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VICE Shorts
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 feature film and preparing to star in even more movies. Full story
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A Few Impressions
'Gatsby'
The old saying is that a good book makes a bad film, while a paperback potboiler like 'The Godfather' makes a great film. But this wisdom is derived from the idea that a good book is made by the writing, and if it’s adapted into whatever, its magic is lost. But in the end, Luhrma… 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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Terrence Malick’s Crisis of Faith
What Terrence Malick film would be complete without a dreamlike sequence of an ethereal woman running through a field, her limbs flailing unencumbered, her white clothing catching the wind and drinking in the sun? 'To the Wonder,' the existentialist director's latest effort, is n… Full story
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The Biggest Star at the Tribeca Film Festival Was a Weird Little Cat
In September, the VICE staff was out getting drunk somewhere when Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner pinched me from both sides, pontificating about their vision: "The cat video. A whole movie about... the internet and cats. Cats on the internet. It's fucking brilliant, isn't it?" 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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Some Tribeca Film Festival Movies Made Us Vomit, Others Made Us Smile
There are a lot of problems with "Greetings from Tim Buckley," but the main one is that it is about Jeff Buckley—a hack who made one shitty album filled with vocal histrionics and session-musician noodling and then thankfully died by way of drowning in the Mississippi River in th… Full story
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Beyond the Mortar Fire: Sebastian Junger Remembers Tim Hetherington
There’s a moment in 'Which Way Is the Front Line from Here,' Sebastian Junger’s excellent new documentary about the life of acclaimed war photographer and Oscar-nominated British filmmaker Tim Hetherington, when Tim literally saves a man’s life. Full story
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Irrelevant Interviews: 'Adult World' Director Scott Coffey
Scott Coffey’s latest film, 'Adult World,' is opening at the TriBeCa Film Festival today. It stars Emma Roberts as a recent college graduate who wants to be a poet and John Cusack as a grouchy bard named Rat Billings who influenced a generation. She makes him her mentor then find… 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
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Six Shooter'
Death hangs over 'Six Shooter,' director Martin McDonagh's debut short film from 2005, but it is not about dying. In fact, each time a life is lost in the film, the tragedy is tempered with laughs. Instead of a downer, it is an edgy, funny, and bloody meditation on life. Full story
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I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'I'm Never Afraid!'
In the short documentary 'I'm Never Afraid!', we watch eight-year-old Mack "the Motor Midget" Bouwense overcome incredible obstacles in the pursuit of his dream to become a motocross racer. Check it out if you’ve ever been scared shitless about something in life, but persevered a… Full story
The Wizard of the Saddle Rides Again
The Dark Specter of History in Memphis
Hung Like a Gastropod
The Rigors of a Snail-Genital Illustrator
Austerity's Drug of Choice
Sisa Is Nasty Shit
This Is What Winning Looks Like
Chaos and Corruption in Afghanistan
The Fat Farms of Mauritania
Pack on Those Pounds, Ladies
Jerks Are Exploiting Cambodia's Orphans
Get It Together, People