Jay Reel’s Dawn: Year Seven, a short prequel to the writer/director’s 2003 feature, Dawn, does more telling than showing but has more heart than expected from a vampire film.
Category: Short Films
Short Film Review: Italian Turtles
Vin Nucatola’s Italian Turtles is an amusing little short that spotlights the absurdity of trying to pitch an idea like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Short Film Review: The Thin Orange Line
Aleem Hossain’s gritty cop drama with a twist, The Thin Orange Line, will remind viewers of simpler times in their lives and how things change with age.
Short Film Review: Beauty Queen
Nicholas Goodwin’s Beauty Queen is very well made and acted with a nice message despite maybe feeling a little too familiar.
Short Film Review: Denial
Misti Dawn Garritano and Mackenzie Barmen’s short film, Denial, is an amusing and brief peek into what should be an exciting time in a couple’s life.
Short Film Review: Pusher
Andi Morrow’s directorial debut, Pusher, realistically depicts how drug addiction not only affects small town life but how it can become the norm.
Short Film Review: I Am A Rain Dog
Christopher Di Nunzio’s new film, I Am a Rain Dog, is a strange, uncomfortable, and compelling little short that channels quirky personalities like David Lynch and Tom Waits.
Short Film Review: One Voice, One Mic
Ben Gummery’s short documentary, One Voice, One Mic, is a brief love letter to the art of podcasting and almost a promotional film to recruit new podcasters.
Short Film Review: Phantasmagoria
M J Arun Babu’s film, Phantasmagoria, is a short, trippy, and entertaining thriller based in the vein of films like Inception, Fight Club, and The Machinist.
Short Film Review: Miss Freelance
Matthew Kyle Levine’s newest short film, Miss Freelance, continues the writer/director’s penchant for emotional character studies told through facial expressions and relationships.