En Tus Brazos (In Your Arms) is a French-made Spanish animation movie, made in 2005, about how nothing can stop a tango dancing couple … not even fate. Cherish this one! En Tus Brazos (In Your Arms) is a wonderful animation short film directed by François-Xavier Goby, Edouard Jouret and Matthieu Landour in 2005. Presented…
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Krzysztof Kieslowski’s: Three Colours: Red (Trois Couleurs: Rouge)
The grand and majestic conclusion the Three Colours Trilogy, Red takes loosely connected lives and creates a masterful web of rich and complex philosophical narrative of loss, fraternity, and perhaps redeeming love. Three Colours: Red is the final entry in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colours trilogy, a triumphant conclusion where the lives of the three sets…
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s: Three Colours: White (Trois Couleurs: Blanc)
Considered an anti-comedy, and Krzysztof Kieslowski’s most straightforward and mainstream film, Three Colours: White, which deals with equality, is the second in the Three Colours trilogy. Largely considered to be a black comedy, composed of darkly humourous moments, Three Colours: White is the second film in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Three Colours Trilogy” (the other two being…
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s: Three Colours: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu)
Three Colours: Blue is the first of last and finest of Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski’s works, the Three Colours trilogy. A masterpiece, representative of ‘film as literature’, this film is a true exploration of not just contemporary French society, or even its protagonist’s struggle to attain emotional freedom, but also of the audience’s understanding of…
Short Film: Broken Things by Vincent Lambe
Vincent Lambe, a graduate of the prestigious National Film School of Ireland has written and directed award-winning narrative short films, along with some corporate and promotional pieces. This one is his most well-reviewed, multi-award winning, short film made in 2002. The story of Broken Things revolves around a young Irish boy who, tormented by bullies…
Short Film: Ten Thousand Pictures of You (2006)
Gear up for an exhilarating ride through the animated pictures of Sarah’s world, and go on mission with her to avenge the movie star who broke her heart! This short film was Written, Directed & Edited by Robin King, starring Denise Hoey, David Crow, and Ruth Larkin. Entirely using the technique of stop-motion animation, it…
Short Film: Charlotte’s Red (2004)
Charlotte’s Red is a multi-award winning short film made in 2004, directed by Colin McIvor. It was shot entirely on 35-mm. The film follows the story of a man and his 7 year old daughter (Charlotte). Charlotte has an amazing talent for painting. However, her father is a burglar. He encourages this talent but deviously…
Atom Egoyan: A brief note.
Atom Egoyan, (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Armenian Canadian film maker, widely considered as one of the most remarkable figures of contemporary independent cinema. He was born in Egypt to Armenian-Egyptian couple Joseph and Shushan Yeghoyan, and was named ‘Atom’ to commemorate the completion of Egypt’s first nuclear reactor! In 1963, however,…
‘Synapse’: Short film by Matthew Kalish
This is a 10 minutes long film, shot on 16 mm, from Matthew Kalish. You can read more about his work on his personal website, found here . This short film explores the entity between cause and effect. Kalish tries to the explore the ‘and’, which come between ‘cause’ and ‘effect‘, taking the example of…
Stan Brakhage: A short introduction.
James Stanley Brakhage (1933-2003), was an American avant-garde, experimental filmmaker, who in a career spanning half a century and roughly 500 short and lengthy films, established himself as one of the greatest figures in experimental film. The basic facts of his life are well known…or there is always Google for that! Born: January 14, 1933….