Author: Todd Wallinger

This week’s film is by Ross Ching, an LA-based director who does some truly creative things with time lapse photography and other camera tricks. Here he relied more heavily on stop motion effects to bring the lyrics of this Death Cab for Cutie song to life. Dedicated to the point of obsession, he describes how he made the film in…

The subject matter may have changed over the years and the technology certainly has, but after 82 years of awarding the best films of each year, one thing remains constant. When it comes to great films, story reigns supreme. Oh, and don’t give up on the video right away. The year-by-year countdown of winners doesn’t…

IFSOC to screen heart-warming Congolese war documentary ‘Pushing the Elephant’ on Mar 3 PUSHING THE ELEPHANTWhen: 6:00pm and 8:00pm, Thursday, March 3Where: Cornerstone Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 325 N. CascadeAdmission: FREE When civil war came to Rose’s Congolese village, she was separated from her 5-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose managed to escape…

Love, love, LOVE the special effects in this short. The film stars and was directed by Freddie Wong, a LA-based musician and filmmaker who runs his own production company. If you like this short, you might want to check out his blog here, where he offers some cool music videos in as well as a…

FILMMAKERS ALLIANCE OF SOUTHERN COLORADO HAPPY HOURWhen: 6-8pm, Tuesday, February 22Where: Coffee Exchange, 526 S. TejonCost: FREE Come by the Coffee Exchange, have a drink (alcoholic beverages for those of age, sodas and coffee for those not of age) and meet up with others in the video/film professional and enthusiast community. A great way to…

Since time immemorial — or at least 2008, when it first launched — the Indie Spirit Film Festival has been held on the fourth weekend in April. This year, because of the unusually early Easter holiday, the folks at IFSOC who organize the festival are moving it up a week. If you’re an indie film fanatic, you’re going…

It’s Valentine’s Day, and if you haven’t yet figured out how to demonstrate your undying devotion to your One True Love, you could do worse than copying one of Cinema’s Great Declarations of Love. No, there’s no holding a boombox above your head as John Cusack did in Say Anything. These are the more subtle,…

Stephany + Me from pete shanel on Vimeo.   I’m the first to admit I lean maybe a little too heavily toward horror and sci fi films for my weekly video selection. That’s because the best shorts pack a wallop, and the special effects and story twists these genres are known for are great ways…

When: 7pm, Wednesday, February 9Where: Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Highway 105, Palmer LakeCost: $6 for TLCA members, $8 for non-members One-time Hollywood producer and now Monument resident Bob Garner will give a multimedia presentation about his career in the entertainment field. If you were at Colorado Short Circuit #2 last June, you already…

ME FACING LIFE: CYNTOIA’S STORYWhen: 6:00pm and 8:00pm, Thursday, February 3Where: Cornerstone Screening Room, Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, 325 N. CascadeAdmission: FREE In 2004, Cyntoia Brown was arrested for murder. There was no question that a 43-year-old man is dead and that she killed him. What mystified filmmaker Daniel Birman was just how…