Sometimes when I’m out hunting for films I catch something that I’m certain I want to feature from around frame 5 and have to hold back from firing off the interview invite before I’ve watched to the end. The fashion / art / experimental fusion that is Bathtub from M.A.Y.O. - Mind All Your Outsides [...]
Not many directors can thank the lilt of the banjo for their move into feature projects, but this week’s guest Alex Walker - a self confessed indie boy - followed the siren’s call down the rabbit hole of Country/Americana after being exposed to the genre through his work and friendship with band Hey Negrita and [...]
It’s not often I experience the films we feature in their full cinematic glory, and even rarer that I also get face to face time with the directors, but of the many films we’ve covered on the show Marcy Garriott’s feature documentary Inside the Circle - which opens a window into B-Boy culture, friendship and [...]
There’s so much great work out there that even if I spent the full 24 hours a day on Directors Notes I’d still only be scratching the surface, which is why I’m so pleased that the mighty Wholphin DVD magazine exists to bring the best of it straight into our homes every quarter. I managed [...]
Keith Bearden joins us to discuss The Raftman’s Razor, a film that redresses the distorted Hollywood view of teenagers in movies.
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The Raftman’s Razor
Festivus Film Festival
Withoutabox
Dario Argento
Werner Herzog
Jonathan Demme
John Sayles
Russ Meyer
Cargo Cult
Gilligan’s Island
Adrian Tomine
The Wonder Years
Eerie Indiana
Joel Haskard’s Moviepie Interview
Sundance Film [...]
For any of you who’ve dug into our show archives, or stuck around for the last 6 months or so, you’ll already be familiar with returning Directors Notes family member Brent Green and his work, from our discussion on his piece Hadacol Christmas in episode 12. Brent’s back with us today to talk about his [...]
Director Nick Childs’ approach to adaptation holds a lesson for us all, as his choice of material centres on pieces which already have a strong cinematic spine within them and don’t need to be mangled into something unrecognisable to make it to the screen, which would explain why writer Steve Hamilton was willing to give [...]