Thinner Blood
THINNER BLOOD is a short, intense film about the common bravery of two young sisters in the face of their abusive, neglectful, and alcoholic mother. Director Jon Reino excellently portrays the tragic...
View ArticleThe Root Of The Problem
THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM is a tight little horror comedy that plays on all our fears of going to the dentist. Set in the 1950’s this perfectly cast, spectacular short is a visual feast. Running only...
View ArticleHidden Talent
I’ve actually found this film quite difficult to review, because actually it’s fairly self-explanatory. The protagonist (Andrew) has two workmates over one evening and is showing them his ‘hidden...
View ArticleGolden
What would you do if the person you have loved and cared for, for the past 50 years, suddenly wasn’t there any more? Would you cry – just break down in tears and cry? Would you scream, and call for...
View ArticleShadowplay
Privacy is a modern invention. That’s actually something I first heard in HOUSE, in one of the latter seasons, and for some reason, it just stuck with me. I mean, it’s true isn’t it, privacy IS a...
View ArticleThe Morning After
I liked this film. What? More detail, well, okay if you insist. This short is a romantic comedy and I’ve expressed in previous reviews that I do love a good rom-com – despite believing the whole genre...
View ArticleBuoyancy
BUOYANCY, by writer/director/actor Ryan Surratt, begins unassumingly enough, and indeed continues unassumingly enough up until the exact moment when it becomes anything but unassuming. And what is...
View ArticlePauline In A Beautiful World
Some films leave you wanting more at the end, whether it is in the form of researching more about the filmmakers and story or simply asking yourself what just happened? In some cases wanting more may...
View ArticleShe Gone Rogue
Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst’s short film SHE GONE ROGUE is a remarkable odyssey through a world of transgender-themed magical realism. Drucker portrays Darling, a figure roughly analogous to Alice...
View ArticleTableau
Set in a small upstate town of Troy, New York, TABLEAU describes one filmmaker’s lofty pursuit of actualizing his cinematic vision by summer’s end. With the help of his teenage neighbor, Chelsea (Kaya...
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