Short of the Week Tag Archive

Documentary

SotW: Everything is a Remix

Over at Short of the Week I take a look at Kirby Ferguson’s assertion that we’re all cultural magpies: Sit around with a bunch of filmmakers,

Read more

Documentary

SotW: The Apology Line by James Lees

Hey..I’ve got a secret to tell you over at Short of the Week: Confessing all to a priest or therapist can be a cathartic experience, but for those of us

Read more

Animation

The Thomas Beale Cipher

If you sit down and think about it, it’s a hard thing to convince someone of your particular standards of quality or levels of taste. Sure you can show

Read more

Live Action

SotW: Stand Up

First Short of the Week of the year and I can’t think of a better way to kick off 2011 than with Joseph Pierce’s sublime Stand Up. A great short,

Read more

News

SotW: Top 10 Short Films of 2010

One look at our homepage at the moment will tell you that around the time of one year coming to an end and another year starting (or “New Year” as

Read more

Art & Fashion

SotW: Somatic

I have some December Short of the Week goodness for you: What do close up shots of a lion, servers, urban areal stills and hanging meat have in common? No,

Read more

Live Action

SotW: Thrush

I wrote a few words about recent Vimeo Festival winner Thrush over at Short of the Week: In a world dominated by the digital image and social media, the art of

Read more

Live Action

SotW: Bro

I wrote a few words about Chris Dundon’s latest short Bro over at Short of the Week: When you’re a teenager it can often be hard to fit in. Snap

Read more

Animation, Art & Fashion

SotW: Outliers, Between Bears & One

So once again my slackness has got the better of me and I’ve totally failed to let you know what I’ve been writing for the wondrous Short of Week

Read more

Live Action

SotW: Tell-Tale

My latest Short of the Week is Greg Williams’ directorial debut Tell-Tale, a fresh, inventive and beautifully shot take on the femme fatale story,

Read more

Documentary

SotW: The Bowler

There was a time when you really had to search out a short documentary film, a time when the fiction film was most definitely the alpha male in the world of

Read more

Asides, Live Action

SotW: Apricot

Ben Briand’s gorgeous short 'Apricot' questions what it would be like if you just couldn’t quite recall anything.

Read more