Blood into Wine

Do you like Wine? Do you like A Perfect Circle and Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan? Then you really have to check out the Blood into Wine trailer, there’s also an excellent interview with the eccentric Keenan over at chuckpalahniuk.net.

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DN SXSW10: The Freebie – Katie Aselton

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If you’re in a strong, loving relationship you can withstand anything right? In her debut feature, The Freebie, actor turned director Katie Aselton stress tests a couple’s marriage, when they give each other a mutual pass to a one night stand. I spoke to Katie about her move to [...]

BEV2010: Ella es el Matador – Celeste Carrasco & Gemma Cubero del Barrio

Just heading out to watch Ella es el Matador was a bit of a challenge in itself. I have never understood the bloodshed of bullfighting nor will I ever find it entertaining. I was aware that many of the images I was about to see would probably upset me, however when I heard the title [...]

SXSW2010: Kick-Ass

Take the question, Why hasn’t a normal person, completely lacking in super powers ever tried to become a crime fighting hero? asked by an idle, comic loving teen to his friends; extrapolate from that point and it seems the script for Kick-Ass almost writes itself. The film, which opened SXSW on Friday to much [...]

DN SXSW10: His & Hers – Ken Wardrop

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It’s been a long time coming but I’ve finally packed the DN bags, jumped on a plane and hit the indie directors’ favourite film festival, South by Southwest, or SXSW for those in the know. We open up with an interview for a film I originally saw at last [...]

His & Hers – Ken Wardrop

His & Hers (2009)
A 90-year-old love story told through the collective voice of 70 ladies at different stages of their lives.
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Why David Lynch Turned Down Return of the Jedi

Why David Lynch Turned Down Return of the Jedi

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Baumbach Update

Sharing writing credits with Wes Anderson on The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and the Fantastic Mr. Fox would be enough for some people, but not Noah Baumbach. As well as sharing the penmanship on Anderson’s eccentric films, Baumbach has also produced Alexander the Last, whilst also carving out a successful filmmaking career of his own.
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Life during Wartime hits Sky Box Office

I was always a big, big fan of Todd Solondz’s Happiness, it’s a hard film to say I ‘love’, but it’s a film that will reside in my cinematic memory banks for a long time. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see the partial sequel, Life during Wartime at last year’s London Film Festival, but now [...]

New British Cinema Quarterly

Taking the most distinctive and original British feature films and filmmakers from the festival circuit and bringing them to the UK’s flagship independent cinemas.
New British Cinema Quarterly is a brand new programme of distinctive and original films from British filmmakers. Selected from the UK’s major film festivals, a new film will be screened each quarter [...]