Animated shorts may make us think of cartoons, but often they are much more. This year’s Oscar® nominated shorts come from around the world and all provide food for thought and contemplation. The nominated short films play in select theaters each year. Locations and...
Live action shorts are like watching a regular movie, except the stories are told in a lot less time. Not all stories take one and a half (or three plus) hours to tell. That doesn’t make them any less significant. The five nominees for Best Live Action Short Film...
Often overlooked at Oscar® time are the three short film categories. One of those categories is Documentary Short Film. These films offer us insights into the world around us. They may be focused on controversial topics or on uplifting stories or just meeting...
Is there a loved one you long to talk to? Do you think a medium and a séance would work? How about the mushrooming Artificial Intelligence industry? Yes, AI is being developed to offer an opportunity to communicate with the dead (or the AI version of them, anyway)....
There are bad guys out there. Who will bring justice to this awful world? If you think Mission; Impossible is exciting, wait until you meet a nonagenarian who has been scammed in Thelma, from writer/director Josh Margolin. It really is a fun movie. We first meet...
Shorts make up a big part of the Slamdance Film Festival. Short films provide filmmakers a way to develop their craft. Shorts are also the best way to tell stories. Do you need two hours to make a point? Short filmmakers can often do it in a much shorter period. Here...
“This will be a tour about pain…, also a tour that celebrates the people.” It’s hard to categorize A Real Pain, written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Its foundation is an odd couple road movie but, for all the humor that grows out of that, I can’t quite call it a...
On a scale of one to ten, how happy are you? That is essentially what is asked of the people of Bhutan in Agent of Happiness, a documentary directed by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó. You may want to think about your answer, it may be harder than you think. You may...
Time to catch up with my adventures at Slamdance Film Festival. Brando with a Glass Eye (directed by Antonis Tsonis). In Athens, Luca, a would-be method actor, has been accepted into an acting program in New York. But to finance that trip he and a friend pull a heist....