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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 bedroom [...]
SotW: Echoes
There’s something perverse about the fact that my SotW pick of abused, sex trafficked women, happened to be posted on the universal day of love, but perhaps it’ll make you hold that special someone all the tighter. Despite the grim subject, director Rob Brown shows that compassion can be found where you least expect it.
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Big Art, Little Debt
Was a time when the filmmaker’s strategy began with the gamble of maxed out credit cards and (hopefully) ended with the win of an acquisition bidding war at Sundance or the like. However, with the number of festival film buys shrinking and the cash amounts garnered by the lucky few doing likewise, what’s a filmmaker [...]
The Extended Take
Just found this fantastic article from Mike Le at Geek Week highlighting the 20 Greatest Extended Takes in Movie History, complete with embedded Videos.
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50 Best Blogs for Moviemakers & Film Radio Shows
Far be it for me to call foul or query the means by which MovieMaker compiled their 50 Best Blogs for Moviemakers list, but suffice to say somehow DN didn’t make the cut. I’m not going to be bitter, because despite that one oversight, they’ve collated a pretty fine list of blogs worthy of a [...]
Mindfuck Movies
Matthew Baldwin takes a look at films that may well bake your noggin.
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Top 10 Sundance Documentaries of the Decade
Film critic Dennis Lim, who’s been covering the festival this year over at the Sundance Channel, has put together a rather nice list of the Top 10 Sundance Documentaries of the Decade. It particularly warms my heart to see my top film of 2007 Zoo in there, along with past (print) DN interviewee Ondi Timoner’s [...]
Yes to nofilmschool
I’m sure I wasn’t the only one saddened at the announcement that Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman vehicle, The West Side was going on hiatus, perversely due to Ryan and Zac’s success with the series. Well things have been a little quiet since then and whilst I had no doubt our past guests were [...]
Sight and Sound’s best online videos of 2009
I think it’s all too obvious by now, that here at Directors Notes we bloody love a list! Well Sight and Sound love to pander to our needs, they’ve already given us their Films of 2009 and DVDs of 2009 lists and have now treated us to the Best Online Videos of 2009 and accompanying [...]
SotW: I Met the Walrus
It’s that time again and my first pick for Short of the Week in 2010 is Josh Raskin’s innovative animated documentary I Met the Walrus.
Based around a spontaneous interview with John Lennon over 40 years ago, Raskin weaves together tradition pen sketches with contemporary digital illustration, to create a unique and exhilarating short film.
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