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Posted 06/12/09 in Vulture

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Filmmakers Bastian Caspar, Sebastian Natto, and Denis Trümbach Would Like to Take Your Picture

It actually starts off kind of creepily, with a man silently walking around and taking Polaroids of random bystanders, putting them into strange poses as he does so.

Posted 06/08/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Bruce McDonald Clears Dance Floor by Process of Elimination

McDonald’s 1998 short 'Elimination Dance' starts off looking like a meet-cute romantic comedy and then turns into something infinitely weirder.

Posted 05/29/09 in Vulture

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A Pair of Short Shorts From Filmmakers Ounouri Damien and Eckhard Kruse

The Art by Chance Film Festival celebrates "ultra-short films" by presenting them to us in unexpected, nontheatrical venues.

Posted 05/22/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Joel Plotch Pulls One Over

The story does end with a final twist of the knife, but it’s far subtler and more haunting than you might expect.

Posted 05/15/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Ken Jacobs in Stereo(graph)

In his 'Capitalism: Slavery,' the director takes a Victorian stenograph of cotton pickers and, essentially, animates it into cinema.

Posted 05/01/09 in Vulture

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Sita Sings the Blues Filmmaker Nina Paley Plays Fetch!

Nina Paley's 2002 short 'Fetch!' was the first Flash-to-35mm short film, but for a seven-year-old technological watershed, it's still pretty great.

Posted 04/24/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan Spins a Melancholy Cocoon

It's more abstract than his later films, but it's still clearly his work, as evidenced by its evocative shots of nature, its glimpses at family life, and its lushly melancholy mood.

Posted 04/10/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Brendon McQueen Springs Grandma From the Hospital

There have been many films made about Alzheimer's, but few with the sensitivity and (yes) humor of Brendon McQueen's beautifully shot and touching short film 'Skip Rocks.'

Posted 04/03/09 in Vulture

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Filmmakers Fabrizio Galvagno and Julia Haslett Check in With the East Village’s Pizza Czar

We're big fans of Una Pizza Napoletana in the East Village and its irascible, tattoo-covered owner Anthony Mangieri, so we were more than a little excited to come across this short.

Posted 03/27/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Scott Rice Sheds Light on Perils in Nude Modeling

It's like an art film hijacked by Michael Bay, but in the best way possible.

Posted 03/13/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Brian Pew Would Like to Get Your Opinion on This Toilet Paper

'Focus Group' takes us into the impossibly dry and claustrophobic world of consumer focus groups.

Posted 02/20/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne Punches Your Stub

'Validation,' is a romantic epic in miniature.

Posted 02/13/09 in Vulture

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See Duke Ellington’s Movie Debut

As such, it's a part of both cinema and music history, even though, as a film, it's basically an excuse to showcase Ellington's musicianship.

Posted 02/05/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Cruz Angeles Makes Uncomfortable Art

One of our favorite films at this year's Sundance Film Festival was Cruz Angeles's beautiful debut feature. So we decided to delve into his back catalogue.

Posted 01/26/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Eran Merav Learns Important Lesson About Dogs

In Eran Merav's short, 'Nati,' a young ice-cream seller gets duped into an unbelievable act of cruelty by some of his yahoo friends.

Posted 01/15/09 in Vulture

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Silent Light Director Carlos Reygadas Goes to the Beach, Works Through Mommy Issues

Reygadas's 1999 short film 'Maxhumain' is a tiny, experimental, mixed-media dream about a young man's existential portent amid memories of his mother

Posted 01/02/09 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Dale Goodson Gets Gas

Hey, remember those skyrocketing fuel prices earlier this year? Boy, was that a silly time — and so long ago, too.

Posted 12/12/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Barry Jenkins Explores Love in a Time of Clorox

Jenkins's 2003 short 'My Josephine' is a lovely, impressionistic look at an Arab man and woman who work in a laundromat.

Posted 12/02/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Antonio Campos Spoils His Dinner

Let's see … where to start with this one?

Posted 11/20/08 in Vulture

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Filmmaker Michael Dudok de Wit Tears a Family Apart

You might need a Kleenex.