Short Film Reviews
Short Film Reviews
THE ESCORT
Director Joshua Michael Payne’s dramatic short film The Escort uses a charged encounter in a hotel room to explore one man’s desperation for an emotional
Take2IndieReview: Katie Chew
November 16, 2025
Short Film Reviews
A SISYPHEAN TASK
If fifteen minutes was all you had to familiarize yourself with a modern tragedy, choose A Sisyphean Task to be your guiding light. Plenty of
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
November 16, 2025
Short Film Reviews
UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE
Under the Hawthorn Tree is a tender and harrowing short film directed by Tori Layne and written by Calli Nebe. The story follows Leila (played
Take2IndieReview: Aaron Ford
November 14, 2025
Short Film Reviews
THE CHAPEL DOOR
The doors to an old Maltese chapel open ever so slightly, as a man named Saul (Henry Zammit Cordina) welcomes a flustered woman named Anna
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
November 12, 2025
Feature Film Reviews
Feature Film Reviews
RUTHLESS ATONEMENT
The award-winning feature film Ruthless Atonement is a gripping tale of vengeance and redemption. The story follows Xavier Baptise (A.D. Scott) as he seeks justice
Take2IndieReview: Aaron Ford
November 11, 2025
Feature Film Reviews
PURSUED
We all just love to fixate on serial killers. Whether it’s podcasts, movies, television shows, or books, the world is obsessed with the sensationalized (and
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
November 9, 2025
Feature Film Reviews
CONFESSIONS IN STATIC
Something devious is stirring not far from a soon-to-be opened tourist attraction, but what seems like another fun pastime for locals and horror enthusiasts is
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
November 2, 2025
Feature Film Reviews
MOTHERS, LOVERS AND OTHERS
In a 1999 essay, Joyce Carol Oates wrote that “any form of art is a species of exploration and transgression.” Writer/director Davo Hardy has taken
Take2IndieReview: Katie Chew
October 26, 2025
Interviews
Interviews
CHANCE DOLLARD
Chance Dollard is an actor and writer who grew up in Duluth, Georgia. Having taken part in such hit shows like Netflix’s Cobra Kai, he’s
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
October 7, 2025
Interviews
Alexander DeSouza
Alexander DeSouza is a Canadian-Indian filmmaker with numerous acclaimed short films under his belt, as well as a television show and a feature length debut
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
October 5, 2025
Interviews
MICHELE BEAR
A performing artist and producer born in San Francisco, Michele Bear has made a career entertaining on the stage and behind the camera. Now calling
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
October 1, 2025
Interviews
ROBIN A TOWNSEND
Robin A Townsend grew up in the United Kingdom, facing hardships from an early age. Not letting the violence, drug abuse or devastating losses get
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
July 29, 2025
Oscar Qualifying Reviews
Oscar Qualifying Short Film Reviews
LIVING IN FEAR
In the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Americans experienced a massive cultural shift. For some, it led to an upswing of patriotism and
Take2IndieReview: Katie Chew
August 17, 2025
Oscar Qualifying Short Film Reviews
I’M NOT A ROBOT
What could possibly be more infuriatingly repetitive than solving a Captcha before a login? If you’ve spent any decent amount of time browsing the internet,
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
January 9, 2025
Oscar Qualifying Short Film Reviews
THE MASTERPIECE
Value is in the eye of the beholder, or so they say. In The Masterpiece (La Gran Obra), it appears in the strangest of ways.
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
January 8, 2025
Oscar Qualifying Short Film Reviews
GABRIELA
Big or small, the goals we have in life exact some sort of toll on us. They are there to test whether we truly want
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
December 11, 2024
Documentary Reviews
Documentary Reviews
THIS IS PIKE COUNTY
Nestled in the East North Central region of the U.S., the township of Piketon has almost seen it all – while by their own admission
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
November 7, 2025
Documentary Reviews
09/05/1982
Don’t believe everything you read. We all know that phrase, but what about believing everything you see? Editing and manipulation ever present, the moving image
Take2IndieReview: Rich Monetti
October 24, 2025
Documentary Reviews
THRILLA
Insurmountable odds define the spirit of combat sports. It’s great to watch the spectacle, but we often forget about outside factors affecting the athletes on
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
October 3, 2025
Documentary Reviews
THE LAST PHILADELPHIA
Righting wrongs of the present often means examining the past for answers. That is the philosophy of The Last Philadelphia, a passion project that oozes
Take2IndieReview: Mark Lakatos
September 1, 2025