For the past few years, YouTube has been the ultimate democracy willing to take in every tired, poor, and huddled video. But just this week, YouTube has decided to put on its curatorial hat by establishing The YouTube Screening Rooma site highlighting a few high quality films each week.
The Internets Celebrities Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam go in for an investigative report on Check-Cashing. Themes explored include usury, economic instability, commercial banks and their profit line, and the cycle of poverty.
A story about "a little girl who likes a little boy, and a little boy who likes his BMX bike", this light-hearted film about young love won 2008's Tropfest.
Familiar morph-animation on a ridiculous scale—street-artist Blu takes his animation to the streets of Buenos Aires, onto the walls, and into its hidden places.
A moving ode to his dying father, Dik Jarman seeks and finds resolution to the strained relationship they shared by examining his father's love of clocks—overcoming in the end the specter of his long-lost brother.
A ton of festival kudo's have poured in for this special effects-laden, post-apocalyptic, zombie-film. That is probably because of its twist—it is actually quite sweet.
Gorgeously garish lighting accentuates this sci-fi piece by renowned auteur Wong Kar Wai. Agent 006 is undercover to catch the mysterious, charismatic "Light", but wrestles with her own feelings in doing so.
How to break up in 64 easy steps, as told from the insightful, dry humor of Lev and his lo-tech Tales of Mere Existence animated series.
Crippled with chiropractic problems, this sad, young fellow with big dreams struggles to meet that perfect someone that just fits.
All is not what it seems in this psychological, sci-fi thriller with top-notch acting and production quality.
