As a new feature in 2011, I started posting 150 word reviews of short films. If anyone has any suggestions, or short films of his or her own, please feel free to contact me or leave a comment below.
2013
- Final Deadball (2011)
- Hybrids (2013, Patrick Kalyn)
- Motherland (2010, Hannes Appell)
- Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (2012, Guy Vasilovich)
- The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1915, Willis O’Brien)
- Stardust (2013, Mischa Rozema)
- Dracula (1931, Tod Browning), the digest version
- Frankenstein (1931, James Whale), the digest version
- Breaking Even (1932, Aubrey Scotto)
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966, Bill Melendez)
- Sons of Liberty (1939, Michael Curtiz)
- The Horse (1973, Charles Burnett)
- The Studio Murder Mystery (1932, Joseph Henabery)
- A Day with the Boys (1969, Clu Gulager)
2012
- Naughty Nurse (1969, Paul Bartel)
- Coffee and Cigarettes II (1989, Jim Jarmusch)
- Coffee and Cigarettes (1986, Jim Jarmusch)
- And Let God Do the Rest (2012, Ben Gelera)
- Act of Faith (2012, Mitch Jenkins)
- Ninety Seconds (2012, Gerard Lough)
- A Pig's Tail (2012, Sarah Cox)
- Adventures in Babysitting (1989, Joel Zwick)
- The Double (2012, Weng Yu-tong)
- Refuge (2010, David Schmudde)
- Ditching School to Whistle (2012, Ien Chi)
- Jackpot! (2010, Tony Ducret)
- Stay Still (2011, David James Kelly)
- Extranjero (2011, Crinan Campbell and Daniel Lumb)
- One Rat Short (2006, Alex Weil)
- Tears of Steel (2012, Ian Hubert)
- Men of the Sky (1942, B. Reeves Eason)
- Sly Sylvester (2011, April Abeyta)
- Walk and Talk the Vote (2012, Michael Mayers)
- How to Be a Detective (1936, Felix E. Feist)
- One Wet Night (1924, William Watson)
- The Hobbit (1966, Gene Deitch)
- Our Lady of the Sphere (1972, Larry Jordan)
- Games People Play (2011, Two Trick Pony)
- Diagonal Symphony (1924, Viking Eggeling)
- Simple Mind (2012, Phil Newsom)
- Loom (2012, Luke Scott)
- The White Room (2011, Jake Schreier)
- Charles, Your Hangover (2011, Two Trick Pony)
- All Night Long (1924, Harry Edwards)
- Boys Will Be Joys (1925, Robert F. McGowan)
- Love's Surprises (1915, Max Linder)
- Geometria (1987, Guillermo del Toro), the director's cut
- Light and Dust (2012, Max Covill)
- Rare Exports Inc. (2003, Jalmari Helander)
- The Vampires: The Ring That Kills (1915, Louis Feuillade)
- Trail Mix-Up (1993, Barry Cook)
- Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990, Rob Minkoff and Frank Marshall)
- Tummy Trouble (1989, Rob Minkoff and Frank Marshall)
- Pressure (2006, Lena Dunham)
- Pool Sharks (1915, Edwin Middleton)
- Recreation (1914, Charles Chaplin)
- Item 47 (2012, Louis D'Esposito)
- The Vampires: The Severed Head (1915, Louis Feuillade)
- The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970, James R. Rokos)
- Cruel, Cruel Love (1914, George Nichols)
- The Human Torch (1963, Donald F. Glut)
- Tor, King of Beasts (1962, Donald F. Glut)
- War Feathers (1926, Robert F. McGowan and Robert A. McGowan)
- Xenogenesis (1978, James Cameron and Randall Frakes)
- Alice’s Wonderland (1923, Walt Disney)
- Film is Rhythm (1923, Hans Richter)
- Time Is Just a Place (1961, Donald F. Glut)
- The Teenage Frankenstein (1959, Donald F. Glut)
- The Saga of Windwagon Smith (1961, Charles A. Nichols)
- Playlands of Michigan (1949)
- The Adventures of Superpup (1958, Cal Howard)
- Something's Got to Give (1962, George Cukor)
- Anemic Cinema (1926, Marcel Duchamp)
