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Saturday Matinee: Puffball Studio double feature

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Luther Blissett

With films like Swipe, Shehr e Tabassum, Pakistan’s Puffball Studio depicts dystopias that feel all too real An app that mirrors mob justice. A dystopia where smiling is the only expression allowed. Pakistan’s Puffball Studio and its founder Arafat Mazhar … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Peter and Ben

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Luther Blissett

After 30 years of solitude, Peter forms an unlikely friendship with a fellow loner By aeon ‘I had left my flock, and Ben had left his.’ After taking a walk through a remote Welsh valley, Peter committed himself to a … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Genius Party double feature

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Luther Blissett

Synopsis from Shout Factory: “Simply mind-blowing. A must see!” – Niels Matthijs, Screen Anarchy From groundbreaking animation outfit STUDIO 4°C (MFKZ, Mind Game) comes two extraordinary projects with a shared, simple vision: to take an all-star team of some of … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Next Floor

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Luther Blissett

“Next Floor” (2008) is a Canadian short directed by Denis Villeneuve. The mostly wordless film depicts a decadent banquet attended by servers and valets, with eleven gluttonous guests endlessly engorging themselves until they reach a sudden limit to their apparent … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Rakka

Posted on November 30, 2019 by Luther Blissett

From Oats Studios Rakka is the story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing and unrelenting, the humans we meet must find enough courage to go on fighting. Directed by Neill Blomkamp and … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Corporate Monster

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Luther Blissett

By Rob Munday Source: Short of the Week From New Coke to the New World Order, conspiracy theories are rich throughout history and that stranger you meet in the bar, or family member you get stuck with at a wedding, … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Happiness (Short Film)

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Luther Blissett

Happiness – by Steve Cutts Can we buy happiness? Are we really trapped? An economic textbook about our contemporary society By Chiara Pascali Source: GoodShortFilms Try to google the word Happiness, the first (sponsored) result of your search will be shophappiness.com. Happiness can be bought. … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: The Monkey’s Teeth

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Luther Blissett

‘The Monkey’s Teeth,’ French cartoon written by patients in a mental hospital By Oliver Hall Source: Dangerous Minds Les dents du singe (The Monkey’s Teeth) is the directorial debut of René Laloux, the animator who made Fantastic Planet and Time … Continue reading →

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