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    ‘Act of God’ by Spencer Cook and Parker Smith

    by The MovieBabble Staff October 2, 2023
    by The MovieBabble Staff October 2, 2023

    Stuart, a disabled man who pushes away his caretakers, comes to understand the value of accepting help.   Nick Kush: On top of the refreshing representation it provides, Act of God creates a worthwhile dialogue about …

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    ‘Berry Pickers’ By Agnes Skonare Karlsson

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 23, 2023
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 23, 2023

    During an exceptionally hot summer in Sweden, a Thai migrant worker has to navigate the forest and his increasingly quarrelsome relationship with his older brother, in order to find the blueberries needed to afford passage …

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    ‘Lay Me by the Shore’ By David Findlay

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 17, 2023
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 17, 2023

    Introducing a young cast of first-time actors, Lay Me by the Shore follows a week in the life of Noah, a high school senior in his final days of school as he comes to terms …

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    ‘Soft Animals’ By Renee Zhan

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 9, 2023
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 9, 2023

    Two ex-lovers cross paths at a train station.   Nick Kush: In a manner that only animation could express, Soft Animals is a very honest, funny, and occasionally gross (thanks to some wonderfully squishy sound design) depiction …

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    ‘The Sentence of Michael Thompson’ by Kyle Thrash and Haley Elizabeth Anderson

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 9, 2022
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 9, 2022

    Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to a close friend …

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    ‘Left Over’ by David N. Drake

    by Nick Kush September 18, 2022
    by Nick Kush September 18, 2022

    Nel packs up her late father’s home while simultaneously unpacking memories of their volatile relationship.   Nick Kush: I very much admire Left Over‘s preference for small-stakes character building instead of histrionics. There are no screaming …

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    ‘Genius Loci’ by Adrien Merigeau

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 9, 2022
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 9, 2022

    One night, Reine, a young loner, sees within the urban chaos a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.   Nick Kush: Genius Loci was on my long list of my favorite movies …

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    ‘Shots in the Dark With David Godlis’ by Lewie & Noah Kloster

    by The MovieBabble Staff November 8, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff November 8, 2021

    Between 1976 and 1980, young Manhattan photographer David Godlis documented the nightly goings-on at the Bowery’s legendary CBGB, “the undisputed birthplace of punk rock,” with a vividly distinctive style of night photography. Lewie and Noah …

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    ‘While You Were Sleeping’ by Anderson Wright

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 27, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 27, 2021

    Night shift cleaners in Salt Lake City share their experiences and attitudes toward their essential work.   Nick Kush: While You Were Sleeping is a gentle reminder of the necessary, but mostly unappreciated work that so …

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    ‘The Gaze’ by Barry Jenkins

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 6, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 6, 2021

    Barry Jenkins’ note on The Gaze: “In my years of doing interviews and roundtables and Q&A’s for the various films we’ve made, there is one question that recurs. No matter the length of the piece …

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    ‘How to Breathe in Kern County’ by Chris Filippone

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 30, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 30, 2021

    As the workday grinds to a halt, a gathering of street racers makes way for the backroads of Bakersfield to find catharsis.   Nick Kush: So little is said throughout How to Breathe in Kern County, …

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    ‘Frank’s Joke’ by Ed Bulmer

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 23, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 23, 2021

    Frank told a joke at work. Nobody laughed. Now at 3 am he’s unable to sleep as he obsesses over his social faux-pas, leading him to contemplate the nature of memory itself.   Nick Kush: …

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    ‘The Moon’s Not That Great’ by Mathieu Libman

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 15, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 15, 2021

    After an astronaut returns from her lunar mission to find that the public lost all interest in the moon, the stories of the astronaut, a film director, and a bear intersect.   Nick Kush: Whether it’s …

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    ‘Freeze Frame’ by Soetkin Verstegen

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 5, 2021
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 5, 2021

    Identical figures perform the hopeless task of preserving blocks of ice.   Nick Kush: I love little oddballs such as Freeze Frame, wherein it appears the creator set out to try something just to see what …

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    ‘Youth’ by Farida Zahran

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 2, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 2, 2020

    A teenage girl takes a step toward adulthood in contemporary Cairo.   Nick Kush: Farida Zahran shows plenty of restraint in telling this coming-of-age story; in the wrong hands, Youth could turn into a needlessly brutal …

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    ‘Darling’ by Saim Sadiq

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 1, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 1, 2020

