Schools and organizations around the world are hosting screenings
of a short film called The Science of Character, which explores the research behind character development and encourages us to focus on our character strengths for greater personal and community well - being.
If I am allowed to do a little bit of PR here, we released a series
of short films called Pikmin Short Movies on October 25 at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
In 2014, Dicaprio released a series
of short films called «Green World Rising» which is a series of short films on climate change, and discusses solutions to the climate crisis.
Not exact matches
Back in 2012, a
short film called Montauk from filmmaker Charlie Kessler garnered some attention at The Hamptons
Film Festival for its intriguing sci - fi story about a government research lab conducting strange experiments outside
of a small American town (which leads to a bunch
of weird stuff happening, including a child going missing and a monster from another dimension being released).
If you haven't already noticed, or haven't yet had the chance to take a little peak, my husband and I have added a new, food - related
short film series
called «Food Meditation», which we plan on bringing to you once a month in hopes
of offering up a peaceful little space to quiet your mind, reflect and relax.
At the older age groups, our youth team and development squad watched a
short film called «Wonderkid», depicting the inner turmoil
of a gay professional footballer (the
film can be watched below).
In 2001, the
short documentary
called A Vision
of Persistence on opposition politician J. B. Jeyaretnam was also banned for being a «party political
film».
Using this biologically accurate model
of how dynein moves the microtubules within the axoneme, Ingber and Reilly created a
short film called «The Beginning,» which draws parallels between sperm swimming toward an egg and spaceships flying toward a planet in space, giving an artistic bent to a scientific topic.
When Pixar screened a computer - animated
short film called «Tin Toy» in 1988, test audiences hated the sight
of the pseudo-realistic baby named «Billy» who terrorized the toys.
Short of trying it for yourself, there's a
film called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead that was released a year or two ago, I encourage you to watch it.
June
of last year, MM and I made a
short film called Be Your Shoeself.
We were selected to be a part
of a AT&T digital
short film produced by ISAtv and FreddieW,
called Weightless.
A hilarious prelude features Maddin regular Louis Negin — who, like many
of the actors here, will play multiple roles — narrating an instructional
film about how to take a bath, inspired by a lost 1937
short film actually
called How To Take A Bath.
In
short, for his 30th feature
film, Hollywood's most successful commercial filmmaker has crafted a zesty piece
of agitprop — a
call to resistance in the era
of Donald Trump.
The documentary is accompanied by a number
of interesting
films: three
shorts made at the Champion studio from 1910 to 1913, an early documentary
short about Fort Lee by Theodore Huff and Mark A. Borgotta, a feature
called The Danger Game starring Madge Kennedy, an early Mack Sennett comedy
short, and a 31 - minute version
of Robin Hood released by Éclair America in 1912.
The
short film was funded under the IFB's Reality Bites scheme and tells the story
of a man
calling himself Peter Bergmann who arrived in Sligo Town in the summer
of 2009.
All
of these
short films — along with a half - hour documentary
called If It Bleeds We Can Kill It — have been strung together in this hour - long video, offering an especially absorbing dose
of behind - the - scenes material.
Modeled after Toshiro Mifune's towering performance in Akira Kurosawa's «High and Low» (the first
of the
film's many nods to Japan's most famous director), the villainous bureaucrat suggests relocating every single one
of the dogs in Uni Prefecture to a place
called Trash Island, starting with his own
Short - Haired Oceanic Speckle - Eared Sport Hound, Spots.
, My Winnipeg, The Saddest Music in the World, Keyhole) was accompanied by Evan Johnson, his codirector and creative brain trust on the new
film, which evolved out
of a
short -
films project
called Seances.
Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds last week (March 4) shared a
short film called No Good Deed, which acts as the first glimpse
of what to expect from a sequel.
The 3 - disc DVD includes many specials, including the previous two
film versions (1931, same title, and 1936,
called Satan Met a Lady), new documentary, theatrical trailers
of this
film and Sergeant York, Oscar - nominated
short, Gay Parisian, and others.
