Doors Cut Down

Foolish Hearts

December 1935 •English

A little entry from the RKO shorts department serving also as an audition-type (stick 'em in one of these and see if they appeal to a real audience, and make a buck or two at the same time)film for studio contractees and budding starlets. And, surrounded and supported by veteran character actors, such as Jack Norton, Jack Rice and Harrison Green, the likes of Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks and Lucille Ball usually looked pretty good. And soon made for themselves, with studio help, rather nice Hollywood careers.

Good Enough: A Modern Musical

March 2023 •English

College seniors Jamal and Trevor each think they have it all planned out until they have an unexpected encounter, but can their developing love overcome their different paths, friends, and families?

True Self

Invalid date •English

A young actor faces success, unexpected love, and moral dilemmas that will alter his life forever during a therapy session.

D.I.Y. Duck

June 2024 •English

Donald Duck's efforts to replace a light bulb end in comic and catastrophic results.

Untouchable

June 2011 •English

A masseuse's journey to find the human touch.

School for Postmen

January 1947 •French

Jacques Tati plays a French postman adamant to prove he can be just as fast as American postmen at delivering mail.

Thanks, Smokey!

July 2011 •English

Condoning bestiallity by using comparable visual stimuli for the desired effect of empathy. So it would seem.

Automatic

October 2019 •Greek

Two young women convince each other they are under threat after accidentally photographing what they believe to be a concealed automatic rifle. Shot in drawn-out, static takes, Emma Doxiadi’s comical mystery comments on Greece’s ongoing refugee crisis in real time, pointing squarely at foolish knee-jerk reactions.

Aquel ritmillo

July 1994 •Spanish

Temeroso, an elderly nursing home resident, reminisces about his younger years, when he possessed a singular sense of rhythm and a special intuition, unique abilities that enabled him to become the chief detective inspector of Prim's Household Appliances.

The Whoopee Party

September 1932 •English

A house party. While Minnie plays piano and the guests dance, Mickey, Goofy, and Horace prepare a snack, which is brought out to much fanfare and immediately devoured. A band forms and plays Scott Joplin's The Entertainer; Mickey dances with Patricia Pig and various inanimate objects also dance, while all cry "Whoopee!" from time to time. The police come to break up the party.

Roar

December 2017 •English

A good-natured dinosaur has to stand his ground against a nasty opponent.

Courts mais Gay : Tome 5

February 2003 •French

A collection of gay short films. The 7 short films are: Next Door Man [Ο άνδρας της διπλανής πόρτας...] (2001); Saturn's Return (2001); Love, Always... [Amour, Toujours...] (1995); Dream Kitchen (1999); Far West (2003); The Whiz Kids [Freunde] (2001); W (2003).

Walter and Wendy

February 2024 •English

Back to the 90s

May 2017 •English

A satire of 1990s pop culture.

The Lion Tamer

February 1934 •English

The Lion Tamer is a 1934 animated short film produced by the Van Beuren Studios and directed by Vernon Stallings and starring Charles J. Correll and Freeman F. Gosden as the voices of their popular radio characters, Amos 'n' Andy.

Chicken Girl

June 2023 •English

A tragicomedy about a delusional young woman obsessed with chickens and golden eggs. After having an aneurysm at a Jack and the Beanstalk panto in 2006, Chicken Girl can’t get golden eggs off her brain.

Earworm

June 2016 •English

A lonely man does battle with a relentless piece of music. Oh, the things that get stuck in our heads. When a reclusive man is repeatedly woken up over the course of a night by severe headaches, accompanied by musical repetition from an unknown source, his sanity begins to swiftly unravel.

Sonic Drone Home

May 2022 •English

Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles encounter an abandoned Badnik drone which upgraded itself using parts from a junkyard, with the intention of conquering the world.

Bugged

March 2013 •English

Red's peaceful morning routine is interrupted by a pesky visitor.

Taking the Count

April 1937 •English

Now that they're engaged, Ann wants Joe to retire from the ring, seeing as how he's the heavyweight champ. Ann's mother, who doesn't want her daughter marrying "beneath" the wealthy family's standing, to set Ann up with a European count. What the mother doesn't know is that the "count" is after the family's money more than he is Ann.