    As a new show is introduced at an erotic dance theater in Lahore, a sacrificial goat goes missing, a dreamy trans girl desperately tries to become a star, and a naive young boy falls in …

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    ‘Bob & Dale’ by David Rosfeld

    by The MovieBabble Staff November 29, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff November 29, 2020

    An elderly gay couple living off the grid in the Rocky Mountains finds a deeper love together when dementia threatens their independence. Nick Kush: I adore Bob & Dale’s sparing use of dialogue. The titular couple …

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    ‘Is Your Daughter Home?’ by Vincenzo Nappi

    by The MovieBabble Staff September 30, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff September 30, 2020

    Mark Reiter stands in front of his love’s house as he practices what he will say to her mother.   Nick Kush: The grain of the film and the general rough-around-the-edges aesthetic to Is Your Daughter …

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    ‘Runon’ by Daniel Kaufman

    by The MovieBabble Staff August 15, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff August 15, 2020

    All Luke and his mom have are two garbage bags full of clothes, and two tickets out of town on the midnight Greyhound. Like he’s assembling a puzzle, Luke has to figure out the why …

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    ‘Ode to Desolation’ by Lindsey Hagen

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 31, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 31, 2020

    Ode to Desolation shares the story of Jim Henterly, a naturalist, illustrator, and fire lookout as he contemplates the dwindling days of Fire Lookouts in North America. With the influence of technology and AI threatening …

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    ‘Man-Spider’ by Tom Oxenham

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 24, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 24, 2020

    Everyone knows the Spider-Man story: man gets bitten by spider, gets spider powers, becomes hero. But radioactive metamorphosis is a two-way street. So what about the spider who bit Peter Parker? Whatever became of him? …

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    ‘Sickboy’ by Julian Muller

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 17, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 17, 2020

    Every day that passes in New York City, Jeff finds a way to get through it. Maybe he’s driven to find love. Maybe he’s driven to find a connection. Or maybe he’s just driven to …

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    ‘-Ship: A Visual Poem’ by Terrance Daye

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 8, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 8, 2020

    A black boy learns contradicting lessons of manhood and masculinity on the day of his cousin’s funeral. Winner of 2020 Sundance Jury Award for U.S. Narrative Fiction.   Nick Kush: It’s the understatement of the year …

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    ‘If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth’ by Meghan Ross

    by The MovieBabble Staff July 4, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff July 4, 2020

    If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I’ll Let Her Navigate Her Own Emotional Growth is a short film adapted from the hilarious and heartwarming humor essay written by Toronto-based comedian Sophie …

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    ‘The Prisoner’s Song’ by Bilal S. Haider

    by The MovieBabble Staff June 26, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff June 26, 2020

    The Prisoner’s Song follows two days in the life of an American prisoner, one during his time incarcerated and one as a free man, providing an observational view of the issues within the American prison …

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    ‘Squeegee’ by Morgan Krantz

    by The MovieBabble Staff May 26, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff May 26, 2020

    A high-powered female executive has an erotic rendezvous with a high-rise window-washer on opposite sides of her office window. Funny and poignant, Squeegee is an apt portrait of intimacy in the time of social distancing. …

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    ‘Fire (Pozar)’ by David Lynch

    by The MovieBabble Staff May 25, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff May 25, 2020

    Fire, given by a mysterious figure, creates a hole in the world through which something terrible enters and leaves the world burned and overrun by strange insect figures.   Nick Kush: David Lynch may never make …

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    ‘Tingle Monsters’ by Alexandra Serio

    by The MovieBabble Staff May 21, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff May 21, 2020

    An ASMR vlogger with a devoted fan base returns from an extended absence with a livestream that spirals out of control.   Nick Kush: I appreciate any film that strives to push cinema forward. What …

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    ‘Crude Oil’ by Christopher Good

    by The MovieBabble Staff April 28, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff April 28, 2020

    Jenny breaks free from a toxic friendship and learns to harness her magical, useless superpower.   Nick Kush: Crude Oil is such a delightfully silly and experimental short film that labeling it as “quirky” doesn’t do …

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    ‘The Neighbors’ Window’ by Marshall Curry

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 22, 2020
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 22, 2020

    92nd Academy Award Nominee for Best Live Action Short, The Neighbors’ Window tells the story of Alli (Maria Dizzia), a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and husband (Greg …

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