Articles by Jeffrey Bowers
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'The Rambler'
Director Calvin Reeder’s work is a mix of underground shock horror and existential atmosphere. Reeder specializes in turning lo-fi splatter films into bizarre and schizophrenic art films by meshing high-concept thought and design with genre story lines and expired 16 mm film stock. Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Sins of the Nude'
Composed of outtakes from a different short film produced for the Dutch Online Film Festival, director Todd Rohal weaves together a sordid, upsetting, and hilarious alternate version of 'Variety' critic Robert Koehler. Watch as they lampoon an unsuspecting and probably unaware fi… Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Successful Alcoholics'
In this short film, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Lizzy Caplan and T. J. Miller, a couple is awesome at life, despite being hammered all the time. But when alcohol is taken out of the equation, they are forced to reflect on their lives. Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Cunning Stunts'
Jeff Scher has been making films for over 30 years and utilizes a rich animation style that disarms and charms you with its frenetic movement and visual beauty—it’s like blinking as quickly as you can until your brain starts to buzz. Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Protect You + Me'
Brady Corbet has had roles in 'Thirteen,' 'Mysterious Skin,' and 'Martha Marcy May Marlene.' In 2008, he debuted his first short film, 'Protect You + Me.' He has continued to make smart and mature choices, both in front of and behind the camera. Now he's prepping his debut featur… Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'How to Live with Bedbugs'
NYC’s streets are littered with amazing home decorations, but the fear of bedbugs freaks the hell out of people. I’ve met people who had bedbugs. They told it me it was terrible. Still, I could never fully understand how annoying it would be. That is, until I saw this aptly title… Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Food'
In 1992, crazy Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer completed his three-part short film entitled 'Food,' which tells gastronomic allegorical tales of "Breakfast," "Lunch," and "Dinner" in his trademark comedic surrealist style. Watch this short after you eat, or else you might lose you… Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'I, an Actress'
In 'I, an Actress,' legendary cult filmmaker George Kuchar takes over an aspiring actress's real screen test to show her how to do it right—groping his chest and groaning out her lines like, "I’m on my knees, Harold, haven’t you seen women on their knees before or is it only on t… Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Bydlo'
'Bydlo' is an animated nightmare, where man becomes a slave driver and ultimately drives himself into the ground. Director Patrick Bouchard’s animation steals the show, as he breathes life into everything from water droplets forming and arid earth drying out to dozens of writhing… Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Tastes Like Chicken'
'Tastes Like Chicken' is Quico Meirelles's riveting short, which tells the story of a chicken living in a factory farm who miraculously becomes self-aware. As the chicken achieves lucidity, she desperately searches for meaning in her life and struggles with the harsh realities of… Full story
The Mare
A New Story by Mary Gaitskill 
Toppling a Delicate World
Being Gay and South Asian In America 
There's No Sex in Prison Showers
We Usually Wore Our Underwear 
Try Not to Destroy Your Life
The First Time I Took Molly 
A Teacher and Her Student
Marilynne Robinson on Staying Out of Trouble 
"Whitey" Isn't Very Popular in Boston
Interviews with Some of His Old Friends 
