Pixels – Review Cameron Ward August 14, 2015 Reviews Pixels is probably fine if you have nothing better to do. Narrative inconsistencies and total changes within the film’s own logic seem to come out of nowhere every few minutes – though I guess none of...
Short of the Week – Skwerl Rachel Brook June 15, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4Dfa4fOEY After familiar establishing shots, unintelligible dialogue plunges viewers into disorientation. If cinema is about innovative communication of narrative...
Short of the Week – Fashionable Animal Madeline Joint June 1, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week It’s gorgeous; its gently flickering lights, exotic creatures and muted pinks, blues and greens move with the playful soundtrack. As a glorified advert it’s a wonderful little film: experimental,...
Short of the Week – An Object At Rest David Brake May 11, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/126177413 Riffing on Newton's first law of motion, An Object At Rest is a charmer. Rather than following the trope of a static figure desperate for freedom, this short heads the...
Short Of The Week – The Alchemist’s Letter Bertie Archer April 27, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/125527643 The Alchemist’s Letter is a beautiful, inventive animation, filled with detail. Ever evolving into new scenes, each adding another layer of artistry, this is the...
CEL Mates: World of Tomorrow Tom Bond April 8, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Don Hertzfeldt is a one-of-a-kind genius. While his contemporaries balance on the cutting-edge of animation technology or push to preserve the retro charm of hand-drawn styles, he stands proudly in a niche of...
Short of the Week – The Nest Eddie Falvey March 16, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFh5LbTPI4 Produced to accompany his recent novel Consumed, Cronenberg’s The Nest stands alone as an effective miniature thesis on destructive obsession. It observes the...
Short of the Week – The Window Bertie Archer March 8, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBIK3Oau4mY The toss of a coin, a locked door, (un)lucky timing: in 16 short minutes The Window plays out the consequences, intended and unforeseen, as seemingly...
Short of the Week – POLIS David Brake February 9, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week http://vimeo.com/117933260 A teaser of the highest quality, POLIS instantly intrigues with its narrative, effects and concept impressing simultaneously. Blasting into the collective consciousness...
Short of the Week – Between Bears Cameron Ward December 8, 2014 Features, Independent, Short of the Week http://vimeo.com/13776542 Eran Hilleli's graduation film from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design is said to be 'a debt to my childhood, and other lives I hoped I lived.' Hilleli's clean, simple, and...