- Tantalizing Disaster (1970, Piotr Kamler)
- Intervals (1969, Peter Greenaway)
- Bridge (1960, Janusz Majewski)
- Working for Peanuts (1953, Jack Hannah)
- Superman Classic (2011, Robb Pratt)
- The Hole (1969, Pitor Kamler)
- Dirty Laundry (2012, Phil Joanou)
- Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952, Clyde Geronimi)
- Sympathy (1929, Bryan Foy)
- Little Tiger's Can-Can Bug (1950, Masaoka Kenzô)
- Half a Death (1972, Leslie H. Martinson)
- Duo Concertantes (1964, Larry Jordan)
- Batgirl (1967)
- Decade for Decision (1957)
- Winter (1964, Piotr Kamler and André Voisin)
- The Return to Reason (1923, Man Ray)
- The Iron Man (1931, Harry Bailey and John Foster)
- The Stolen Wings (2009, Gerard Lough)
- Captain Kidd’s Treasure (1938, Leslie Fenton)
- The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921, Maurice Elvey)
- The Best Legs in Eighth Grade (1984, Tom Patchett)
- Snow Time (1930, Mannie Davis and John Foster)
- The Gate (2011, Matt Westrup)
- Stitched (2011, Garth Ennis)
- Wonder Woman (1967, Leslie H. Martinson)
- Universe (1960, Roman Kroitor and Colin Low)
- Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925, Del Lord)
- The Mischief Makers (1957, François Truffaut)
- No Noise (1923, Robert F. McGowan)
- His Trysting Place (1914, Charles Chaplin)
- Ménilmontant (1926, Dimitri Kirsanoff)
- Happy Days (1926, Arvid E. Gillstrom)
- Paul Bunyan (1958, Les Clark)
- The Dying Detective (1921, Maurice Elvey)
- Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952, Jack Hannah)
- Pig-Eyed (1925, Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock)
- The House of Tomorrow (1949, Tex Avery)
- Jean Cocteau Addresses the Year 2000 (1962, Jean Cocteau)
- Social Lion (1954, Jack Kinney)
- You’re in Love, Charlie Brown (1967, Bill Melendez)
- The Story of Anyburg U.S.A. (1957, Clyde Geronimi)
- Stopover in Hollywood (1963, Will Williams)
- Sunday (1971, Klaus Georgi and Lutz Stützner)
- Take a Hike (2012, Mark Blitch)
- Wood Choppers (1929, Paul Terry)
- Oliver the Eighth (1934, Lloyd French)
- Robin Hood Daffy (1958, Chuck Jones)
- The Hoose-Gow (1929, James Parrott)
- Congo Jazz (1930, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising)
- The Vampire (1945, Jean Painlevé)
- Bosko the Doughboy (1931, Hugh Harman)
- Glimpses of Old England (1949)
- Hare Conditioned (1945, Chuck Jones)
- It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (1969, Bill Melendez)
- Goliath II (1960, Wolfgang Reitherman)
- Dogs of War (1923, Robert F. McGowan)
- Cannery Woe (1961, Robert McKimson)
- Helping Grandma (1931, Robert F. McGowan)
- Here Today, Gone Tamale (1959, Friz Freleng)
- The Nightlife (1930, James Parrott)
- Wild Wife (1954, Robert McKimson)
- Big City (1963, Paul Weld Dixon)
- Two Chips and a Miss (1952, Jack Hannah)
- Now or Never (1921, Fred C. Newmeyer and Hal Roach)
- The Goddess of Spring (1934, Wilfred Jackson)
- Hearts and Diamonds (1914, George D. Baker)
- West of the Pesos (1960, Robert McKimson)
- Get Out and Get Under (1920, Hal Roach)
- A Broken Leghorn (1959, Robert McKimson)
- The Seafarers (1953, Stanley Kubrick)
- The Last Hungry Cat (1961, Hawley Pratt and Friz Freleng)
- Saturday Afternoon (1926, Harry Edwards)
- Martian Through Georgia (1962, Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow and Maurice Noble)
- Among Those Present (1921, Fred C. Newmeyer)
- Knighty Knight Bugs (1958, Friz Freleng)
- Oranges and Lemons (1923, George Jeske)
- Birds Anonymous (1957, Friz Freleng)
