Welcome back to the Short Film of the Week! As you can probably see, we’re doing something different today. Live action! That’s not to say that we’ll stop doing animated…
Short Film of the Week
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Short Film of the Week: Best of the Best
by edward j rathke December 27, 2014I’ve been doing these almost weekly posts about short animated films for most of the year. I’ve discussed twenty four animated films since the end of March, and though it’s…
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Short Film of the Week: Sangre de Unicornio by Alberto Vazquez
by edward j rathke December 13, 2014When you click to watch this film, be sure to hit the CC button and turn on the subtitles. Winter is a brutal time of the year, so this week…
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Short Film of the Week: Mean Teddies by Tyler Novo
by edward j rathke December 6, 2014Very little is going well in the world we live in. The past month has been an extended tragedy played before us every night. And as if that weren’t bad…
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Short Film of the Week: Playground by Ryosuke Oshiro
by edward j rathke November 29, 2014Ryosuke Oshiro‘s Playground, like most things I discuss on here, reminds me of childhood. Childhood is a strange thing since it largely becomes mythical and separated from reality the further…
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Short Film of the Week: Nebula by Gobelins
by edward j rathke November 22, 2014Nebula by students from Gobelins is simply brilliant. It reminds me of being young and it reminds me of Ocarina of Time. To talk about the latter is to talk closely about my…
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Short FIlm of the Week: Caldera by Evan Viera
by edward j rathke November 15, 2014Within seconds, you can tell that Evan Viera‘s Caldera is going to be a beautiful and haunting film. Caldera is beautiful, mesmerising, and challenging, pushing the boundaries of reality and irreality. A…
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Short Film of the Week: Abiogenesis by Richard Mans
by edward j rathke October 18, 2014I think about terraforming a lot. Probably more than most people. I think about the future of humanity, how we may some day become post-terran, how we may [hopefully] some…
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Short Film of the Week: Animator vs Animation IV by Alan Becker
by edward j rathke October 4, 2014This is very different from what I’ve usually covered here, and I was planning on writing about a very different animated film until I saw this Thursday night. But this…
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Short Film of the Week: L3.0 by ISART Digital
by edward j rathke September 20, 2014I’ve missed a few weeks in a row but I’m back and hopefully getting this back onto a weekly schedule. But, you know, life being how it is, there’s really…
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Short Film of the Week: Invention of Love by Andrey Shushkov
by edward j rathke August 30, 2014Invention of Love by Andrey Shushkov is a beautiful film in silhouette. It begins as a very simple story of love but develops into quite a bit more. There’s some…
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Short Film of the Week: Origami by David Pavon
by edward j rathke August 23, 2014We begin with Death, as most things do. The last act of the man is to create something simple, something that few would take notice of. He’s spent maybe countless…
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Short Film of the Week: This Way Up by Smith & Foulkes
by edward j rathke August 16, 2014This Way Up by Smith & Foulkes is an Academy Award nominated short film. Too few of these are readily available to the public. Anyrate, we follow two men trying…
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Short Film of the Week: Monsterbox by Ludovic Gavillet, Derya Kocaurlu, Lucas Hudson, and Colin Jean-Saunier
by edward j rathke July 26, 2014Monsterbox by Ludovic Gavillet, Derya Kocaurlu, Lucas Hudson, and Colin Jean-Saunier is delightful. It reminds me of being young and wanting the world to be a little more fantastic, with…