Promises: The Place Between Loss And Vengeance
Written by and starring Cynthia Crofoot, Jim Morrison’s Promises is a 4-minute film, an experiment on the limits of zero-budget ...
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Our Son: The Dangerous Proximity Of Predators To Grief And Vulnerability
At eight minutes long, Our Son, directed by Jeremy Max and co-written with Nittolo, packs in quite a bit of ...
Garage: A Resonant Portrayal Of PTSD
The nature of trauma is vicious. It traps you in the past, in specific boxes of the past. You can ...
Bound: The Unsettling Power Of People Who Only Look Harmless
On the surface, Claire lives a thoroughly domestic life. Pictures of her family line the shelves. She plays solitaire in ...
The Talk: An Accessible Action Thriller
Depicting the interrogation of a prisoner, Jay Bhatti’s The Talk is gritty. Specifically, an agent, taken prisoner by human traffickers. His interrogator? ...
Homestead: Slow Burn Psychological Horror That Feeds On Obsession, Ego And Control
Homestead, written and directed by McKinley Benson and Enzo Hui, is more a horror than a thriller, centred on the ...
HomeBound: Rare Authenticity In A Mental Illness Story
Small things become objects of great fear. Like a door. It’s just a door. Unless it is the sole barrier ...
Sweetie: A Visceral Look At The World Of Paedophiles & Their Hunters
In the 09:35-minute long narrative, writer-director Riley Cusick expertly handles a subject that is both sensitive and complex. A close-up ...
I Am An Island: Valuable Lesson Imparted, Yet Again, Through Brilliant Acting
Writer-director Damian Draven’s 12:22-minute long I Am An Island (IAAI) adds to the already long list of films on mental ...
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 ...