- Number, Please? (1920, Fred C. Newmeyer and Hal Roach)
- Fresh Airedale (1945, Chuck Jones)
- The Devil’s Foot (1921, Maurice Elvey)
- Duck Amuck (1953, Chuck Jones)
- His Marriage Wow (1925, Harry Edwards)
- Dragon Around (1954, Jack Hannah)
- Play It Again, Charlie Brown (1971, Bill Melendez)
- Alice in the Wooly West (1926, Walt Disney)
- La jetée (1962, Chris Marker)
- Baton Bunny (1959, Chuck Jones and Abe Levitow)
- Free and Easy (1931, Roy Mack)
- A Close Call (1929, Harry Bailey and John Foster)
- His Prehistoric Past (1914, Charles Chaplin)
- Now Hear This (1962, Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble)
- Buried Treasure (1926, Robert F. McGowan)
- Mouse and Garden (1960, Friz Freleng)
- I Do (1921, Hal Roach)
- Hook, Line and Stinker (1958, Chuck Jones)
- Never Weaken (1921, Fred C. Newmeyer)
- By Word of Mouse (1954, Friz Freleng)
- High and Dizzy (1920, Hal Roach)
- Sea Salts (1949, Jack Hannah)
- Haunted Spooks (1920, Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding)
- Feed the Kitty (1952, Chuck Jones)
- The Code (2011, Mark Blitch)
- Golden Yeggs (1950, Friz Freleng)
- An Eastern Westerner (1920, Hal Roach)
- Food for Feudin' (1950, Charles A. Nichols)
- Bubbles (1930, Roy Mack)
- Grand Canyonscope (1954, Charles A. Nichols)
- The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather’s Porridge? (1930, Jack Harrison)
- Old Smokey (1938, William Hanna)
- The Tin Man (1935, James Parrott)
- A-Haunting We Will Go (1966, Robert McKimson)
- Good Cheer (1926, Robert F. McGowan)
- Rabbit Hood (1949, Chuck Jones)
- The Nose (1963, Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker)
- Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925, Walt Disney)
- The Iron Mule (1925, Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle and Grover Jones)
- Chili Weather (1963, Friz Freleng)
- The Miracle Water (1914, Eleuterio Rodolfi)
- The Booze Hangs High (1930, Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising)
- Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914, Henry Lehrman)
2011
- It's a Gift (1923, Hugh Fay)
- Frigid Hare (1949, Chuck Jones)
- A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965, Bill Melendez)
- The Windblown Hare (1949, Robert McKimson)
- Dry and Thirsty (1920, Craig Hutchinson)
- The Mouse That Jack Built (1959, Robert McKimson)
- Back Stage (1923, Robert F. McGowan)
- Cat Feud (1958, Chuck Jones)
- Magical Maestro (1952, Tex Avery)
- Small Fry (2011, Angus MacLane)
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973, Bill Melendez and Phil Roman)
- Sharfik (2010, Karina Gazizova)
- Photographs (2011, Christina “Kiki” Manrique)
- It's Natural to Be Afraid (2010, Justin Doherty)
- Chase, in Prose (2011, Bryan Jones)
- After Ever After or Numbers on a Napkin (2011, Jeff Pinilla)
- #OMGIMTRENDING (2011, Jorge Enrique Ponce)
- Maternal Death by Coincidence (2010, Peter Sterk and Fedor van Rossem)
- The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946, Robert Clampett)
- Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948, Robert McKimson)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2011, Leythum)
- Catwoman (2011, Lauren Montgomery)
- The Hep Cat (1942, Robert Clampett)
- The Goose Goes South (1941, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera)
- Lonesome Ghosts (1937, Burt Gillett)
- The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932, Joseph Henabery)
- Soldiers in White (1942, B. Reeves Eason)
