MAY 2012 FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS (FFS) - GOLDEN GONGS YEAR-END SHOWDOWN.

I was afraid I wouldn’t get a seat at the First Friday Shorts’ (FFS) annual contest, so I arrived at 8:45pm.  The parking lot was almost full.  I met up with my Canadian friends, Ross and Carol, who were my buddies at the 2012 Arizona International Film Festival.  We were all honored as “super-fans” because we saw almost every single film at the fest.  My reviews will be coming ...

MARCH 2012 FIRST FRIDAY SHORTS (FFS)

I arrived at 8:48pm.  It was cold outside.  The theater looked three-fourths to 5/8 full.

A mass of Loft previews were shown: Membership commercial, Rocky Horror, Solaris (original), Police Women, Finding Joe (just incase there were some introspective people in the audience?), Intruder (I’ve got to see this one with Sam Raimi and Bruce Ca...

The Loft Theater was packed and so was the parking lot.  I had to find parking on the street.  Michael Sterner was “UNWELL” as Max Cannon put it.  He also introduced the New Year as the “Beginning of Oblivion.”  Now I see where he goes on the internet.  Personally, I think it’s going to be a great year for people who are awake enough...

MAGIC HOUR was the University of AZ BFA class of 2012’s student short films screening event hosted by the Loft Cinema.  The shorts had very high production values, including great lighting, cinematography and color-correction which made for easy viewing.  At this time, I’ve only been able to find one of the shorts online.

CHECKING OUT by Damon Mosier, Director & Darious Britt, Director of Photography.  This is a dark comedy short about two thugs who accidently kill their hostage and...