experimental

POR DINERO

By David Finkelstein | September 2014

20 year old son Israel has been able to support his entire family through his restaurant job in Florida, generously raising their standard of living…

Read More

Reviews

POR DINERO

“Por Dinero” is an engaging portrait of an indigenous family in the remote town of Panixtlahuaca in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the young son who supports them...

Reviews

RICE FOR SALE

In “Rice for Sale,” filmmakers Brendan and Jeremy Smyth have tried to use documentary footage, which they shot in Bali, to create a mythic and poetic...

Reviews

WHEN I STOP LOOKING

“When I Stop Looking” is a complex, deeply engaging short by Todd Herman with a seemingly straight-forward structure: it simply shows us the faces of...

Reviews

EUDORA

In “Eudora,” filmmaker Michael Bucuzzo uses visual tropes from horror films to explore the “haunted” nature of artifacts from his grandfather’s...

Reviews

SHE LEARNS TO LUNGE

“She Learns to Lunge,” a new short video poem by Katya Yakubov, is a delicate and exquisitely wrought collage of words, images, and ambient sounds. The...

Reviews

CIRCLE IN THE SAND

Like many contemporary movies, Michael Robinson’s absorbing, poetic film “Circle in the Sand,” is set in a post-apocalyptic world. It concerns itself...

Reviews

ANOTHER SONG ABOUT THE SEA

“Another Song About the Sea” is Jeremy Bessoff’s haunting, exquisite animated study of a couple whose relationship is effected by the husband’s...

Reviews

I.THOU

“i.thou” is a compelling, hypnotic film by Jessica Fenlon. The source material for the film comes almost entirely from Hollywood footage, usually from...

Reviews

NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS

“No More Lonely Nights” is an experimental work of (reworked) found footage, created by Vincenzo Core and Fabio Scacchioli in the style that Austrian...

Reviews

PEACOCK

Kurt Frausun describes “Peacock,” his new shortish feature, as telling a story of an artist in search of his muse, but this narrative will not be...

« Previous 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 14 Next »