— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — With so many animated movies being 3D (but not actually playing in 3D), it’s nice to see films with 2D drawings. The short film “Old Fangs” looked more like a cartoon you’d see on Nickelodeon than a Pixar movie. “Old Fangs” tells the story of a[...]
Archive for the ‘Short Films’ Category
Short Film: Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No
— by TOM ELCE — Based on the supposedly legendary story of Major League Baseball player Dock Ellis’s experience of pitching a ball while under the influence of LSD, the short film “Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No” portrays the trippy event in all its[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Photograph of Jesus’
— by ALEXA MILAN — The quirky short film “Photograph of Jesus” teaches audiences that history isn’t exactly black and white, and never has a seven-minute look at history been so much fun. Director and animator Laurie Hill blends fact and fiction as she explores the many images of L[...]
Short Film Theatre: ‘Deja Vu’
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — The term “deja vu” is usually related to a bad premonition when it comes to films and books these days. Stephen King even defines hell as doing the same thing over and over. The animated short entitled “Deja Vu,” on the other hand, is rather cute and s[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘I F***ing Hate You’
— by RACHEL COYNE — Breakups — when played for drama rather than comedy — are never easy to watch. Luckily, the breakup in “I F***ing Hate You” only lasts for about nine minutes. Directed and co-written by Zak Forsman, “I F***ing Hate You” is a short film that gives you a[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Trepan Hole’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “Trepan Hole,” an animated short film by Andy Cahill, is definitely interesting and very avant-garde. The description on the Web site for the Slamdance Film Festival, where the short played earlier this year, describes the film as “Squiggling, spastic, rail thin [...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Seeking You’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — In this short, you will find a man who has lost his love and in turn goes out to find her in the night of Hong Kong. He learns that the love he feels for this woman is nothing other than a love for this city, and that this woman[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘It Shines and Shakes and Laughs’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — “It Shines and Shakes and Laughs” looks and sounds like a film from 20 years ago; this is no “Panic Attack” — another short film that produced awe-inspiring special-effects for a couple hundred dollars, but this is part of[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Rubbuds’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — It is so liberating to discover art. You will find that rules do not apply the same way, or at all, in the realm of art. You can move in any direction you want: up, down and even into — yes, into the innerworlds, innerspaces and parallel universes that can [&he[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Please Say Something’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — This short film tells the tale of a troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse. They don’t get along, but these two sleep together — maybe not happily, but they do. To be completely honest, the first time I turned it on I had to come back to it with[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Panic Attack’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Fede Alvarez is from Uruguay and is the great mind behind this short film. For me, I really enjoy watching short films, since my friends and I even enjoy making a short here and there. It is a fun process and all the while you are learning the ins[...]