Companionship in the Digital Age: A Review of ElliQ: Filling the Void of Loneliness for the Elderly
By Sadie Judd This short film, ElliQ: Filling the Void of Loneliness for the Elderly produced by Alexander Wasti, revitalizes what it means to have companionship, examining why ElliQ (a care companion Robot) is an innovative and unique product. Through this film, the audience is taken on an engaging journey of how the AI can impact feelings of loneliness and just how far this technology might go. Assessing the folds of...
A Musical Masterpiece: The Bard Percussion Studio Recital Spring 2021
By Rhea Mursalin The Bard Percussion Studio Recital, presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music, unfolds as a cinematic experience through the lens of percussion mastery. This musical showcase, divided into four distinct parts, is a mesmerizing journey that can be viewed as a conventional concert and a musical masterpiece. The talented performers of the Bard College Conservatory of Music are a testament to unparalleled...
Searching For Something Deeper: A Review of Xiaojing Wang’s Weather Forecast
By Zachary Klein Xiaojing Wang’s Weather Forecast is contemplative. Long takes and wide shots initially call to mind the phenomena known as slow cinema, but as the film wanes on, it’s clear the similarities are only skin-deep. While not entirely without merit, Weather Forecast ends up being a meandering short film in search of an ethereal truth about humanity and ultimately just comes out as a twee story about faith in… something....
A Review of Huanshuo Wang’s Film Attraction
By Alex Silverman Attraction is written, directed, edited, produced, and cinematographed by Huanshuo Wang. It was made as a final project for the 2022 NYU Tisch Summer High School Filmmakers Workshop. Taking place in China, we find a young high school boy who discovers a deaf girl who has feelings for him. What follows are several attempts to impress the girl, but every plan he has seems to fail. It isn’t until he’s finally about to...
Best Summer Ever – A Love Story For An Underserved Audience
By Zachary Klein Best Summer Ever comes from an honest place. Co-Directors Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smitelli have a history with Zeno Mountain Farm, the camp where some of the film was shot. A brief glimpse at the website for the farm reveals the film to be a community effort – familiar faces pop up everywhere, from the film’s antagonist played by Madeline Rhodes to the main star Shannon DeVido. The energy comes through in the...
Moving Stories: A Review of Battery Dance’s Dancing for Trust: Bremen
By Teresa Matuzak The mini-documentary Dancing for Trust: Bremen from Battery Dance waltzes into a world of movement and abstract expressionism as students learn to tell their stories through dance. Since 2006, Battery Dance has organized week-long camps that teach students in and around the German city of Bremen new dance techniques, expressions, and movements that allow them to tell their stories physically. Through clips and...
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