’t Match Her Dreams
Director-writer Hassan Raza’s 35:00-minute-long Zaara is many things at once. It’s a social drama, filmed with the distinct style of ...
Lea: Growing Up Through The Bleaker Days Of Childhood
There is something about films like Lea that is so absorbingly intimate that seeing the last of the end credits ...
Plastic Fingers: Uplifting Portrayal Of Life After Abuse And With Mental Illness
How do you work a heavy subject without it sagging under its own weight? David J Paradise attempts to answer ...
400 Days Later: A Closer Look At The Effects Of The Pandemic On The Theatre Industry
Director/editor/DoP Stephen Bell’s 09:45 minute long film picks on the theatre industry. And, by focusing on the life of one ...
I Still Am: Beginning At The End Of Abuse
A thriller impressively made during lockdown, Tara Lynn Rye and Simon O'Keefe's 11-minute I Still Am takes a psychological approach ...
