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The Contestant
One commenter claims this show is partially responsible for the popularity of the eggplant emoji. Which, yeah, checks out.
Austin Noto-Moniz
Festivals
Creative Guts Shorts Festival Wrap-Up
I'd never heard of Creative Guts until I looked more closely at the poster for this short film festival the morning before it took place. I hadn't thought about the name or who was putting on the event, figuring it was simply chosen by the organizers
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Stand By For Failure: A Documentary About Negativland
"I was always considered a little bit strange, so...I just decided one day to start telling the weather."
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Hit Man
"I am a hit man. I am a hit man. I am a solitary..." Oops, wrong movie.
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Kim's Video
An interesting story is only halfway to an interesting documentary.
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And the King Said, What A Fantastic Machine
Early on in Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck's essay film, we're told the story of George Méliès' The Coronation of Edward VII. The same year in which he'd complete A Trip to the Moon, Méliès was hired to film a "pre-enactment&
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Furiosa
Why yes, I do remember Fury Road as a matter of fact.
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Aggro Dr1ft
"I am an assassin. I am an assassin. I am a solitary assassin. I am an assassin. I am an assassin."
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Back to Black
It continues to be weird seeing movies about events I remember from my adult life.
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The Beast
I love the way dolls exist in evolving forms in each successive timeline.
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I Saw the TV Glow
"Do you like girls? Boys?" "I think that...I like TV shows."
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