Kevin Morby is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly known as the bass guitarist of the folk rock band Woods and as the frontman of The Babies, Morby began a solo career in 2013, releasing his debut album, Harlem River, to positive reviews. His second album, Still Life,… Continue Reading
Apocalypse Now Now is a proof-of-concept of rare quality and pedigree directed by Michael Matthews. Based off a celebrated series by author Charlie Human, this short is a brief introduction to the world of Baxter Zevcenko (Garion Dowds). A snarky, monster-porn-dealing… Continue Reading
Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly in the city of Toronto. These associated… Continue Reading
The Hitcher is a 1986 American road action-horror film directed by Robert Harmon and written by Eric Red. It stars Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jeffrey DeMunn. Howell plays Jim, a young man who gives a ride to a hitchhiker, played by Hauer. After narrowly escaping death,… Continue Reading
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a girl tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death. Winner of the ‘Best Short’ awards at both Fantastic Fest and Sitges in 2016,… Continue Reading
Berlin Syndrome is a 2017 Australian psychological thriller film directed by Cate Shortland, and written by Shaun Grant, based upon the novel of the same name by Melanie Joosten. It stars Teresa Palmer and Max Riemelt. In the plot, Australian photographer, Clare, meets Andi while holidaying in Berlin.… Continue Reading
Unremarkable is a short film written and directed by Jared Anderson about the journey of a woman’s body who is shot and killed on a vacation with her family. The film deals with the death at its beginning in arguably the… Continue Reading
Una mujer fantástica (A fantastic woman in the english version) is a 2017 Chilean drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio and starring Luis Gnecco and Daniela Vega between others. Four years ago, Lelio shook up the official competition in Berlin with Gloria, a bracingly honest, ultimately empowering study of the… Continue Reading
ПЕРЕХОД (The crossing in the english version) is a Russian horror short film directed by Arseny Syuhin. Inspired by the early films of John Carpenter and a particularly unnerving underpass the director walked through on his way to work, The Crossing has… Continue Reading
Lion is a 2016 drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature debut) and written by Luke Davies, based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose. A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many… Continue Reading
Ich seh, Ich seh (Goodnight Mummy in the english version) is a 2014 Austrian horror film based on capgras syndrome of identical twin boys. After undergoing a cosmetic facial surgery, a woman (Susanne Wuest) comes back home to her modern, isolated lakeside house and to her… Continue Reading
The ones below is a 2015 British thriller film and the debut feature from writer-director David Farr, starring the ensemble cast of Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore and Laura Birn. Blending an element of urban dread with an… Continue Reading
The Stuff is a 1985 American science fiction horror comedy film in which a delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more… Continue Reading
Social media films are becoming a genre of their own these days, and suspenseful horror thrillers seem to be the preferred outcome of the genre. In this highly effective horror short film, Alexia, Franco’s ex-girlfriend, has been deceased for some time,… Continue Reading
Cults is an American indie band formed in New York City in 2010. The band first came to prominence when they posted a three song EP, Cults 7″, on their Bandcamp page. They are signed to Sony and In the Name Of, a record label that was set up by British singer Lily… Continue Reading
With takes longer than you may normally expect to find in any film, short or otherwise, and a strong focus on the holy trinity of filmmaking: storytelling, performance & cinematography, Daniel Levi’s captivating thriller Nothing about nothing, takes a strong yet… Continue Reading
A dying man (Robert Sella) prepares to move in with his estranged mother. He makes an appointment with a beauty consultant (Lindsay Pulsipher) to hide his symptoms. Written and directed by Yen Tan, the short film was premiered at SXSW 2016,… Continue Reading
Jet is an unfortunate man whose best-laid plans to kill himself are foiled by a little girl. Caught up in the middle of a disturbing crime, will he be able to save the little girl’s life, and his own, or… Continue Reading
After hearing he has a terminal illness, he is bent on dying as extravagantly as money can buy. Which is to say: very extravagantly. Glenn Paton’s dark comedy short film explores the relationship of the 1% with their inevitable demise.… Continue Reading
Todos estan muertos (They are all dead in the english version) is a film by Beatriz Sanchís. What if you were an agoraphobic 1980s Spanish rock star living with your Mexican mother, and your brother returned from the dead to… Continue Reading
