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I Need A Barber Who Can Do This

Ballpoint Barber // Stop-motion Reverse Haircut and Beard-cut // Trim 2 from Peter Simon (Petey Boy) on Vimeo.

Thanks to the Disposable Film Festival for tipping me off to this.

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We Fall Short, But So What. Just Keep Working.

Need some inspiration? A kick in the pants? Did the piece you worked so hard on not turn out so great?
We all go through this. There is a solution.

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It’s The Weekend. Come On Down To THE PUB.

It’s not where I care to hang, but I do dig both the style of animation and the mood and tone Joseph Pierce captured. Very well done piece.

The Pub from Joseph Pierce on Vimeo.

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“Everything You Could Ever Possibly Need, My Love.”

WHAT DO We HAVE IN OUR POCKETS, directed by Goran Dukic

 

 

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They Should Show This Before The Movie Begins

All it needs is a final card “Please don’t talk or text during the movie”.

Mel Brooks is a national treasure.

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Simplicity Is The Path To Profundity

I loved many of the films I saw at this year’s Telluride Film Festival.  One of them was Ritesh Batra’s THE LUNCHBOX.  It is his feature debut.  While I was in Colorado I got to participate in The Wrap’s Shortfest jury.  Every film was excellent.  Truly.  It was a well curated bunch.  The jury was pretty swell too: passionate, opinionated, and committed.  They were all true film lovers.  Quickly though, Ritesh’s short became evident that it was the winner.  It is often said the hardest thing to do is film two people at a table talking.  If that is so, it’s easy to see from the short why he’d go on to win prizes at Cannes and elsewhere for his first feature.

 

Café Regular, Cairo from Ritesh Batra on Vimeo.

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It’s All About Romance

At the end of the day, isn’t it always about love?

 

VOICE OVER (English subtitles) from Kamel Films on Vimeo.

I was fortunate enough to see this film when I was a judge for The Wrap’s ShortFest. All 12 films were really strong. Personally I am a bit partial when part of what a film is about is about filmmaking itself… Martin Rosete directed.