Essays
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A Badass Frisbee Golfer’s Epic Life is Told in This One-Minute Short Film
Zen Freese Why Watch? Fletch Ferguson is an awesome Frisbee golfer who achieved everything he set out to achieve at an absurdly young age. So…
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See The World Through a Detective’s Eyes In This Unique Noir Short Film
Matt Steinauer Why Watch? First person POV can be tricky to pull off because of how limiting the field of view is. It’s the same…
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Relish the Horror Adventure of Bruce Timm’s 75th Anniversary Batman Short
DC Entertainment Why Watch? Bruce Timm is one of those people who gets Batman. He’s got a marrow-deep understanding of who the character is, what…
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A Superhero’s Parallax View: ‘The Winter Soldier’ and the Paranoia-Industrial Complex
The glut of American superhero films that continue to dominate the US box office have proven time and again to provide a rich and repeated…
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Movies Star In Movies For a Clever Short Film
Portal Party Why Watch? This is not going to be the most profound thing you see today, but this short film from Portal Party is…
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A Bidding War For a Mysterious Locked Box Heats Up In This Short Film
Meat Bingo Why Watch? The Meat Bingo team has done it again, creating a short film that is unsettling and not wholly explained. In Lot…
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A Piece of Paper Goes on an Epic Journey in This Animated Short Film
Haruki Kawanaka Why Watch? Yesterday we went flying with Superman, but this animated short film from Haruki Kawanaka is a flight of a different kind.…
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An Astronaut Wakes Up In a Game of Survival In This Suspenseful Short Film
Why Watch? We’ve all been there. You wake up in a snow-covered, Earth-like alien world with a loaded science gun and a limited amount of…
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The Plight of the VFX Industry Comes Out From Behind the Green Screen In This Sharp Short Doc
Why Watch? As movies become more and more reliant on visual effects, the cracks of a problematic industry model have started to tear the fabric…
