November, 2010 Archive

Live Action

Organ

Love stories don’t usually feature an eerie sense of atmosphere or a great level of mystery, but Organ has both in an abundance. It also features

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Music Video

Warpaint

Today’s musical post is dedicated not to a single director but to Warpaint, one of the most interesting bands to come along in a while. I plan to lock

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Live Action

Urban

It’s pretty impressive when a short film can open with a sprawling aerial shot and then launch straight into an adrenalin fueled parkour sequence. This

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Contakt

João Lucas’ experimental short film 'Contakt' explores the transformations which occur when different bodies meet one another.

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Animation

The Missing Sock & Two Sizes Too Big

Austin Hillebrecht’s animations may not be the richest in terms of story, but they display both an interesting visual style and a sense of dark fun which

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Animation

What makes your day?

It’s a simple question, but not one we ask regularly enough….What makes your day?

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Film Festival, Live Action

GrimmFest 2010: Amer

One of the best films DN caught at Manchester’s Grimm Up North horror film festival was barely a horror film at all, at least not in the modern sense,

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Art & Fashion

POP – Abbey Lee Kershaw

A girl on a motorcycle. Ahh go then, I’ve got to also post the trailer for Jack Cardiff’s psychedelic 60s feature The Girl on a Motorcycle, that

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Film Festival, Podcasts

DN UnderWire

Underwire Film Festival had its launch last Thursday and I had the pleasure of being there. A festival that aims to showcase the raw cinematic talents of

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Animation

Theodore & Rosemary's Orchard

Somebody’s in my orchard, picking at my plum tree. Somebody’s in my vineyard, stealing my grapes from me. Somebody’s sneaking melons, off of

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Animation, Art & Fashion, Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Editing

The final category shown at UnderWire was Editing. Probably the largest part of the industry still predominantly known as a man’s job, years ago in the

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Film Festival, Live Action

UnderWire: Directing

The directing category brought along two films right up my street- beautifully shot and composed, yet sinister and dark. Beautiful Enough is a haunting but

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