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ELEGY FOR A REVOLUTIONARY

By | February 2013

Van Zyl’s potent analysis of character— and the exploration of whether friendship, loyalty and idealism are of help or hindrance during wartime, are just a few of the infinite questions brought to light in his gem of a film…

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ELEGY FOR A REVOLUTIONARY

Roughly based on poet and novelist C.J. Driver’s previously banned Elegy for a Revolutionary, first-time filmmaker Paul Van Zyl’s 22-minute film of the...

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KINKS

Kinks is the clever, mockumentary-brainchild of filmmakers Juliane Block and Virginia Kennedy. Except for some troublesome pacing issues, when the film...

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55 SOCKS

Co Hoedeman, the Dutch-born Canadian animator who is best known for his Academy Award-winning short "The Sand Castle," brings uncommon sensitivity to this...

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HETEROCHROMIA

Director Matthew Johnson’s short film Heterochromia is a smart concept that doesn’t quite work as an experimental narrative, because it feels too...

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FOLLOW ME: THE YONI NETANYAHU STORY (DVD)

Lt. Col. Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu was the only member of the Israeli commando force killed in the 1976 raid that rescued the hostages being held at...

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NO ONE KNOWS

Bunee Tomlinson’s little flick, No One Knows, is mysterious and suspenseful from beginning to end. No one and nothing is easily explained—and even...

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BRIDGES

Bridges is one of those odd, 12-minute shorts that is so unsettling and ambiguous that you’re left begging for more when it ends. A consummate angler,...

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