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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDWEST

By | March 2014

I get the intention, the attempt to tell everyone’s story to make a compelling narrative, but the balance just isn’t right. Instead it comes off as meandering…

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE MIDWEST

Jim (Dave Gerjets) is on his way to commit suicide when he instead accidentally almost drowns. During his near-death experience, he has a vision of man...

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STRANDED N DANGRIGA

A hard working drum teacher from Dangriga, Belize, writes songs in his spare time and dreams of fame and fortune. But will he be willing to barter his...

SIFF 2014: BEHIND THE CURTAIN, PART ONE

For many filmmakers, the film festival selection process is a bit of a “black box.” You submit your film, you wait, and then you get an acceptance or a...

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STICKY

Jilli Rose's animated short film smorgasbord Sticky tells the story of the Lord Howe Island stick insect thought long extinct until a couple specimens were...

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Simon (Christopher Marrone) works at a camera store, his wannabe filmmaker tendencies driving him mad at the prospect of being surrounded by so much great...

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THE REVOLUTIONARY

In Peter Blackmann's short film, The Revolutionary, two people sharing a smoke break on a fire escape discuss the lack of revolution in today's generation....

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DOMINO FALLING

A hitman (Christopher Backus) is tasked with a brutal job in order to get his love (Talita Maia) back from a sadistic criminal (Judd Laurance). He...

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FANTASTIC MR. FOX: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

In some ways, Mr. Fox reminds me of another character from a Wes Anderson movie, Royal Tenenbaum. While both characters' family lives are very different,...

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WORM FREE SOCIETY

Norman (Timothy Goff) is a little uneasy about his current job. Working opposite shifts with a sickly old man (David Weindel), and sharing the same desk,...

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EL REY

When two Austrian musicians decide to take a hiatus from life as they know it, and go on an eight-month tour of Latin America, they have no idea that their...

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