It is impossible to watch writer/director Marsibil Saemundardottir’s short film FREYJA without thinking of the early films of Roman Polanski—the syrup thick atmosphere (syrup and glass shards, to be more directly evocative) the unnerving, claustrophobic tension, and the sense of alien-ness to every object of familiarity, banal reality turned grotesque
For the 8th time Lichtspielklub presents new (and short) films from Great Britain! For four days they’ll show drama, comedy, thriller, documentary, animation, experimental films and much more from the home country of dirty weather. Made by British and Irish directors, film students and other filmmakers that are living and
The new film Bypass by Duane Hopkins is showing at this year’s LFF and it stars an ‘unrecognisable’ George MacKay (Sunshine on Leith; Pride etc) in the role of morally compromised petty criminal Tim. It’s going to be a crowd pleaser if Venice is anything to go by: the Gala screening there last month saw an audience
So, how does one go about making a short crime film that pops, seems original, non-derivative—actually seems like a piece of cinema to be genuinely experienced, not just a jaunt through tropes and empty stylization? Don’t get me wrong—even the trope-iest crime short (or feature) can be fine and dandy
Wild Eye Releasing, a longtime sponsor of the PollyGrind Film Festival, has announced the upcoming October 21 DVD and VOD release of Frank S. Petrilli's Play Hooky. A hit among critics and audiences, the film took home the Most Innovative Film award at the PollyGrind Film Festival and is the
