“Solus” — a short film shot entirely inside the Whitcomb Mansion in Worcester_ cleaned up at the “Top Shorts Film Festival” last month with eight coveted awards. “Solus” won “Best Thriller” in the ...

Most viewers yearn for shorter movies, but it’s fair to say many of them aren’t sure how that’s actually accomplished. It’s easy enough to say a movie should be 15 or 20 minutes shorter (I think about ...