Loosely adapted from a Neil Gaiman
short story (and co-starring Nicole Kidman as a punk queen impresario
called Boadicea), the
film revels in its own shambolic style, turning the England
of 1977 into a sort
of queer - friendly fringe musical fantasia where anything goes.
A silly
short film called A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer brings SHIELD's Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) into the forefront as he takes down a hapless pair
of stick - up men.
In 1947, Astor Pictures released a compilation
film of several
of Crosby's Educational Pictures
short subjects
called The Road to Hollywood to evoke the series.
The Art
Of Getting By, formerly known as Homework, was both written and directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Gavin Wiesen, who's making his feature debut after a
short film in 2008
called Kill the Day.
One
of my favorite
films out
of this year's Fantastic Fest was a
short documentary
called Brimstone & Glory, which focuses on the National Pyrotechnics Festival
of Tultepec, Mexico, basically the firework capital
of the world.
As part
of a spotlight on the performers
of the year feature by The Times, Timothée made a
short film called The Cannibal.
FRUITVALE STATION (2013)-- I'm not hating on the world guys... RIDDICK (2013)-- I'm not hating on the world that allows this movie to keep going... THE EAST (2013)-- I'm hating on the world, and cinema for this movie... MUSEUM HOURS (2013)-- Let me think about art some more... FROZEN (2013)-- Let me wish for more great musical songs per
film... THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION
OF SMAUG (2013)-- Let me wish for
shorter films...
CALL ME KUCHU (2013)-- Let me wish for equality... THE TWELVE CHAIRS (1970)-- Young Frank Langela makes me feel weird... TOUCH
OF EVIL (1958)-- Charlton Heston is badass guys...
Informative and thorough, the piece opens with background on creators Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, with excerpts
of their student
short films and the «A Town
Called Panic» TV show
Christina's
short film career could be
called illustrious to say the least, but most moviegoers aren't very familiar with her resume past the child acting days
of «The Addams Family» and «Casper.»
In an age where inexpensive, high - quality digital cameras have nominally evened the playing field between the big and small screens, Louis CK's show is one
of the precious few that has any right being
called «cinematic,» unfurling as a series
of short films united by their maker's curiosity regarding family, pop culture and the contours
of his narrow worldview.
Entertaining for much
of its
short runtime, A Town
Called Panic deserves a look, especially from those who'd like to see an animated
film straying from the lucrative models
of the booming CGI market.
Ridley is the newcomer
of the group; her only credits up to this point are guest roles in British TV shows (including Mr. Selfridge), one
short film, and an upcoming movie
called Scrawl that stars other people you probably haven't heard
of.
Batman fans have to check out this wild
short film called Being Batman, about a «real life» Batman vigilante who defends the streets
of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
He's been the picture
of charm during the
Call Me By Your Name press tour, a seemingly unending traveling road show where Hammer, his co-star Timothée Chalamet, and director Luca Guadagnino take turns relating disarming anecdotes about
filming that manage to both satiate the
film's rabid gay audience while stopping
short of pandering, all while credibly evincing a perpetual Kinsey 3 vibe.
The ultimate haptic heroine
of the AFI FEST was the unnamed protagonist
of Krotkaya (A Gentle Creature), the third narrative
film of the Berlin - based Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitza.45 The Russian title is that
of the original
short story by Dostoyevsky (1876) about a meek young woman inexplicably committing suicide, but, in its country
of production (France), the
film is
called Une Femme douce — like the 1969 adaptation
of the same story by Robert Bresson directed.
If you're living in Austin or thinking about moving there, check out these five notices for everything from ABC's new drama series «American Crime» to
short film «Booty
Call of Cthulhu.»
