Archive for February, 2010
Big Sky ’10: Goodbye with a Big Old Fire
Can’t believe Big Sky is over so soon, it’s been so good and the festival grows and gets better every year. The pitching event this year was fantastic, a real highlight and it has transformed my ideas of thinking about working with / applying to ITVS. Richard Saiz was a total inspiration. There’s been so [...]
Shark’s Tooth by Archie Bronson Outfit – Ferry Gouw
I love Archie Bronson Outfit. I believe they are one of the finest rock & roll bands the UK has produced in years. For their new album Coconut out in March they are doing that ‘video per song’ thing. If initial offering Shark’s Tooth is anything to go by, we are in for a treat. [...]
Micmacs – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Hitchcockian, Capraesque and Kubrickian are all terms used to describe the relative filmmakers’ distinctive styles, well maybe it’s about time we add Jeunetian to the list (I thought Jeunetesque sounded better for a French filmmaker, but was a bit too close to the already existing Junoesque). It’s not that I’m comparing Jean-Pierre Jeunet to the [...]
Welcome to Portable.tv
I’ve long known about the Portable Film Festival and have regularly scoured the works it presents for films to feature on DN, but never really gave much thought to what or who may lie beneath. Well obviously I should have, because the new look Portable.tv site is a mighty fine thing to behold. And frankly, [...]
Neurosonics
Holographic Drumkit and Turntables, I think someone has been watching too much Futurama
The Divine River Teaser
Shame shame shame on me. If I wasn’t so lazy and kept a closer eye on my newsfeeds and/or twitter flow, I’d have known by now that Ayz Waraich had wrapped the shoot for his new short The Divine River and had a teaser in the wild. Damn! If you’re new to DN and wondering [...]
DN Special: How Far Would You Go…? – Neil LaBute
Director Neil LaBute’s career has spanned numerous theatre and feature film productions, but for his latest project, LaBute collaborated with the team behind new PS3 game Heavy Rain, to create a documentary where famous ‘witnesses’ answered the question How Far would You Go…? to save someone you loved. You can watch How Far Would You [...]
Big Sky ‘10: Meeting the man from Disney
Apologies for the radio silence but signals have been hard to come by and it’s been such an action packed festival. The weather is crisp and bright and the mountains have never looked more breath taking. The landscape really is ‘the big sky’ and shapes the feel of the town and the films that are [...]
A Conversation with Jack Thorne
When people knew I was talking to a writer who lives in Luton and has written for Shameless and Skins they assumed he moved here for material, but Jack Thorne, an acclaimed writer for TV, theatre, radio and now film had a different motive. “Price, sorry. I wanted somewhere where I wasn’t working in my [...]
Vote for The Retirement Village
The winners for tonight’s Bafta Awards, maybe sealed in their envelopes and out of our hands, but you’ve still got the power to elevate a new filmmaker to award winning status. The BAFTA members panel has whittled down a plethora of entries to three nominees, which are now open to a public vote to decide [...]
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