Archive for June, 2008
Geraldine
Monday, June 30th, 2008Arthur De Pins, 9min—When viewing the work of Arthur De Pins one is in familiar territory of the born cartoonist. He is a natural artist able to turn out comic caricatures seemingly at will. I could have selected any of three films to feature though his 2001 Géraldine was his first film and launched him […]
En Tus Brazos
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008dir: François-Xavier Goby, Matthieu Landour and Edouard Jouret, 5 min—The one thing that surveying films in all their vast variety on the internet teaches you is that great work can spring up from anywhere. A kid working away on a laptop in his bedroom is just as likely to blow you away with creativity and […]
The YouTube Screening Room
Friday, June 20th, 2008For the past few years, YouTube has been the ultimate democracy willing to take in every tired, poor, and huddled video. But just this week, YouTube has decided to put on its curatorial hat by establishing The YouTube Screening Room—a site highlighting a few high quality films each week. Sound good? I thought so too. […]
Checkmate
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008dir: Casimir Nozkowski, 9:44—Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam are two guys from New York. They both have day jobs and their own separate blogs, but together, under the nom-de-vid the Internets Celebrities, they create short, bristling, funny documentary essays on topics ranging from how to remix the Big Mac to the role of the bodega […]
Marry Me
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008dir: Michelle Lehman, 7min—Every February in Australia one of the more unique short film festivals in the world goes down. TropFest started out modestly in 1993 but has grown into a huge nationwide event since then. Hundreds of entries are submitted each year and out of those 16 finalists are chosen. These films are then […]
Muto
Sunday, June 1st, 2008by Blu, 7min—Often an old story makes a splash when it’s told in a new way, given new context, or played out on a larger scale. Muto does all of these. Here, the familiar morph animation takes on a new face where characters animate across the real-life streets and buildings of Buenos Aires.
Blu, a street […]