Kids from the International Community School in Kirkland—quite an adventurous lot—packed the screening of the found-footage shorts I had recommended earlier. They found something to like (the consensus favorite was Ringo) and I found something to love: Bill Morrison’s The Highwater Trilogy is even better than Decasia.

This is not a very representative still. Most of the shots are starker and more horribly majestic. But it will have to do.

Blindingly bright, deliberately paced, perfectly scored (with the possible exception of the third-act flood, which was almost overwhelmed by its sawing, siren-inspired accompaniment), the end product is more than you could ever ask from a 30-minute experimental short. It’s even politically aware! Completely amazing. I also liked the riot-grrlish Wall of Sound Flowers, but wasn’t especially keen on Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine.

New reviews for this weekend include the locally shot Expiration Date (read my rant here) and Swedish wild child Lukas Moodysson’s Container (which I quite liked).