Archive for July, 2008
Fifty Percent Grey
Thursday, July 24th, 2008dir: Ruairi Robinson, 3min—Now is a good time to catch up on some of the greats that we may have missed. For example, the Oscar-nominated animation, Fifty Percent Grey. This dark comedy explores the age-old question of what happens after death. A recently deceased soldier finds himself in a serene grey paradise with nothing but […]
The Big Empty
Monday, July 14th, 2008dir: Lisa Chang & Newton Thomas Sigel, 21 min—You knew it was coming—a film from the YouTube Screening Room—well, it’s here, The Big Empty. It’s part of the second round of films from the Screening Room (4 new films every 2 weeks). While most of the attention has been around last year’s Academy Award nominated […]
I Am Stamos
Sunday, July 6th, 2008dir: Rob Meltzer, 18 min—
“John Stamos is here, and he’s pissed!”
“He’s in the vents!”
“Ahhhhhhh!”
The pinnacle of postmodern feature cinema (among well-known films) is 1999’s Being John Malkovich. Its plot twists seven ways and is always happy to take a side road to nowhere before continuing on its merry way. During its convoluted trip, it sweeps […]
Atom Films, Now Strictly Comedy
Friday, July 4th, 2008A favorite short film host, Atom Films, has decided to narrow its once broad library of films to focus purely on comedy. It joins the likes of SuperDeluxe, Jib Jab, and FunnyOrDie—publishing original comedic web series and user-produced comedy films.
Owned by MTV since 2006, Atom has been adopted into the Comedy Central family who describes […]