The Slamdance Film Festival has a section set aside for animated shorts. (Some of the films is other sections are also animated, but this report will focus on the Animated Shorts Section. There are a wide variety of styles and approaches represented. Some of these...
Is it kidnapping or liberation? Anna Kerrigan?s Cowboys is the story of a father who is trying to give his child the chance to a potentially fulfilling life. But the only way to do that is to go against his estranged wife?s wishes and do so outside of the law. Troy...
?Challenge your status quo.? Does the chance to make big money while enjoying the outdoors appeal to you? That?s the come-on in the sci-fi-ish look at the gig economy in Lapsis, directed by Noah Hutton. The film has been nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award...
As with most festivals, Slamdance offers a chance to see short films. Shorts give filmmakers a chance to work on their craft with much lower budgets, but shorts can also be an artform or storytelling technique in their own right. That is especially true of documentary...
Like festivals all around the world over this last year, Slamdance Film Festival is going digital. Over 100 films will be available to watch from February 12-25. Slamdance, as the name implies, skews a bit to the edgier side of independent films. But that doesn?t mean...
I recently had the opportunity to talk via Zoom with The Reunited States director Ben Rekhi, and two of the film?s subjects, David and Erin Leaverton, who took a year to travel the US and talk with people about our divisions. For more on the film, see the...
?Growing up isn?t the problem. Forgetting is.? Childhood is meant to be a magical time when play and exploration are the ?work? a child should be about. But more and more, some children are being pushed to achieve just as adults are. In The Little Prince a girl who is...
?Don?t give your heart to any boy. You?re mine?until you get married. Then you?re still mine.? Sofia Coppola?s comedy On the Rocks is in some ways a father/daughter road movie in New York City (with a brief excursion to Mexico). It is a relationship movie that looks...
?Death is more universal than life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives.? A. Sachs I?ve never been able to verify the existence of A. Sachs to know if this is a legitimate quotation, but it is one that clearly has true wisdom. In Netflix?s The Dig, directed by Simon...