June, 2011 Archive

Animation, Music Video

Protest to M1

Stylish piece of animation from Igor Bastidas, bringing to life the Pacheko remix of Max Romeo track Protest to M1.

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Music Video

Outlines: I Cannot Think

Through the years many a track has made me want to punch someone in the face but David Tomaszewski’s I Cannot Think promo for Outlines takes that impulse

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN208: Island – Brek Taylor & Elizabeth Mitchell

Brek Taylor and Elizabeth Mitchell discuss their psychological drama feature debut 'Island' - a haunting tale of yearning, retribution and redemption.

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Live Action

The Messenger

The adage is such a part of the fabric of filmmaking these days, that it’s hard to know if Akira Kurosawa originated or articulately restated it when he

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Music Video

Masters In France: Control

Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth’s music video for the Masters in France track Control picks up where their previous The Loved Ones inspired video for Mad

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Animation

FITC Toronto 2011 Titles

MK12’s refreshment stand countdown to showtime, created for last month’s FITC Toronto 2011 festival is a work of perverse animated genius.

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Film Festival

EIFF2011: All Change

As regular readers of DN may well know, this year will mark my third annual visit to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Around this time last year I

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Animation

Looks That Kill

Inspired by creator Kevin Dart’s fascination with the 60s, Looks That Kill follows the exploits of fashionista and spy girl Yuki 7, along with her team

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Live Action

Year Zero – OFFF Barcelona 2011 Main Titles

Playing much more like the opening to a movie depicting a vision of a dystopian, totalitarian future than a festival title sequence, Mischa Rozema’s

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Music Video

Portugal. The Man: Sleep Forever

The long-format two track music video doesn’t come along very often, but with Sleep Forever Michael Ragen (regular cinematographer for DN music promo

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Asides, Music Video

Metronomy: The Bay

David Wilson heads out for 'The Bay' in his luscious new music video for Metronomy.

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Documentary

Intel’s Visual Life

For some reason Intel’s Visual Life campaign had completely passed me by, (thanks Short of the Week for catching me up) possibly because it’s one

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