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Eden Lake - James Watkins
Update: ‘Edited’ highlights of the Q&A with James Watkins are now available.
I’ve literally stepped out of the Eden Lake screening 10 minutes ago and instead of a relaxing train ride back to Brighton with my TV choice de jour, the blistering rage whirling around my brain is preventing me from any other distraction until I [...]
Ashes of Time Redux - Wong Kar Wai
I’m a big fan of Wong Kar Wai’s work in general so normally come to any of his films with a strong bias towards liking them, which is to say that while I enjoyed Ashes of Time Redux, I have to acknowledge that if I’d sat down to watch it with less pre-cached good will [...]
DN EP 099: The Super Noble Brothers - Mark Escribano
If you’re tapped into a community, creative or otherwise, the laws of nature dictate that either through chance or shear determination certain individuals will become the embodiment of that scene. Mark Escribano found such an incarnation in the Super Noble Brothers who where ubiquitous across the Milwaukee music and arts scene, and decided to explore [...]
The Super Noble Brothers - Mark Escribano
The Super Noble Brothers (2007)
The Super Noble Brothers chronicles the ‘beautiful struggles’ of the uncompromising artists and entrepreneurs Davey, Tommy, and Andy Noble. Raised by independent art dealers and encouraged from the outset to pursue their artistic interests, they quickly garnered local celebrity in their home town of Milwaukee, Wisconsin as talented musicians, painters and [...]
DN EP 097: Inside the Circle - Marcy Garriott
It’s not often I experience the films we feature in their full cinematic glory, and even rarer that I also get face to face time with the directors, but of the many films we’ve covered on the show Marcy Garriott’s feature documentary Inside the Circle - which opens a window into B-Boy culture, friendship and [...]
Inside the Circle - Marcy Garriott
Inside the Circle (2007)
Capturing the raw power of a grassroots hip-hop movement, the award-winning documentary Inside the Circle tells the stories of strikingly talented b-boys Josh and Omar, former best friends who become rivals when they join competing dance crews. Immersed in the b-boy culture of defiant creativity, Omar rises to international renown, while [...]
DN EP 096: Tokyo Cowboys - Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson
What happens when you’re far from home and on-route to living your dream? Do you come back to start again with nothing to show for your years of effort when things get rough or do you hang on in the hope that success and the life you’ve imagined is just round the corner? Co-directed by [...]
Tokyo Cowboys - Daneeta Loretta Saft & Patrick Jackson
Tokyo Cowboys (2008)
Tokyo Cowboys follows the stories of four western men living long-term in Tokyo. The film’s delicate and humorous portrait illuminates the price some pay for a taste of Tokyo’s success.
DN EP 088: All The Drunken Horsemen - Tomas Leach
Director Tomas Leach joins us to discuss his feature documentary All The Drunken Horsemen, which saw him travel to the isolated Mayan town of Todos Santos in the mountains of Guatemala to capture the preparations for its legendary annual drunken horse race.
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All The Drunken Horsemen - Tomas Leach
All The Drunken Horsemen (2007)
High in the mountains of Guatemala lies the small Mayan town of Todos Santos. Each year, on November 1st the town celebrates its legendary drunken horse race.
This film follows Ramon as he prepares to race on the town’s holy day for the first time. He follows 9 days of prayer, preparation [...]
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