Short Films Articles

Spoiler-Free Reviews: BULLET TIME and SHRIMP FRIED RICE (Fantasia 2025) 

Along with its amazing array of genre features, Fantasia International Film Festival also boasts a wide array of short films. Here are reviews of two high-energy mind blowers. BULLET TIME (U.S., 2025) Official synopsis: In a surreal world fueled by...

Spoiler-Free Reviews: A GRAND MOCKERY, LUCID, and LE TOUR DE CANADA (Fantasia 2025) 

A GRAND MOCKERY (Australia, 2025) Cowriters/codirectors Adam C. Briggs and Sam Dixon brought my university-days memories of reading literary works such as Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s Death on the Installment Plan and George Orwell’s Down and Out In...

Popcorn Frights Announces Its First Wave of Programming For 2025 Edition

Florida’s Popcorn Frights is famous for presenting the finest fear-fare cinema to Florida every summer, and this year's offerings are no exception — and this is only the first wave announcement! The festival runs from August 7–17, and if you can’t...

Horror Fuel’s Terrific Trio: Three Films Not to Be Missed at the 2025 Tribeca Festival

The 2025 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, has once again scheduled an amazing array of documentary, narrative, and animated features and short films, including several horror and horror-adjacent works. I’m covering the fest, scheduled to run...