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Terry Gilliam Short "The Wholly Family" To Screen Online on January 23
It'd be a mistake for anyone to call one-time Monty Python member Terry Gilliam a conventional filmmaker, but with his new short, "The Wholly Family," the imaginative director is now trying something completely different: an online screening of the film, made possible by sponsor The Guardian.
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Short Starts: Watch Martin Luther King, Jr., in "The March"
Short Starts is a column devoted to kicking off the week with a short film, typically one tied to a new release. Today, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day rather than a new release, we present a 1964 USIA documentary starring the civil rights leader.
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Short Starts: Watch the 1952 Animated Version of "Beauty and the Beast"
Short Starts is a column devoted to kicking off the week with a short film, typically one tied to a new release. Today we look at two earlier animated versions of "Beauty and the Beast," in anticipation to Disney 3D rerelease, which hits theaters everywhere this Friday.
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Short Starts: Watch 18-Year-Old Angelina Jolie in 2 "Mr. Viril" Films
Short Starts is a column devoted to kicking off the week with a short film, typically one tied to a new release. Today we look at two early appearances by Angelina Jolie in anticipation of her new directorial effort, "The Land of Blood and Honey," which is now playing in limited release and expands ...
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Watch: Lionel Cineas And Wendell Sisnett's Short Film "Young Girl"
Co-written by Lionel Cineas and Wendell Sisnett, and directed by Cineas, Young Girl-- "The story of a girl who tried to dance to her own cadence instead of following the beat and going to God for Patience"-- is the latest short film offering from Cineas Films.
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Short Starts: Watch Steven Spielberg's 1968 Calling Card, "Amblin'"
Have you ever wondered where Steven Spielberg got the name for his production company, Amblin Entertainment? It comes from the filmmaker's first commercially released film, a 35mm short from 1968 titled "Amblin'." As it turns out, yesterday was the 43rd anniversary of its debut.
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Cinema Revisited: Director Annie J. Howell's Immigration-Themed Short "Tia & Marco"
I know it's almost 2012, and I know I'm late in discovering FUTURESTATES and the interesting films they have to offer. But I figure that if I haven't seen them, some of you S&A readers likely haven't seen them either. And unless I'm mistaken, director Annie J. How...
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Cinema Revisited: Director J.P. Chan's 2010 Short "Empire Corner"
A few months ago, S&A's Cynthia Reid provided us with a look at director J.P. Chan's sci-fi short for FUTURESTATES, titled Digital Antiquities. I enjoyed that film, so I started looking into Chan's past work. In doing so, I found his 2010 gem-of-a-short, Empire Corner.&nb...
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Trailer Watch - Check Out Comedy Short Film Teaser "God's Atheist"
Here's a teaser for a short film that caught my attention recently. It's called God's Atheist and it's about a man who has been sent to Heaven as an angel but there’s one problem... he’s an Atheist.
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Short Starts: Watch 5 Early "Sherlock Holmes" Films (Plus Muppets)
Short Starts is a column devoted to kicking off the week with a short film, typically one tied to a new release. Today we look at a few early "Sherlock Holmes" films in anticipation of "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," which opens this Friday.
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