CLOWN: A Body Horror Comedy
CLOWN: A Body Horror Comedy

Written and directed by Jon Watts with co-writer Christopher Ford back in 2014, Clown has been in the offing for some time now. Originally conceived in 2010 as a fake trailer for a forthcoming feature attraction fictively produced by contemporary horror genre guru Eli Roth, Watts’ first feature length production is a mixed bag. Blending various elements of body horror with the basic thematic structure of a domestic comedy, Clown is more silly than it is scary.

#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 12: SIMILITUDE
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 12: SIMILITUDE

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#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 11: POINTS OF ORIGIN
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 11: POINTS OF ORIGIN

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#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 10: HABEAS CORPUS
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 10: HABEAS CORPUS

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THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS: A Story Lost In Adaptation
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS: A Story Lost In Adaptation

When deciding whether a story should be written as a book or a screenplay, a writer must decide which media would be the best platform to tell their story. The Light Between Oceans, based on a novel by M. L.

#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 9: BRENDA
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 9: BRENDA

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#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 8: BLUE GIRLS BURN FAST
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 8: BLUE GIRLS BURN FAST

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COLONIA: A Vanilla Depiction Of History
COLONIA: A Vanilla Depiction Of History

In 1973, Augusto Pinochet seized power in Chile and demoted the previous civilian rule to replace it with a military dictatorship. Colonia Dignidad, commanded by Paul Schäfer and other allies of Pinochet, served as a prison for political detainees under his regime, despite the bastille being concealed by the veneer of a farming commune. With a historical premise as intriguing as this, it’s unfortunate how much Colonia’s (also known as The Colony) filmic portrayal falters more than it succeeds.

ZOOM: A Fractured Comedy On Self-Identity
ZOOM: A Fractured Comedy On Self-Identity

From up-and-coming director Pedro Morelli and first-time screenwriter Matt Hansen, Zoom is a fascinating fantasy drama about artistic identity. Tracking the lives of three central protagonists, Morelli miraculously creates a strange, circuitous world wherein everything is connected. Despite seemingly existing within the confines of each other’s imaginative works of fiction, comic book artist Emma Boyle (Alison Pill), movie director Edward Deacon (Gael García Bernal), and aspiring novelist Michelle (Mariana Ximenes) soon bleed into each other’s codependent realities.

#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 7: VICIOUS
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 7: VICIOUS

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Sculptures in Time Pt. II: Tarkovsky's ANDREI RUBLEV
Sculptures in Time Pt. II: Tarkovsky’s ANDREI RUBLEV

For Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, the artist was inextricably joined to his society, both its benefits and its ills. Tarkovsky defined these colloquies between society and an individual artist as “dialectics of personality.” In other words, individual development was indefinably caught-up within personal and distant interactions with a society.

#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 6: GETTING FAT IN A HEALTHY WAY
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 6: GETTING FAT IN A HEALTHY WAY

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#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 5: TOUCH
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 5: TOUCH

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#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 4: PENNY
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 4: PENNY

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#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 3: TEMPLE
#ShortFilmADay Challenge Day 3: TEMPLE

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