Archive for November, 2011
Video: Looking back at ASFF
We look back at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival as it comes to a close.
Video: A film lecturer’s perspective
Dr Steve Rawle, lecturer in Film Studies at York St John University, talks to us on the final day of…
Review: In Transit
Heidi C. Morstang UK / Russia Artfully shot with…
Review: Paris/Sexy
Ruth Paxton UK A young care worker, Greer, lives with her…
Review: Albatross
Kim Albright UK Comparisons to Shine will be inevitable for this film…
Review: The Birdcage
Oleg Loginov UK A collapsing marriage is seen from the…
Review: Telling Mark
Guy Ducker UK A simple scene of suburban life, where a…
Review: LIN
Piers Thompson UK/Bulgaria/Turkey Ethereal menace hangs over this tale of…
Review: Be Linen Movie
Benoit Millot France At last that film about Linen production that…
Review: Le Jeu De Cartes
Pal Urvik Rosketh Norway A child plays a game of cards with an imaginary friend. It’s a sepia-tinted curio…
Review: Bringbaer (Raspberries)
Morgan Davidsen Norway This syrupy, nostalgic piece about children selling fruit in an endless Summer, does little to hold the…
Review: My Dad and Spike
Murat Kebir UK Sleep apnoea wouldn’t immediately spring to mind as a subject for a family-friendly film. Indeed, this…
Review: Way Back When
Conrad Milligan UK A rosy-cheeked, curiously mute child explores a museum. Exhibits come to life, time-travel follows, and our protagonist…
Review: Tromp L’Oeuil
Tyson Dale USA An outstanding stop-motion animation in which a dour government official inspects a mime’s imaginary theater. The clipboard-wielding…
Review: The Monk and the Monkey
Brandon Carroll/Francesco Giroldini USA A beautifully animated computer animation of a far Eastern novice charged with finding a magical fruit….
Review: Gloop
Joe Churchman/ Gaby Bastyra UK The simple message of this film – that the marvellous material called plastic is also…






