Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
This is John
Complicated Drumming Technique
Rummy
Bottom Feeders
Toutes des connes
Knuckleface Jones
Frog Crossing
Scrapple
The Sandwiches
Kiss Kiss Fingerbang
More Than Four Hours
Delmer Builds a Machine
Mister Handsome
Jerry Ruis, Shall We Do This?
The Ralph Handel Story
Oedipus
The Fickle
Slitch
LOL Shorts
Need a laugh but only have a few minutes to spare? Fans of dirty jokes, animation, or the Duplass Brothers? Enjoy these short films that pack a lot of style, story, and laughter into just several minutes of running time.
Selected Films
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Complicated Drumming Technique
Jens Hannemann knows everything there is to know about rudiments, hand-foot control, tempo, time signatures, cymbal and bell work, stick positioning, stick inspection, stage presence, jazz terms, rock terms, music reading, drum composition, drum notation, crowd work, drum...Watch Movie
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Knuckleface Jones
Hailed as being "wildly surrealist" by Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader and called "a work of demented brilliance" by Dave Nuttycombe of the DC City Paper. KNUCKLEFACE JONES won some big fans at the 2001 Slamdance Film Festival and made a lot of enemies elsewhere. It...Watch Movie
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Frog Crossing
A granola-cruncher, too Earth-conscious to swat away a fly that lands on his cheek, bicycles to the countryside. He aims to celebrate the titular creature's mating season and protect its path across a country road. Unfortunately, other humans driving by aren't quite so respectful of nature’s...Watch Movie
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Slitch
SLITCH is a short comic film about a teenage girl's summertime lust, featuring fantasizing, bubble gum and bicycle riding. Directed by Dianne Bellino with a soundtrack by the Continental Op. SLITCH stars Will Oldham as a mentally unbalanced surfer, blending in seamlessly with a cast of lovely...Watch Movie
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The Ralph Handel Story
Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art. His Ralph Handel is a humorless white-collar worker who unaccountably spends his nights working the open mic circuit. Safdie bravely committed himself to actual nightclubs for...Watch Movie
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Rummy
Sam (David Zellner) runs into Lacey (Stephanie Wilson) walking her dog in the park. She doesn’t seem too thrilled to see him. But he is really, really thrilled to see Choo-Choo. The dog used to be his and he is less-than-thrilled to learn that Lacey has since re-named the dog Rummy. This fateful...Watch Movie
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This is John
A curiously young Mark Duplass plays John Ashford, a man with an answering machine and no messages. He figures his outgoing message is to blame so he starts recording a better one. A savvier, sexier, more confident representation of John. That kind of pressure could kill a man. - Sara Maria...Watch Movie
