A whistleblower’s insider knowledge and shocking revelations in “MH-17: In Search of Truth”
Vasily Prozorov, “MH-17: In Search of Truth” (UKR Leaks, December 2019) Currently gaining a lot
Iteration 1: a dystopian human future equivalent to a maze teaching flatworms to learn from experience
Jesse Lupini, “Iteration 1” (2016) Made for a Canadian film festival in which the objective
The Candidate: a suspenseful film of a sociopath caught in a spider’s web of control
David Karlak, “The Candidate” (2010) Entirely driven by character and dialogue, this interesting character study
French and French-language Films | Japanese Films
The Truth: where lies and deception are as important as truth in keeping families together
Hirokazu Kore-eda, “The Truth” (2019) Ironically truth is the one thing going missing in this
French and French-language Films
On / Off: a film on identity, memory and the consequences of inattention
Thierry Lorenzi, “On / Off” (2013) This short space-exploration thriller film had been doing the
Aeranger: a meditation on how duty, self-sacrifice and love of one’s people have far-reaching consequences
Anthony Ferraro, “Aeranger” (2019) A twelve-minute film about an alien crash-landing somewhere in North America
Round-up of Films seen in 2019
Dear USE readers and visitors, Where did 2019 go to? The year just seems to
A Date in 2025: sci-fi romantic comedy short on human-technology interactions
Ryan Turner, “A Date in 2025” (2017) Goofy teenage romantic comedy about a socially awkward
After Her: missing-girl parody that leads to a personal transformation
Aly Migliori, “After Her” (2018) A young man, Callum (Christopher Dylan White), goes in search
Apocalypse Now Now: where superstition and technology create monsters in a post-apocalyptic urban dystopia
Michael Mathews, “Apocalypse Now Now” (2017) Made as a proof-of-concept film on which a television