(courtesy YouTube (c) DUST) SNAPSHOTWebcam follows James Mann, a distraught man who thinks himself alone amidst the aftermath of our world’s downfall in the not-so-distant future. He lives a solitary life within a sealed bunker, taking refuge from the ravages of a world run amok. James’ only companion is a Continue Reading
Short film
The short and the short of it: The comedically valiant explosively avian serious fun of BOOM
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTStudents at École des Nouvelles Images created BOOM, an award-winning darkly comedic animation about a pair of birds who try to save their eggs during the eruption of a volcano in the center of their island home. All of the other birds had escaped to the water as Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The wondrous discovery of The Dandelion (Little Margo Stories)
(courtesy YouTube (c) Little Largo Stories) As we get older, we all too often lose sight of what it is to discover something for the first time. All that wonder and thrill of discover ebbs away and we’re left feeling like we’ve seen it all before and that nothing will Continue Reading
Happiness is a The Snoopy Show Christmas episode: “Happiness is Holiday Traditions” / “Window Wonderland” / “Spike’s Old-Fashioned Christmas”
(courtesy AppleTV+) If ever any pop culture property had a hold on what a Christmas tradition is, it’s Peanuts. The iconic and much-loved comic strip by Charles M. Schulz has become almost as well known for its exquisitely well-drawn and joyously nuanced television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, Continue Reading
The short and the festive short of it: The Real Santa aka Father Christmas
(courtesy YouTube) Oh my heart! What a lovely story and yes, it might be an ad for Netto Marken-Discount in Hannover, Germany but it has so much originality and warmth and loveliness that you want to watch it again and again. Focusing on the idea that “It’s a gift to Continue Reading
The short and the Christmas short of it: Gordon Goose – Christmas Tree
(courtesy YouTube) Gordon Goose, so his official page says, is a “typical corpo goose with atypical life” with a work life that is, we’re assured, even worse than the one you’re enduring. Still, even with all that corporate existential angst drilling a great big hole into his soul, Gordon finds Continue Reading
The short and the festive short of it: Believe in Christmas and No one Should be Alone at Christmas
(courtesy Stream Wars (c) Kurzfilm | Weihnachten Werbeclip der Erste Group Bank AG) Animated short films, especially those without dialogue, can really tell a powerfully impactful festive story with the most elegantly simple of ingredients. These two short films, which are, yes, ads in their own way, convey so much Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The ultimate sacrifice of Crow: The Legend
(courtesy Baobab Studios) SNAPSHOTFrom the director of Madagascar, INVASION!, and ASTEROIDS! comes Baobab Studios’ latest visionary VR animation. The carefree forest animals imagine spring will last forever. However, winter comes and the animals soon realize that their lives are in danger. What they need is a hero; what they need Continue Reading
Short film review: The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar
(courtesy IMDb (c) Netflix) Talk about a marriage made in storytelling heaven. The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar brings together the Roald Dahl story which is part of a 1977 short story collection by the author entitled The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and Six More – the book also Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: DUST presents the what-is-my-purpose rumination of Big Boom
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTThe mysterious disappearance of every human on earth leaves a service robot wondering what his purpose is. (courtesy YouTube (c) DUST) The end of the world is not generally a happy or freeing time. It’s usually marked by death and destruction and a quite pronounced end of things, Continue Reading