June, 2010 Archive

News

Mind Your Figure

I’m a bit late bringing this to you but if you happen to be free this weekend and in the Manhattan area, you should take a trip to 409 West 39 St. for

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Animation

'verse

Brought to fruition in a mere three weeks with students from the University of Wales for the Animator in Residence scheme, Tony Comley brings us a kinetic

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Documentary

More Sea Pool

A couple of weeks ago, we brought you the stunning looking teaser for Jason Wingrove’s upcoming documentary Sea Pool, we’ll now we have parts 2 and

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN170: Kakera – Momoko Andô

When you’re born into a filmmaking family the question isn’t if you’ll pick up the camera, but rather if you’ll manage to forge your

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Documentary

The Archive

Following on from his stunning documentary The Bowler, which I posted on Directors Notes yesterday, comes Sean Dunne’s earlier Sundance selected short

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2010: The Days of Desire

From the very beginning of József Pacskovszki’s The Days of Desire something about it becomes very clear: it is absolutely stunning to look at. Scenes

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2010: Vacation!

Vacation! starts with a black and white, split-screen sequence in which Sugar, Lorelei, Donna and Dee-dee arrange, through a series of phone calls, to spend an

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Art & Fashion

Daisy Lowe for UK Esquire

After being inspired by El Vez’s Tell-Tale post to dig a little further into the work of photographer turned filmmaker Greg Williams, I’ve become

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Documentary

The Bowler

If you ever thought Bill Murray’s performance as Ernie McCracken in Kingpin was over the top and unbelievable, you’ve obviously never met Rocky

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Film Festival

EIFF2010: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

The last decade has been an interesting time for fans of Werner Herzog, the madman of world cinema who surely needs no introduction. During the last ten years,

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Live Action

Tango – Praiserama

When I was a kid Tango was all about overwieght orange men and impending lawsuits over hearing loss in playgrounds. Now they’re taking the orangey beats

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Animation

What Ever Happened To Ultra-Man?

A short documentary on the life of retired Dublin based super hero, Ultra-Man.

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