Pixar has released a new 2-minute short titled Dante’s Lunch, in order to get us excited for their upcoming film Coco. The film, directed by Lee Unkrich, introduces us to Dante, the adorable dog that will be featured in the
This week’s Kickstart Sunday pick comes to us from director Cody Jarrett and his upcoming documentary Tura!, a documentary about actress/burlesque dancer Tura Satana, who you may remember from Russ Meyer‘s classic cult film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. As an unabashed fan of
With animation in the style of an old tapestry, this week’s Fandependent Films Winter Festival short film pick is Amanda McCann‘s Medieval Birthday Party. Coming in at just a minute, this tale of a nine year old attempting to invite people to
With just two weeks left in this season’s Fandependent Films Festival, one of our last picks come to us from Maxime-Claude L’Écuyer and his film Suki. Suki tells the story of a man grappling with the decision to end the life of
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Jubilation and revelry mark the beginning of Mother of George, the sophomore film from Andrew Dosunmu, as rhythmic drum beats and congregational singing usher the viewer through a traditional Nigerian wedding ceremony; a joyous procession shimmering in gilded light, illuminating golden headdresses and majestic robes of purple, bearing witness to the union of Adenike (Danai Gurira) and Ayodele (Isaach De Bankolé). It is an occasion steeped in the merriment of hope and cheer for the promising future that now lays before them, one hopefully filled with good health and financial success but, most importantly and above all, one filled with healthy children.
This week’s Kickstart Sunday pick comes to us from writer/director Peter Vack and his feature comedy Assholes, a story about two former addicts who meet at their psychoanalyst’s office, fall in love, and relapse big time turning into the biggest assholes
As we continue our coverage of this season’s Fandependent Film Festival, this week’s short film pick comes to us from Stephen W. Martin and his film Dead Hearts. This delightfully morbid little love story plays out like a Wes Anderson film by
Is it time for the Oscars again? Apparently so. Here are my predictions for what will win big at the Dolby Theatre on February 26. Because the Academy Awards are based less on who was the best and more on who
A new prologue short, titled Last Supper, has been released for the upcoming Alien: Covenant, which introduces us to the most certainly ill-fated crew of the Covenant. Directed by Ridley Scott, the film stars Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Demián
As we continue our partnership with Fandependent Films during their winter festival, this week I’d like to bring you the animated short Water Hunters from Massimo Ottoni and Salvatore Centoducati. The film takes place in a dystopian future where water is currency and
This week’s Kickstart Sunday pick comes to us from Dresden Pictures and their upcoming film Biopunk. Directed by Liam Garvo, the film aims to be a cyberpunk thriller taking place in a dystopian future where humans have been transformed into a new breed
For two years the people who lived in the village of Kalachi, Kazakhstan have been mysteriously fainting with their eyes open only to awaken two to five days later with no recollection of what happened. This crazy true event is the basis of
I love it when I watch a short film and it feels like I just finished a fully formed three act feature and such is the case with Bruce Smolanoff‘s Muck, a drama about a young woman struggling to be a standup comic
Acting as an extended ad for the (red) liqueur Campari, Killer in Red is one of the coolest commercials I’ve seen in a long time.
Written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, Youth, The Young Pope), the stylish 13-minute noir
As we continue our highlights from this season’s Fandependent Film Festival, this week’s pick comes to us from director Josh Polon and his documentary Andy Goes In. The film follows a man dubbed Andy, who infiltrates a chicken farm in order to
A we continue to highlight entries in this season’s Fandependent Film Festival, this week our pick comes to us from Chris de Krijger and Mischa Dols and their film Hemelpoort. The film revolves around a newly deceased man who, after entering the
