TV’s Tim and Eric descended upon Sundance 2011 with this, a short film of unbridled crudity.
In a key step towards our ongoing goal of taking over the internet and ruling with an iron fist, Filmmaker Magazine has honored both Andrew and I as part…
Steadicam operator Yousheng Tang looks at the hilarious activities that go on behind the scenes at a film shoot via a well-executed, single long-take shot.
One man. Two superpowers. Three ex-wives. Four autopsies. The remarkable true story of David Karr, from the perspective of the grandson who wishes he knew him.
Writer/filmmaker Ransom Riggs directs this poetic look at the doomed inland desert oasis, “The Salton Sea”.
A sweet film about a boy and the myriad of uses he finds for a cardboard box. A Nokia Shorts entry.
An over-the-top bloody romp of fashion by Australian Kris Moyes for the label Romance was Born.
Our little digest rolls along. Sooner or later I’ll get creative with the formatting, until then here are the tweets!
Huff Post contributor lists his faves from Palm Springs Shortsfest…
6 new animated shorts have come online to the Gobelins YouTube channel, representing the graduation work of its 3rd year students at the Paris campus. The name “Gobelins” may…
When activated, the “plot device” spontaneously transforms our hero’s world into any number of cliched film scenarios. A hit branded film for software company Red Giant.
A boy, new to the neighborhood, falls for the older girl next door is this wonderfully expressive Dutch student animation.
A man wakes to find his hands have taken on a life of their own.
Told you we’d make this a weekly thing. A great week in quickie Twitter-recommends, exemplified by a killer lineup of student animations.
The Archiver: Pretty rad CG short animation from…
Sand-artist superstar Kseniya Simonova returns in this branded piece for Dior.
With their entire lives stretching out before them, three young women make a secret pact. A poetic reflection on youth and all its firsts: sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.
Architecture student Kibwe Taveres filters a vision of a robot uprising through the lens of history, blending high grade CG with archival footage of the 1981 Brixton riots.
Sunday night at the Edinburgh Film Festival, the much-promoted Nokia Shorts Competition drew to a close with the debut screening of the 8 finalist films. Shot entirely on Nokia…
A band of teenage friends struggle to find their place in a tumultuous militant world in this short film by Spike Jonze for the indie group, Arcade Fire.
A girl finds a mysterious oversized pencil with a creepy grin that can bring anything she draws to life. What can go wrong?
In our recent reader survey, languishing far behind the other outlets through which we nakedly grasp for readers, was Twitter. A diminutive 4% of survey takers responded that it is their primary…
Popular sports writer Bill Simmons came up with this idea once in one of his podcasts, I can’t remember which one, but he claimed that at any given moment in…
Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson’s brilliant Everything is a Remix series deals with the origins of creativity.
In the quiet of the forest, Firebugs secretly amass for worship only to fall victim to a foe pulling the strings in this realistic CG film from Germany.
Indeed. Congrats to the fathers out there, and to all of us who have, or have had fathers (everyone I guess). I decided to post a few recommendations from our…
A week ago we asked you to participate in our reader poll. And you did. I’ve since compiled and analyzed the results. What did we find? Check out the overview of…
