Shorts watched in 2023
These are all of the shorts that I have watched in 2023, in order of viewing.
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- DirectorRoss StevensonStarsAmy PoehlerPhyllis SmithRichard Kind5⭐
- DirectorJosh CooleyStarsPete DocterBen CoxKyle MacLachlanRiley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to deal with Riley going on her first date.8⭐
- DirectorAlan YangStarsLil Rel HoweryLaKeith StanfieldJerrod CarmichaelAn all-black cast parody one of the most memorable episodes of Friends.7⭐
- DirectorRichard CurtisMat WhitecrossStarsRowan AtkinsonAlexis Lynne BaumertMarcus BrigstockeAfter 13 years, the cast of "Love, Actually" reunites to catch up on where they are now.4⭐
- DirectorMark GatissStarsSimon CallowAnjli MohindraSusan PenhaligonLong-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter Aubrey Judd discovers that all is not quiet in the eerie radio studio and that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped.3⭐
- DirectorMark GatissStarsPeter CapaldiElliot LeveyWilf ScoldingJohn Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge', George Jeffreys. But this is not a cut-and-dried murder case, because the innocent young girl Martin is accused of killing has been seen after her death.3⭐
- DirectorMark GatissStarsRory KinnearRobert BathurstFrances BarberA museum curator receives a very disturbing engraving that changes each time he and his colleagues look at it.4⭐
- DirectorMark GatissStarsJason WatkinsMyAnna BuringMax BremerThe inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.4⭐
- DirectorRob SavageStarsHaley BishopJemma MooreEmma Louise WebbSix friends hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom during lockdown, but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong.7⭐
- DirectorNadira AmraniStarsLashay AndersonTom VictorRhea NorwoodBold and authentic drama set at an elite school where the lines of sexual consent are dangerously blurred. When a serious accusation is made against 'one of their own', how will the school react?7⭐
- DirectorJonás CuarónStarsSandra BullockOrto IgnatiussenLajla LangeShort film connected to the movie Gravity (2013). It shows the conversation of Dr. Ryan Stone with someone on earth, but this time from the other side of the line, an Inuit fisherman in a frozen desert.7⭐
- DirectorPedro AlmodóvarStarsTilda SwintonAgustín AlmodóvarMiguel AlmodóvarA woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.5⭐
- DirectorChristopher Grant HarveyStarsSean Cameron MichaelRussel SavadierIn a dystopian Los Angeles future, retirement engineer John Kampff hunts down suspected Replicant Andy Smith. As John soon learns, Replicant detection is nearly impossible without specialist equipment.5⭐
- DirectorBob PrivettA London Transport infomercial introducing the public to the first generation of automatic ticket gates at stations.4⭐
- DirectorTrevor NunnStarsToby StephensOscar Wilde is confined in Reading Gaol. His younger self appears, and the two men wrestle with the humiliation of Wilde's fall from celebrity to convict because he loved a man. The dialogue in the film draws heavily on Oscar Wildes own written word and famous quotations and as such the film can be viewed for much of it's running time as being in "his own words".5⭐
- DirectorTamara HarveyStarsMark LambertLisa ZahraCatrin AaronAs the UK goes into Covid lock-down, retired teacher Roger is encouraged by his daughter to make use of a smart-speaker ('Isla'). However, this leads to unintended consequences, and a life lesson for Roger and his outdated views.2⭐
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsMichael SheenCheryl CampbellPeter WightMartyn Hesford's comedy-drama about the life and times of tortured comic Kenneth Williams based on his diaries.4⭐
- DirectorJohn SchlesingerStarsAlan BatesCoral BrowneCharles GrayThe actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow and meets a mysterious Englishman. It turns out that he's the notorious spy Guy Burgess.3⭐
- DirectorJohn AlexanderStarsDavid WalliamsRafe SpallPeter Sandys-ClarkeIn the 1950s Frankie Howerd, the famous radio and film comedian, meets a young waiter Dennis Heymer, who, like himself, is a closet homosexual.2⭐
- DirectorGraeme HarperStarsRudolph WalkerMaurice DenhamCarmen MunroeSam, a quiet West Indian working as a London Transport ticket collector, strikes up an unlikely, but warm, friendship with Joe, an old man who has a room in the same house.2⭐
- DirectorAl CampbellStarsStewart LeeAlan BennettThe Bafta-winning Stewart Lee performs his latest touring show, focusing on a bizarrely erroneous description of his work on Netflix and a mind-boggling review from Alan Bennett.5⭐
- DirectorAl CampbellStarsStewart LeeStewart Lee is a 'snowflake', and in this hour from his tour, the Bafta-winning comedian illustrates how being 'woke' doesn't mean having to sacrifice freedom of speech.5⭐
- DirectorJohn ElliotStarsErrol JohnCy GrantColin DouglasGroundbreaking docudrama from 1956 exploring the experiences of the then 75,000 West Indians who had newly settled in Britain, and the disparity they found between the mythical country and the real one.10⭐
- DirectorSimon AtkinsonAdam TownleyStarsCharity WakefieldLee InglebyGirl meets boy in quirky office romance. Two like minded souls, too shy to approach each other, find a new way to show their love for each other.8⭐
- DirectorStella ScottStarsScarlett BrookesZahra-Rose CookeYoussef BerouainRay's estate is being bulldozed. On the way to fireworks night, Ray and her daughter take a detour through the new development that is being built in its place.1⭐
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsTo replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.5⭐
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.6⭐
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.7⭐
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisSally LindsaySarah LabordeWallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.7⭐
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsThe BeatlesJohn LennonGeorge HarrisonThe music video was almost 20 years in production, starting in 1994. Time capsule, the last song of The Beatles performed in 2023 but together with John Lennon from the late 1970s.8⭐