The Live Action Short Film Nominees are...
The organization SHORTS (home of ShortsTV) has brought this year’s batch of Oscar nominated Live Action, Docu...
The 2025 Oscars will get Animated Shortly…
The organization SHORTS (home of ShortsTV) has brought this year’s batch of 2025's Oscar nominated Live Actio...
Two 2024 Oscar Contenders Demonstrate Vastly Different Approaches to Contemporary Political Allegory
The first time Donald Trump became president, I remembe...
A Film About Guilt, Loss and Trauma, All Explored Deep in Nature
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To Die Alone is an emotionally intense and beautif...
A Family in Crisis
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The Loved and Lost dives into the complexities of family dynamics amidst financial hardship, capturi...
The Beauty of Art During the Hell of War
DIRECTED BY SLAVA LEONTYEV/2024
Porcelain War is a striking documentary that immerses viewers in the complex...
A Deep Dive into Artist Bob Cassilly
DIRECTED BY MIKE GUALDONI, ZACH WHITE/2024
Concrete Jungle Gym is a vibrant and inspiring documentary that captu...
A Look at Editing Through the Eyes of the Uninitiated
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I once heard someone say that film is meant to mirror our dre...
Paul has written about politics and baseball for other outlets in the past. Besides cinema, he cites baseball, music and fitness as other key passions in his life. His reviews are humorous and sometimes cutting, aiming to get at central themes of any given movie. For him, the value of film lies in the way the art form can use plot, vision and sound to create stories of flawed, relatable people that are riveting and allegories for deeper things.
