Short Films

The opening image of Molly immediately tells us that writer-director Darius Shu has an eye for the unusual. Inside a […]

“After dinner I sit by the window, watching. It’s been going on for months now.” Those opening words immediately establish

The moment a child first truly understands death can be surprisingly difficult to define. It does not necessarily arrive through

There are subjects that do not require a feature-length running time to leave an impression. Kelly Lynn Warren’s Shame lasts

Some sports need little explanation. Others require a few moments of observation before the rules, culture and appeal begin to

There are films that carefully explain their worlds, films that deliberately leave audiences with questions, and films that appear to

There is something wonderfully recognisable about the kind of night depicted in High Voltage. Four young people, alcohol, flirting, jealousy,

At a little over seven minutes long, with almost a minute of that running time consisting of a black screen

Music videos have always provided filmmakers with an opportunity to experiment in ways that conventional narrative cinema sometimes cannot. In

Filmmaker Jack McLoughlin is becoming a familiar name at Screen Critix. We’ve previously reviewed several of his projects, including Are

There is something special about a first car. It might be old, unreliable and destined to accumulate an alarming amount

Writer’s block can be terrifying enough without a supernatural creature threatening to drain the life out of you unless you