- So You Think You Need Glasses (1942, Richard L. Bare)
- Mouse Wreckers (1948, Chuck Jones)
- The Golf Specialist (1930, Monte Brice)
- Conrad the Sailor (1942, Chuck Jones)
- Readin' and Writin' (1932, Robert F. McGowan)
- Easter Yeggs (1947, Robert McKimson)
- Screwball Squirrel (1944, Tex Avery)
- A Night at the Movies (1937, Roy Rowland)
- Balloon Land (1935, Ub Iwerks)
- How to Sleep (1935, Nick Grinde)
- The Elephant Spider (1967, Piotr Kamler)
- 21-87 (1964, Arthur Lipsett)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981, Bob Rafelson)
- The Face Behind the Mask (1938, Jacques Tourneur)
- It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964, Martin Scorsese)
- So You Won't Squawk (1941, Del Lord)
- Wonder Woman (2011, Jeffrey Reiner)
- Several Friends (1969, Charles Burnett)
- The Dentist (1932, Leslie Pearce)
- Ninja Bachelor Party (1991, Bill Hicks, Kevin Booth and David Johndrow)
- Max Sets the Style (1914, Max Linder)
- The Boogeyman (2010, Gerard Lough)
- The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross (1964, Don Siegel)
- Hollywood Extra Girl (1935, Herbert Moulton)
- Splitscreen: A Love Story (2011, JW Griffiths)
- New York Portrait: Chapter I (1979, Peter B. Hutton)
- The Scribe (1966, John Sebert)
- Tell-Tale (2010, Greg Williams)
- The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933, Clyde Bruckman)
- Beneath the Veneer of a Murder (2010, Angel Connell)
- Warning Red (1956, Nicholas Webster)
- Romance with a Double Bass (1974, Robert Young)
- Galaxy Quest: 20th Anniversary The Journey Continues (1999, Chris Harty)
- Git Along, Little Dogies (2010, Kate Lain)
- Factory Farmed (2008, Gareth Edwards)
- N.Y., N.Y. (1957, Francis Thompson)
- Brink (2010, Shawn Christensen)
- Matter Fisher (2010, David Prosser)
- Manhatta (1921, Paul Strand and Charles Sheeler)
- Mr. Stache (2011, Jac Schaeffer)
- Boxing Gloves (1929, Robert A. McGowan)
- Rendezvous (1976, Claude Lelouch)
- Sick (2007, Mike Rymer)
- Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown (2011, Andrew Beall and Frank Molieri)
- Rendezvous with Rama (2001, Aaron M. Ross)
- Beaten (2005, Jon East)
- Kidnapping Caitlynn (2009, Kat Coiro)
- Quality Time (2010, James Redford)
- Love in an Elevator (2010, Elizabeth Ditty)
- The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006, Chris Prynoski)
- Silver Blaze (1977, John Davies)
- Lovely Day (2001, Edward Burns)
- Thank You Mask Man (1971, Jeff Hale)
- The Route V50 (2004, Stephen Frears)
- Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967, George Lucas)
- Winston (1987, Steven Soderbergh)
- Very Nice, Very Nice (1961, Arthur Lipsett)
- The Lost Thing (2010, Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan)
- Guillotine Guys (2010, James Ricardo)
- The Pact (2011, Nicholas McCarthy)
- Star in the Night (1945, Don Siegel)
- Sounds from a Town I Love (2001, Woody Allen)
- Vincent (1982, Tim Burton)
- Within the Woods (1978, Sam Raimi)
- Just About Famous (2010, Jason Kovacsev and Matt Mamula)
- Hotel Chevalier (2007, Wes Anderson)
- Lovers Jump (2010, Mark McCombe)
- Bottle Rocket (1994, Wes Anderson)
- The Thomas Beale Cipher (2010, Andrew S. Allen)
- Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010, Joaquim Dos Santos)
- Smoke (2007, Grzegorz Cisiecki)
- Robin's Big Date (2005, James Duffy)
- Red Princess Blues (2010, Alex Ferrari)
- Amblin' (1968, Steven Spielberg)
- Bathing and the Single Girl (2010, Christine Elise McCarthy)






