Category: Good Watch
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Dear Scrappy readers, I have a confession to make: Until this week, I didn’t realize short films on Vimeo can include a director’s commentary track. I made this discovery while watching Jordan Michael Blake’s 12-minute animated short, Paradise Man. The film, a 2025 Sundance selection, combines various low-resolution animated GIFs to tell the story of…
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In March 2002, merely six months removed from the tragedy of September 11, 2001, CBS aired a remarkable documentary. The project included what was billed as the only footage from inside the Twin Towers on the morning of 9/11. To say that the documentary broadcast was an event is an understatement. More than 39 million…
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Over the long Labor Day weekend, the film world seemed to be talking about only one thing: The super-secret, unannounced screening of You Can See Everything, the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim at the Telluride Film Festival. While Fielder is well-known from his former Comedy Central show Nathan For You, and more…
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Every once in a while, we like to check in with our neighbors to the North, and see what cinematic delights the National Film Board of Canada have to offer. (And by the way, on behalf of just about everyone in this country, we’re sorry.) Today, it’s the short Hospital, With Love. This powerful, animated short from Carine Khalifé…
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Pay for this streaming service. Pay for that streaming service. If you’re like me, you’re close to the breaking point on paying for streaming services. Thankfully, our neighbors to the north have come to the rescue. Canada’s National Film Board app allows you to stream many of the best/unique independent films in Canadian history, in…
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I’m not sure if Trippin’ Tuesday will become a regular feature here, but if it does, this is a great first entry. Jules Guérin’s A Shaman’s Tale has a refreshing, handmade aesthetic that blends textures and papers to create a visually arresting, hypnotic journey. As for the story, as Guérin puts it: A mystical journey…
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I don’t know how often you think about Garfield, the cantankerous animated cat, but one small town in France has been thinking about him every day for over 43 years. Silly Little Plastic Cat tells the story of a community in Northwest France that has dealt with the debris of thousands of Garfield phones washing ashore since…
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The look of film is unmatched. While there are plenty of filters, apps, and LUTs to make digital look more like film, it still isn’t quite the same as the real thing. But obviously, we’re well past peak film, as the affordability and convenience of digital image acquisition has taken over the market. Which got…
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It can be hard for those of us in the United States, particularly these days, to imagine robust government-funded programs supporting the most creative filmmakers in the country. For our friends to the north, though, the National Film Board does just that, and we have that support to thank for today’s short, “Madame Tutli-Putli.” “Madame…
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Autumn Durald Arkapaw, the Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Sinners, takes her craft very seriously. She studies lens design, formats, and cameras to bring just the right look to every project. Through her career, she has become comfortable shooting with a wide variety of formats, from 16mm all the way up to 65mm IMAX in Sinners.…