The Danish Girl is a 2015 British biographical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper, based on the 2000 fictional novel of the same name by David Ebershoff and loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex… Continue Reading
Creepshow is a 1982 elemental black comedy and horror anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, making this film his screenwriting debut. The film’s ensemble cast included Hal Holbrook,Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson and E. G. Marshall, as well as Stephen King himself in his film acting… Continue Reading
Wednesday is the story of a girl and boy born on the same day, at the same time, in the same hospital, whose paths cross again years later, in the very same place. Rob Sorrenti’s short film debut ‘Wednesday’ was… Continue Reading
Mar adentro (The sea inside in the english version) is a 2004 Spanish drama film written, produced, directed and scored by Alejandro Amenábar. It is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem), who was left quadriplegic after a diving accident, and his 28-year campaign in… Continue Reading
Blue Ruin is a 2013 American thriller film directed by Jeremy Saulnier. A mysterious outsider’s quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in… Continue Reading
While enjoying a quiet meal by himself at a cafe, a man has an unusual but important encounter. Writer and director Stefan Parker has done an amazing job stitching together many techniques to make this engaging film. Without any real… Continue Reading
The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman. A year after their father’s funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other. It was written by Anderson, Schwartzman, and Roman… Continue Reading
In an abandoned beach house, a solitary girl finds a mysterious camera that reveals something unexpected. A short film by Peter Lewis. The Camera is a short that is perfect in its vagueness, lived-in and mystical. It plays upon that wonderful, inexorable… Continue Reading
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and written by Jesse Andrews, based on Andrews’ 2012 debut novel of the same name. High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with… Continue Reading
Sarah and Bram’s road trip takes a horrifying turn when they stop for a bathroom break in the dark woods of Wallonia. Arrêt Pipi is a short horror film directed by Maarten Groen and commissioned by Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.… Continue Reading
Il gatto a nove code (The cat o’nine tails in the english version) is a 1971 Italian thriller (giallo) film written and directed by Dario Argento. Although it is the middle entry in Argento’s so-called “Animal Trilogy” (along with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage and Four… Continue Reading
When Charlie and his family move to a warmer climate for the sake of his father’s illness, he finds himself between losing his father and a conflict with a vicious bully at school. An official Telluride Film festival selection directed… Continue Reading
Die Tür (The door in the english version) is 2009 German sci-fi thriller film is about an artist who lost his daughter and destroyed his marriage only to find a mysterious door chance to change the past and accidentally kill his… Continue Reading
Every Thing Will Be Fine is a 2015 German drama film directed by Wim Wenders and written by Bjørn Olaf Johannessen, and released in 3D. The film centres around Tomas (James Franco), a writer who causes an accident while driving and spends the next 12 years… Continue Reading
Road House is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. Sam Elliott also plays a bouncer, the mentor, friend and foil of Swayze’s character. The cast also includes Kelly Lynch as… Continue Reading
Valhalla Rising is a 2009 Danish adventure drama film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Mads Mikkelsen. The film takes place in 1000 AD and follows a Norse warrior named One-Eye and a boy as they travel with a band of Christian Crusaders in pursuit of the Holy Land. Instead, they… Continue Reading
A shoplifter risks paying the ultimate price. A 2002 short film finalist at Tropfest Australia, directed by Tim Bullock.
“How God Works” is a short film by director, writer, actress Matilda Brown. Nancy and Jane are twins brought together on this special occasion by the one and only thing they have in common: a birthday. They’re like chalk and cheese.… Continue Reading
Life for a deserting Russian WWII Soldier takes a darkly comic turn. A Short film directed by Rob Brown.
X+Y (released in the US as A Brilliant Young Mind) is a 2014 British drama film directed by Morgan Matthews, starring Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, and Sally Hawkins. The film, inspired by Beautiful Young Minds, focuses on a teenage English mathematics prodigy named Nathan (Asa Butterfield) who has difficulty understanding people,… Continue Reading