1.61 Films

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: February 2019

    A subway meltdown, a story that unravels entirely on phone screen and an emotional lingerie fitting make up our fav. films of February

  • Branded Content

    Relentless Energy Short Stories

    I watched a ton of skate and surf movie as a kid growing up in the hotbed of alternative sports culture, Southern California. I was an accomplished if not spectacular practitioner of both, and would eat up the opportunity to see new tricks, new athletes, performing at the top of their game, re-watching those VHS tapes to the point of destruction.

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: November 2023

    The perfect trio of films - a tense live-action drama, an insightful documentary and an insane animation - make up our Best of the Month picks for November 2023

  • Festival

    Short of the Week's SXSW Shorts Week

    Short of the Week is kicking off a week-long celebration of short films that were set to play at the SXSW 2020 Film Festival. #SXSWshorts

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    Documentary

    The Shock Doctrine

    "Literary trailer" for the book by the same name, this short, produced by "Children of Men" director Alfonso Cuarón, mixes archival footage as well nifty motion graphics to dramatize the book's thesis.

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    Documentary Matt Houghton

    Landline

    In 2010, a chaplain from Cheshire set up a helpline for gay farmers. 'Landline' journeys into the world of the people who called.

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    Action Saman Kesh

    HIT TV

    An illegal show has been placing bounties on people to have them assassinated. Now, Emerald Bay is over run with bounty hunters, yet an unlikely hero is born amidst the bloodshed.

  • Festival

    Sundance 2010 Shorts Hit YouTube

    Sundance kicked off tonight in Park City, Utah. I hadn't heard any advance buzz about the 10/10 online series, a recent Sundance tradition that we covered last year, and so I sadly concluded that the festival had moved away from online distro for short films to instead focus more on its much-heralded pay per view partnership.

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    Drama Bertil Nilsson

    Alfie's Island

    Karim seeks to free himself from the echoes of his past relationship with Alfie, on a trip to their special island.

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