Morgen Schuler, Author at The SunBreak

SXSW 2021: Select Short Films

March 22, 2021March 23, 2021 by Morgen Schuler

I think I’m the only staffer at The Sunbreak that relishes the quick thrill of short films whether animated, dramatic, documentary, or horror. I had a limited time to spread that relish this time around so I chose to focus in on the animated shorts. Below are some of my favorites.

Festivals Reviews

Reflection as Settle Jewish Film Fest comes to a close

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by Morgen Schuler

Tonight, Seattle’s Jewish Film Festival begins tonight with a total of nineteen feature films from throughout the world through March 18. It’s the twenty-sixth festival, and it’ll be entirely virtual.

Festivals Reviews

Sublet shares a moment of beauty and bonding in a ravaged but splendid city

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 by Morgen Schuler

Michael, a successful travel writer, who is surprisingly uptight considering his vocation, has flown to Tel Aviv for five days to experience the city as a local (or at least attempt to).

Reviews

Keep An Eye Out walks the line of charm and lunacy like a drunken frat boy during a sobriety test

March 4, 2021April 18, 2021 by Morgen Schuler

Set in a French police station, Louis Fugain (Grégoire Ludig) has just found a body and, under suspicion, has been brought in for questioning by Commissaire (Chief) Buron (Benoît Poelvoorde). A majority of the film is set in the one room, with Buron interrogating Fugain on his whereabouts the night he found a man lying in a pool of blood just outside his apartment building. At times you’re left wondering if he was at the wrong place at the wrong time or if he’s truly an evil mastermind attempting to outwit a seasoned cop …

Reviews

Brazil’s My Darling Supermarket explores the mundane in search of truth

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 by Morgen Schuler

Even before the pandemic hit the world like a freight train, front-line workers in supermarkets, gas stations, and fast food restaurants were under-appreciated and grossly underpaid. That doesn’t mean that they were undereducated or mindless automatons simply doing their job ad nauseam just to get a paycheck. Meaningful questions, desires and aspirations dwell within all temples of commerce and the Supermercado Veran in Sao Paolo, Brazil is no exception, which is where this story takes place.