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Charlie Greep
Oct 24, 2019
The Underground Empire [Manuel del Negro, Italy, 2019]
Thematically, The Underground Empire explores human progress and how humans and the natural world are both entwined with each other and yet
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
The Wait of Stones [Dave Huber, USA, 2019]
The film is almost completely silence throughout the majority of its run time, with only the ambient sounds of nature such as babbling brook
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
Hollow Pond [Rolfin Nyhus, UK, 2019]
The primary theme of Hollow Pond is the historical and continuing influence and spread of Western culture throughout the world and how this
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
A Most Savage Beast [Theo Hogben, Norway/UK, 2018]
As the visuals do the storytelling heavy lifting, it is fortunate that they are so strong with many memorable images that stick in the mind.
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
Random Knowledge [Michael Charron, USA, 2018]
On a technical level, Random Knowledge does some interesting things with lighting. The dramatic lense flares of the world inside the charact
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
A Light Before the Dark [Valentina Premoli, Italy, 2018]
The film is effectively a horror short story with the sort of twist horror short stories tend to have. Although A Light Before the Dark’s tw
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
Rituals [Josh Aarons, UK/Sweden, 2019]
Filmed on location in Sweden, the country’s natural beauty compliments the film’s cinematography and makes for many visually gorgeous shots,
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
A Cover Story [Peter Ouzounov, UK, 2019]
It is a dialogue heavy piece as the film is mostly made up of Andy’s ill-fated attempt to interview Moon. For the most part, the dialogue is
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
Under the Whale [James C. Martin, USA, 2019]
Under the Whale is a behind the scenes documentary of a dance/play performed by teenage students in New York and directed by James C. Martin
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Charlie Greep
Oct 2, 2019
I Want to Do It [Roshan Hill, Australia, 2019]
A short film from director Roshan Hill, I Want to Do It tells the story of a couple and the woman who is acting as the surrogate for their b
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