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Adult movie posters of the 60s and 70s

By MarBelle ⋅ January 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

A great gallery of X-RATED – Adult movie posters of the 60s and 70s. Funny how tame they look in a post online world.

Vimeo’s 25 favorite videos of 2009

By MarBelle ⋅ December 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The favourite films of what has to be my favourite video site of ’09. Some good picks in there certainly worth your time.

September DVD, CD & Recipe Book

By MarBelle ⋅ December 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

We’re not in the habit of pimping past DN guest’s purchasables here on the site, but I’m happy to make an exception for something as pretty as this. Esther May Campbell has released the September DVD Film +CD of soundtrack + recipe book (yes recipe book!), all bundled in an elegant little package – a [...]

Challenge Haneke

By El Vez ⋅ November 29, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

If someone was to ask me who my current favourite director was, despite some close opposition from Jim Jarmusch, Lars Von Trier and Park Chan-Wook, I would have to pick Michael Haneke. Although, I have to admit my discovery of Haneke’s films was somewhat by chance. When I was younger I was very much interested [...]

Seeing Red

By El Vez ⋅ March 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

I’ve never been a big fan of TV, especially TV drama, I usually find it pales in comparison to film in all aspects of production. So when it comes to the choice of putting on a DVD or flicking through the endless channels of dross that we have available now, I’ll always reach for a [...]

Bad Movie Club on Cowfish

By MarBelle ⋅ February 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Last night I both pleased to see and gutted to have missed the inaugural Bad Movie Club event that 2000 or so fellow Twitters were Tweeting away about. However, there’s a thoughtful post about it over on the cowfish blog that’s worth checking out if the idea tickles you.

The Art of the Subtitle

By El Vez ⋅ January 23, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

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 you that don’t know anything about the film, its plot weaves together five stories of various Neapolitans and their involvement [...]

The Prince and the Pauper

By El Vez ⋅ December 20, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Calling all Londoners, people who live near London or anyone planning to visit London anytime, you have to check out the fabulous Prince Charles cinema. A favourite of mine for sometime now, this venue is not only a classic old school cinema showing a fine mix of films, but is also a bargain (especially when [...]

‘Ton’derful

By El Vez ⋅ August 6, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Well Directors Notes has hit the 100th episode mark and still no telegram from the Queen, which is a bit weird, as I know she was one of our first subscribers. It seems like only yesterday, I was kicking back with my slippers and pipe listening to the first episode of DN, when MarBelle interviewed [...]

Should Money Talk?

By MarBelle ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Doc It Out has posted an interesting piece about a subject that raises its head again and again in the ethics of documentary filmmaking; should subjects get paid for their participation? This latest hubbub has centred around Errol Morris’ admission that some of the ‘bad apples’ interviewed for his Standard Operating Procedure doc did receive [...]