Shane Meadows

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Shane Meadows, Saviour of British TV

By El Vez ⋅ October 13, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Call it fate, call it sods law, call it bad luck, call it whatever you like, but sometimes the decisions we make can be all about timing. Having lived with a television as a permanent resident of every house I’ve been in from day 1 to year 32, I recently, finally, decided enough was enough [...]

This is England ’86

By El Vez ⋅ July 28, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

I’m not really a big fan of TV, in fact recently with the English football season in hiatus, I’ve found myself rarely switching on the box and flicking through the channels and instead picking up a book and flicking through the pages. That’s not to say I dislike all TV programmes, I’m a big fan [...]

Meadows of the Past

By El Vez ⋅ February 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

If you know a little bit about us at Directors Notes, then you’ll know we’re big fans of British director Shane Meadows and whenever possible we try to cover his work and keep a beady eye on what he’s planning next. A quick glance at the top ten lists for 2007 will reveal that This [...]

Miss D 2007 Top Ten

By Miss D ⋅ February 3, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m sorry about the lateness of this list but if the truth be told I hate writing my top ten. I don’t mind weeding out the films I didn’t like and whittling down the amount of good films to a number resembling ten but it’s the ordering that I detest. Who’s to say that if [...]