Tag: shorts
An Ode to the short film: Five classic shorts you should see
In honor of the Oscar Nominated short films, about to be playing in an arthouse near you (provided you live in a major American city), I thought I’d write a little something about the short. The very first movies were shorts – one spool of film, which depending on the hand cranked speed of the…
Shorts reviews: ‘Bridges’, ‘Afterglow’ and ‘Step 9’
I get a lot of requests to review short films and in the past I’ve rarely been able to get to many of them. However, having spent the last five months as a short film selection panellist for the Melbourne International Film Festival (I finished up a couple of weeks ago), I feel a renewed…