Limitations can be a good thing: Recent Pratt graduate Shawn Christensen rode the simple but effective premise of his 19-minute 2012 short, “Curfew” (a suicidal New Yorker must look after his ...

SXSW Film Review: ‘Before I Disappear’ Shawn Christensen's debut feature is visually well mounted, but too overwrought to really convince or resonate.

All this has the makings of not only a bad night for Richie but also a film overloaded with stories and not much time to explore them. Given that Before I Disappear began as a short film, it's ...

And narratively, "Before I Disappear" brings nothing fresh to the table. The film springs from Christensen's 2012 short film "Curfew," which won the Oscar for best short film.

Shawn Christensen wrote, directed and stars in the pic, which had its world premiere at SXSW and won the Audience Award for narrative feature. IFC Films has snagged North American rights to Before ...

Shawn Christensen's "Before I Disappear" takes the prize in the narrative feature competition, whille Diego Luna's "Cesar Chavez" is the favorite in the Spotlight sidebar.

Shawn Christensen‘s “Before I Disappear” has been picked up by IFC Films for North American distribution, the company announced Tuesday. The film, which stars Christensen, Fatima Ptacek ...

Before I Disappear is ultimately hampered not by a messy plot but by bland characters who, for the most part, don't so much talk to each other as they monologue at each other. Full Review | Dec 5 ...

Before I Disappear official movie trailer starring Emmy Rossum and Paul Wesley ...