Horror encountered in exotic places makes a kind of sense. And so we have Skull Island (“King Kong”), the Amazonian rainforest (“Anaconda”), and the Arctic (“The Thing from Another World.”) No big surprise if you meet up with a T.rex in Jurassic Park. But if you’re on familiar turf, there’s an extra adrenalin hit when…
read more →One of the great challenges facing artists is making old subjects seem new. Peter Steele accomplishes this daunting task in “The Bird,” a two-minute animation film about recycling. While the visuals lead the way, pay attention also to the remarkable sound effects. Beyond aesthetics, the ultimate test of this kind of movie is whether or…
read more →The pandemic has inspired scores of movies. One of the wittiest is Jon Gill’s “Working at Home.” This extended selfie provides evidence that a one-person production can be cinematically rich. The two-minute video won the Best Short Film Award at this year’s International Mobile Film Festival. About the Production About “Working at Home,” Jon Gill…
read more →Parkour videos usually focus on the visible performance. They show us dazzling moves of the kind that would bring viewers to their feet if parkour were a spectator sport. In “Free,” Mobile moviemaker Cassius Rayner gives us a different perspective. He arranges for the athlete JA to take us inside, so that we can appreciate the…
read more →“Lysistrata.” “Guernica.” “Naked and the Dead.” “All Quiet on the Western Front.” “Blowin’ in the Wind.” Creators in every branch of the arts have focused on war. While such efforts haven’t ended conflict, they have kept alive the yearning for peace. In this tradition, Finn Harvor gives us “Wargasm XV.” Harvor continually revises this videopoem, hence…
read more →Artists often view their work as a gift to those who see, hear, or otherwise receive it. Even when remuneration is involved, there is the notion that one’s creativity is directed to other people. But sometimes, the creator is a work’s main beneficiary. In “Ukrainian Teen Takes to the Abbey Stage,” RTEnews mobile journalist Philip…
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