January, 2009 Archive

News

Wallpaper* Wants You!

A few days ago Wallpaper* and partners Tudor watches launched their new film channel with coverage of the Wallpaper* Design Awards. Instead of hogging all the

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Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN120: The Arrow’s Paradox – Jorge Caballero

It’s rare (if ever?) that a short will take neo-classical economic theory as inspiration for its themes but this week’s director Jorge Caballero

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News

The Art of the Subtitle

Having not managed to see Gomorra in the cinema in 2008, I jumped at the chance of make it one of the first films I saw on the big screen in 2009. For those of

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN119: Aanaatt – Max Hattler

I’m always pleased to catch up with past DN guests on the show as it means they’re still creating work I want to share, but this time round

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Documentary, Music Video, Podcasts

DN118: Rockin’ Brooklyn – Wojtek Bozyk

The music world has always been prone to focus on particular areas across the globe as hot spots of talent at a particular time and in doing so identify a

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News

Ctrl.Alt.Shift

As normal I’ve been a little slack in getting a post up about this, but that’s in no way a reflection of my enthusiasm. Ctrl.Alt.Shift is a youth

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN117: Lovers – Carl Zhang

Well after a couple weeks of holiday slackness I’m pleased to kick off the new year of Directors Notes with an interview I’ve been looking forward

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Article

MarBelle 2008 Top Ten

Last year I thought I’d get ahead of myself and the foreboding I feel about putting this list together by picking out favourite films as I watched them.

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Article

Rob Munday 2008 Top Ten

"After much thought and internal debate I managed to get my list slimmed down to a top ten." Rob runs through his favourite film of 2008.

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Article

Neil Fox The Dirty Dozen 2008

If you’re a long-term DN reader, you’ll know that while the rest of the net has put their ‘Best of’ lists to bed by early December, we

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