“‘The Sound of Falling’ is beguiling and a handsome work by a promising filmmaker. Whether Chien-Yu Lin’s future work lands on either writing, directing or production design, she’s one to keep an eye on.”
“Oftentimes, shorts will hammer home their endings, but Peiro executes his conclusion quickly, and with full confidence.”
NoBudge Breakdown is a weekly round-up of featured films at NoBudge. For this installment, Vague Visages’ Q.V. Hough examined two weeks of short films (before NB’s summer break) and picked a few that stood out the most.
“Out of a fractured, tentative world, Kazik Radwanski created a strong and whole short film.”
“It’s done critically, sympathetically and with a demand from the viewer to take responsibility for their role in the story, too.”
“Rohmer cares more about posing questions than providing the comfort of a conclusion.”
“Martin Scorsese’s ‘Life Lessons’ benefits more from analysis as a self-standing artistic expression than as a counterpoint to the other installments of ‘New York Stories.'”
“How are we doing here, folks? Does any of this make a lick of sense?”
“This is L-I-V-I-N in the moment at its best.”
A Weekly Column on Love and Erotica in Cinema by Justine A. Smith
