A good documentary will show you a world beyond your own. A great one engulfs you in it, essentially transporting you into the story as if you are a witness rather than an audience member. If you are ...

Shockingly, a documentary about concrete does not have to feel equivalent to watching paint dry. This is true only because of the mastermind behind the project: John Wilson. If it had been another ...

A simple toothache sends a man into a nightmarish spiral in filmmaker M. Dara Alavi’s short film, Bad Tooth. Equally impressive in craft and effects, this fever dream of a film will get under your ...

Vulnerability is the one of the bedrocks of any solid relationship. When that foundation of trust is fractured in any way, the fallout can feel isolating. In filmmaker Joe Bongiovanni’s short film The ...

Filmmaker Merlin Camozzi crafts a gritty portrait of a teenager caught in the crosshairs of police politics in his feature debut, The Snare. The film opens with a title card informing audiences that ...

When self-expression becomes illegal, how far will you go to preserve your identity? This is the question at the center of the filmmaker Hoj Jomehri’s short film, The Last Mullet. Inspired by true ...

In 2021, I travelled to Iceland to visit my now-husband, who was working with a high-profile band on their upcoming album. We stayed primarily in Reykjavík, except for a multi-day road trip through ...

What would you do to carve out a little quiet time for your passion? This is the root question of filmmaker Matthew Paris’s new short film, The Quiet Time. The ...

Jamarcus (Duane Ervin) is a talented high-school baseball prospect who must deal with instability in his family life. After losing his grandfather and subsequently having no parents to speak of, he is ...

Grief takes shape in many forms. It’s not always linear or rational, but no matter the expression, it’s always earnest. This delicate emotional state drives filmmaker Jack Serra‘s short film, ...

Filmmaker David Kobzantsev captures a feeling of free-spirited nostalgia in his directorial debut, Gold Hearts of Hot Rod County. A coming-of-age story inspired by the cinema of the 80s and 90s–think ...

Filmmaker Joe Hollow descends into darkness in the independent psychological horror flick Flesh of the Unforgiven. For adults’ eyes only, this provocative gothic tale tells the story of a struggling ...