South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Kevin Smith is a darkly comedic, talented, altruistic director who created a universe that many film enthusiasts have subscribed to for nearly 30 years. Kevin Smith is the epitome of an indie director, making movies for himself that are "fucking weird" by his own account, and so rightfully, [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Writer/director Julian Terry plays on the already imaginative minds of gamers and turns their safely crafted digital world against them in his short horror film, Don't Peek (2021), premiering at the SXSW Online 2021 in the "Midnight Shorts" category. In what just might be the first Animal Crossing-based [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Simple concept and concise direction hone in on the story of a young married couple who struggle to agree about a mysterious red orb that has appeared in their new home. Passing it off as a simple retinal burn, Paul (Matt Micucci) scoffs as his wife Abby (Autumn [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - A Tale Best Forgotten is another new short horror piece brought to our attention through the Midnight Shorts Competition at SXSW Online 2021. Directed by Tomas Stark, this brisk five-minute affair is a dramatic interpretation of a poem by Helen Adam, a Scottish poet from around the time of [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Surreal comedy short Flex takes four minutes and sends you on a roller coaster from self love to self hate, as a bodybuilder flexes and preens in front of a mirror. Calle Bolund is a real life Swedish bodybuilder and Instagram sensation. In Flex, his internal dialogue is [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - If you want to be both awe-struck and grossed out then I suggest you catch writer/director Ariel Zengotita's short film Flick (2021), which is screening in the Midnight Shorts category of SXSW Online 2021. Having now watched a good chunk of the line-up of shorts offered this year [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival - Contemporary blind-contour artist Sophie Kipner, working in a medium most don’t understand, where she draws from a reference without ever lifting her pen or looking away from the reference image. Her style is unmistakable, stunningly complex, and absolutely perfectly suited for the iconic photography of Baron Wolman. When [...]