Oscar Isaac needs to slow the heck down. Not because he’s liable to burn himself out, but because he’s quite frankly making every other actor in the business look bad. He’s like the Nicholas Angel of actors. Able to step effortlessly from small, intimate indie projects like Ex Machina to massive blockbusters like The Force Awakens and …
Michael Cera’s trademark screen persona is more often than not an awkward teen. From George Michael in Arrested Development to Paulie Bleeker in Juno, Cera is great at being awkward, dorky and adorable but over the past few years we have seen him take a turn and star in somewhat more daring roles. Miguel Arteta’s Youth In Revolt was the first example …
Meaning of Robots Written and directed by Matt Lenski USA, 2011, imdb, RIDM My favourite film of Montreal’s International Documentary Film Festival, RIDM, so far is a poetic four minute film about an obscure New York film miniature builder and animator named Michael Sullivan. Sullivan’s New York city studio apartment looks like the before picture …
“Soon every home will have a robot helper. Don’t worry. It’s perfectly safe.” From Writer/Director Ruairi Robinson comes a new short film “Blinky”. Starring Max Records from “Where The Wilds Things Are” and featuring Robinson himself as a voice for the title role, “Blinky” is a dark look at the story of a young boy …
An excerpt from the NASCAR short film which is titled The Legend of Hallowdega and directed by Terry Gilliam is now online to watch. Gilliam may have had a string of bad luck in the past decade trying to complete his feature films but luckily for the director his streak has broken. The 18 minute …
A new segment from Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s multi-platform Primitive project, A Letter to Uncle Boonmee is a film in search of a subject, in search of itself. In A Letter to Uncle Boonmee, the Thai filmmaker’s graceful camera searches for spectral presences in a part of northeastern Thailand whose natural wonders belie a violent history.
Day two of Saskatoon’s first installment in to the Dark Bridges Films festival opened with a bang despite a less than desired turnout on September 25th. Due to an early showtime and a myriad of other early Saturday issues (Hangovers, work, etc..) Day two opener Werewolf Fever was seen by a only a fraction of …
The first Dark Bridges Film festival kicked off September 24th in Saskatoon, SK at the gorgeous inner-city gem The Roxy Theater. The audience was small but poised to take in some adventurous fare from all over the globe and all over the cinematic spectrum. The festival is a first for Saskatoon, a three day extravaganza …
Before Tucker & Dale, director Eli Craig impress film fests with his short film The Tao Of Pong starring Paulo Costanzo. Watch his short after the break. Synopsis: Hank Houska can’t get over the fact that he lost the Junior National Table Tennis Championship 15 years ago. It destroyed his life, wrecked his confidence, and …
Like Freddie Wong’s “Light Warfare,” Clinton Jones doesn’t hold back on creativity and fun independent film making. With a good mixture of special effects, well shot action sequences, intense music and suspenseful moments, “Cardboard Warfare” was really exciting and I hope these guys create more fun short films in the future. Check out Jone’s aka …
Last week a seven minute short film spread like wild fire across the Interwebs and had geeks salivating by the buckets full. Mortal Kombat: Rebirth has now had close to four million views and rising. This short film puzzled viewers as to the origin and what this was promoting if it was promoting anything at …
The final leg of the 2010 WWSFF commenced with the Official Selection, Not Just From Venus. A collection of absurd, haunting, experimental and tense productions showcasing a different side of the female character or form. A great short was Slip (which would go on to win Best Experimental Short and Best Cinematography at the Awards …