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Albatross DVD
Outside of the briefest of flying visits I was a no show at last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, which meant that (amongst many other things) I missed the world premiere of Niall MacCormick’s debut cinematic feature Albatross. It also slipped past me on its UK theatrical release so I was intrigued to finally take [...]
Like Crazy
Like Crazy is the story of Jacob and Anna. Anna is a British student studying for a year in LA during which she meets Jacob in a class they share. She writes him a kooky letter, they start to date and fall in love. The film charts their relationship in the US and across borders [...]
Shame
Sex in film has always been a controversial subject, whether it’s the explicit scenes of Baise-Moi, the teenage promiscuity exhibited in Larry Clark’s Kids or the legendary ‘butter’ scene of The Last Tango in Paris, celluloid sex has for decades now caused debate for audiences and film classifiers alike. Adding more fuel to the fire, [...]
Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut
So, you remember the post El Vez wrote at the end of 2009 about the crowd sourced version of Star Wars: A New Hope recreated in 15 second chunks? Well, it may seem like a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but Casey Pugh and his team now present Star Wars Uncut: [...]
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Surely, there is no better indication of a film’s tension truly gripping its viewer, than when you have to remind yourself to breathe on more than one occasion? Having seen the impressive trailer for Sean Durkin’s debut feature Martha Marcy May Marlene, I was aware of what to expect, but nothing could prepare me for [...]
DN225: Bummer Summer | TISFC – Zach Weintraub
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] We’ve seen a fair amount of indie features this year, but a couple of our favourites came as a double bill comprising director Zach Weintraub’s Bummer Summer and The International Sign for Choking. Zach joins us this week to discuss the merits of getting back to your indie [...]
Bummer Summer | TISFC – Zach Weintraub
Bummer Summer (2010) Seventeen year-old Isaac tags along on an impromptu road trip with his older brother Ben and Ben’s ex-girlfriend Lila. The trip staggers along uncertainly as the trio’s delicate and ambiguous dynamic is made increasingly weaker by the brothers’ mutual feelings for Lila. The International Sign for Choking (2011) Ben is twenty-four years [...]
Take Shelter
Fans of Martin Scorcese’s HBO series Boardwalk Empire won’t be surprised by the powerful performance Michael Shannon gives in Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter. Playing disturbed prohibition agent Nelson Van Alden, the actor has been the stand out performer so far in just under two seasons of the period drama, outshining the likes of Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt [...]
Another Earth
In this digital age, where computer generated graphics rule the big screen, subtle isn’t a word that’s often used when describing films of the science fiction genre. Cinema goers have become accustomed to the sci-fi blockbuster offering spectacular spaceship battles and invading alien armies, a far cry from the more sombre classics this genre was producing in the late 70s and early 80s. Things appear to be changing though and while there will always [...]
DN223: Calvet – Dominic Allan
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Jean Marc Calvet has led an extraordinary, and at times, dark life, which made him a perfect subject for director Dominic Allan’s feature documentary Calvet. We caught up with Dominic to discuss trusting your inner barometer and creating films as part of the new paradigm. Calvet begins its [...]
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