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Padam

By El Vez ⋅ February 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

You have to be pretty brave to make a music video which is just one static shot, but that’s exactly what Parisien design studio M/M decided to do with the video for Benjamin Biolay’s ‘Padam’ and it’s a risk that certainly pays off.
Biolay scuttles, shuffles and slides across the frame like a possessed incarnation [...]

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.
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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 [...]

Bloc Party – The Take-Away Shows

By MarBelle ⋅ October 31, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

We’ve raved about them before in our interview with creator Vincent Moon, but if you’re yet to check them out, I heartily recommend you start with this version of This Modern Love by Bloc Party.
You can actually see the power of The Take-Away Shows melting Kele’s reluctance to take part as he lets himself [...]

‘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 good [...]