He is also listed as having taken part in a documentary about the impact
of autism, Bad IQ, and as serving as an executive producer on a
short film called One Armed Man.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Sam Rockwell, «Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri» BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: «Darkest Hour» (Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick) BEST COSTUME DESIGN: «Phantom Thread» (Mark Bridges) BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: «Icarus» (Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan) BEST SOUND EDITING: «Dunkirk» (Richard King, Alex Gibson) BEST SOUND MIXING: «Dunkirk» (Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: «The Shape
of Water» (Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau) BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FILM: «A Fantastic Woman» from Chile BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Allison Janney, «I, Tonya» BEST ANIMATED
SHORT FILM: «Dear Basketball» (Kobe Bryant, Glen Keane) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
FILM: «Coco» (Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: «Blade Runner 2049» (John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover) BEST
FILM EDITING: «Dunkirk» (Lee Smith) BEST DOCUMENTARY
SHORT: «Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405» (Frank Stiefel) BEST LIVE ACTION
SHORT: «The Silent Child» (Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton) BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: «
Call Me by Your Name» (James Ivory) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: «Get Out» (Jordan Peele) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: «Blade Runner 2049» (Roger Deakins) BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: «The Shape
of Water» (Alexandre Desplat) BEST ORIGINAL SONG: «Remember Me» from «Coco» BEST DIRECTING: Guillermo del Toro, «The Shape
of Water» BEST ACTOR: Gary Oldman, «Darkest Hour» BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand, «Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri» BEST PICTURE: «The Shape
of Water» (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
We'll never know that if this movie were
called The Cellar (the name
of the original spec script) or No Escape (the name
of Dan Trachtenberg's
short film based in the Portal universe that may have served as the
calling card that got him the gig, and there are quite a few parallels between the two projects) or any number
of other names it would have been a more satisfying whole.
Plus, a religious horror story is casting major roles, a
short film is casting its leads, and the Broadway musical «The Phantom
of the Opera» is holding a casting
call.
In this edition, watch the directorial debut
of actress Kristen Stewart with a
short film called Come Swim.
The movie - brat generation established the tradition
of directors using
short films as
calling cards — most famously, George Lucas with Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967), which he expanded into THX 1138 (1971), and Steven Spielberg with Amblin» (1968), which helped win him a deal at Universal's TV division (and later supplied the name to his production company).
But it's not actually a scene from the movie — it's a
short film called Prologue: Last Supper and it's directed by Luke Scott, the son
of director Ridley Scott.
While Warner treated the 1962 Mutiny to an expansive two - disc Special Edition, the 1935
film settles for just a handful
of extras: trailers for both versions, an extremely
short newsreel on the 1935 Oscar win, and a 10 - minute 1935
short called Pitcairn Island Today which completely avoids discussing the supposedly long - accepted Polynesian tradition
of underage sex.
* Honestly, though, when the
film brings up Clive Barker, I was reminded
of a great little
short story by him
called «Hell's Event,» which has a very similar vibe to what The Cabin in the Woods wants to achieve.
He followed that
film with one hugely disappointing sequel / rehash, 2007's «Hostel: Part II,» and in intervening years has flirted with a host
of projects which never came to pass (the Stephen King adaptation «Cellular,» a feature - length expansion
of his «Grindhouse»
short, a sci - fi
film called «Endangered Species,» etc.), stepped in front
of the camera for friends («Inglourious Basterds,» «Aftershock «-RRB- and helped bring the Netflix series «Hemlock Grove» to life.
There's one
film in the After Dark
shorts program
called «Plus Ultra,» an experimental Spanish work, that's a really fascinating investigation
of secret histories and Spanish colonial myths.
A second disc contains the original cut
of Manos (without the silhouettes or commentary), a documentary on the making
of the
film, a
short called «Jam Handy to the Rescue!»
Don Rickles once had a
short - lived NBC program that only lasted a season, but that didn't stop AARP Studios from giving him his own show
called Dinner with Don, where he sat down for a meal with some
of today's biggest names in
film and television.