Short Film Spotlight


Sunday Shorts: Zombeer

Sunday Shorts: Zombeer

If you love beer, maybe you shouldn’t work in a brewery.

By Neil Miller on March 7, 2010 | View Comments

Sunday Shorts: Alma

Sunday Shorts: Alma

For some time now, we’ve been in love with the art of short filmmaking, but we’ve never found a good way to cover them. So once a week, we will bring you a short film that we’ve enjoyed, or that we find interesting, in a new feature we call Sunday Shorts. This week, Sunday Shorts presents Rodrigo Blaas’ Alma.

By Neil Miller on February 28, 2010 | View Comments

Sunday Shorts: For All Mankind

Sunday Shorts: For All Mankind

For some time now, we’ve been in love with the art of short filmmaking, but we’ve never found a good way to cover them. So once a week, we will bring you a short film that we’ve enjoyed, or that we find interesting, in a new feature we call Sunday Shorts. This week, Sunday Shorts presents Dan Clifton’s For All Mankind.

By Neil Miller on February 21, 2010 | View Comments

Sunday Shorts: Logorama

Sunday Shorts: Logorama

For some time now, we’ve been in love with the art of short filmmaking, but we’ve never found a good way to cover them. So once a week, we will bring you a short film that we’ve enjoyed, or that we find interesting, in a new feature we call Sunday Shorts. This week, Sunday Shorts presents the Oscar nominated film Logorama.

By Neil Miller on February 14, 2010 | View Comments

Watch and Be Horrified: The Griswolds Return in ‘Hotel Hell Vacation’

Watch and Be Horrified: The Griswolds Return in ‘Hotel Hell Vacation’

Ride along as The Griswolds hit the road again. This time they’re on their way to see Rusty at his vacation rental. They stop at a hotel and typical Griswold madness ensues. Okay, I’ll bite. My love for the National Lampoon’s Vacation series of films is well-documented. Why not give it a shot?

By Neil Miller on February 8, 2010 | View Comments

Sunday Shorts: The S From Hell

Sunday Shorts: The S From Hell

For some time now, we’ve been in love with the art of short filmmaking, but we’ve never found a good way to cover them. So once a week, we will bring you a short film that we’ve enjoyed, or that we find interesting, in a new feature we call Sunday Shorts. This week, Sunday Shorts presents…

By Neil Miller on February 7, 2010 | View Comments

Don’t Mess with Pigeon: Impossible

Don’t Mess with Pigeon: Impossible

Pigeon: Impossible is an awesome little short film that I caught a while back it played at the Austin Film Festival — and now you can watch it, too.

By Neil Miller on November 19, 2009 | View Comments

Spotlight On: The Killing of Mary Surratt

Spotlight On: The Killing of Mary Surratt

A while ago I wrote about Robert Redford’s upcoming film about Mary Surratt, one of the more controversial players in the Lincoln assassination. After which I was contacted by Chris King, who made a short film on the same subject…

By Robin Ruinsky on October 18, 2009 | View Comments

Watch This: ‘Treevenge’ Debuts Online

Watch This: ‘Treevenge’ Debuts Online

One of our favorite little short films from this year’s festival circuit, the bloody, branchy thriller known as Treevenge, has finally arrived online.

By Neil Miller on July 13, 2009 | View Comments

SXSW Watch: Boob

SXSW Watch: Boob

There is a movie entitled Boob. The trailer is inside (courtesy of Twitch), but beware, it’s almost guaranteed to curdle your blood and make you cry for your mommy.

By Rob Hunter on February 26, 2009 | View Comments

Sundance Spotlight: Treevenge

Sundance Spotlight: Treevenge

Of all the movies that play every year at the Sundance Film Festival, it is the shorts that really don’t get enough love. Thankfully, the ‘dance programmers put some of the better shorts in front of certain movies. This brilliant little short, Treevenge, played to the raucous crowds that lined up to see midnight screenings of the Nazi Zombie flick Dead Snow.

By Neil Miller on January 29, 2009 | View Comments