Degree of Certainty
An interview with director Simon Schneider and producer Maxwell Kagan on their newest project and the roots of the climate crisis.
The Kansas City Film Festival Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
The Dispatch — Daily
08.10"Coconut Girl" Turns Childhood Shame Into Belonging
08.10"You & Me (& Chaz & Rodney)" Finds Tenderness in the Awkward Age
08.10Grief Goes Off Piste in "The Blue Diamond"
08.10"The Ticket" Turns a Lottery Win Into a Full-Contact Comedy
08.10"Finding JaMia's Spirit" Rewrites What We Tell Children About Death
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"Mind the Gap" Finds Comfort in the Uncertainty of Being Alive
"Easy Going" Builds a New Monster from Vietnamese Folklore
"Love in All the Wrong Places" Turns the Hunger to Be Loved Into Inherited Magic
"Severed" Turns Obedience Into Dark Comedy in a Dystopian World
"The Immortal" Finds Horror in a Life That Never Ends
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Interviews
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Interviews
Degree of Certainty
An interview with director Simon Schneider and producer Maxwell Kagan on their newest project and the roots of the climate crisis.
Editors’ Picks
Queer Representation On Screen
Two of the best films featuring queer characters this year.
Time Crunch: What I Learned From Participating in Two Timed Film Challenges
A race against the clock to see who can make the best movie.
How To Land a Needle Drop
Music can elevate a sad moment to a devastating one. It can perfectly illustrate the turmoil inside a character's head. It can give a fight scene the certain zing it needs to stand out.
TRC Shorts Fest
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"Coconut Girl" Turns Childhood Shame Into Belonging
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Ayesha Agarwal's "Coconut Girl" follows a young daughter of Indian immigrants through the sting of being different, tracing how the very thing that marks a child as an outsider can one day become a source of pride.
"You & Me (& Chaz & Rodney)" Finds Tenderness in the Awkward Age
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Lilly Lion's "You & Me (& Chaz & Rodney)" turns a first-hookup plan into a study of a shifting teenage friendship, tracing the pressures two girls face to take the next step.
Grief Goes Off Piste in "The Blue Diamond"
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Sam Fox's "The Blue Diamond" turns the confrontation we never got to have with a toxic parent into an 80s apres-ski cult nightmare, where closure comes with a shot of blueberry schnapps.
"The Ticket" Turns a Lottery Win Into a Full-Contact Comedy
At this year's TRC Shorts Fest, Jerah Milligan's "The Ticket" turns one scrap of paper into a citywide brawl, using action-comedy to put disabled and diverse talent at the center of a story that isn't about disability at all.
