Short Films
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‘Staycation’ is a Captivating, Unsettling Slice of Experimental Storytelling
Short of the Day From writer-director Zach Fleming Okay, so I’m not entirely sure just what’s going on in Zach Fleming’s Staycation, but I am 150% sure…
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‘Grounded’ is an VFX Spectacle and an Emotional Triumph
Short of the Day “One astronaut’s journey through space and life ends on a hostile exosolar planet. Grounded is a metaphorical account of the experience, inviting…
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‘Musca’ is a Dark Comedy about a Man, a Fly, and a Message from the Other Side
Short of the Day A man sits in a café sipping a spot of tea, reading a book and waiting on a sandwich. That’s when a…
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‘Whistle’ Sings a Succinct Song of Terror
Short of the Day Don’t go in the basement. If you’ve been following this column really for any amount of time, then you know I’m a…
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Bryan Cranston Brings Writer’s Block to Life
Watch a short film entailing a stylistic fever dream of frustration.
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Nicolas Winding Refn made a…well, I don’t know what it is but there’s a T Rex involved
Short of the Day Is this the first promo for his upcoming Amazon series? Okay, so if we’re technical, today’s Short of the Day isn’t really a…
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Five Films About Technology in Five Minutes
Short of the Day It’s like ‘Black Mirror’ the comedy. Technology is awesome, and technology sucks, it both connects us and disconnects us, it makes us feel…
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If You Love Legos, Ingenuity, and Curly Mustaches, ‘Click’ is for You
Short of the Day Live-action meets Lego animation in this delightfully absurd short. Who doesn’t love Legos? No one I associate with, that’s for sure. Today kids…
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‘Serf’s Up:’ When Space Camp, The Garden State, and Dark Energy Collide.
Short of the Day A raucous comedy in a throwback vein. All Dan wanted was to go to space camp. But space camp rejected him, so…