Author

About the Author /

MarBelle has a strange compulsion to watch as many films as he can get his hands on and find jobs that give him a legitimate excuse to drill filmmakers about their work. Directors Notes is the multi-decade incarnation of this disorder and remains so much cheaper than film school.

Music Video

Autoerotique: Asphyxiation

Amos LeBlanc and Autoerotique present: An unapologetically sexy dodgeball game – and in case you were under any misconception, it’s totally NSFW!

Read more

Art & Fashion

SILK

Cologne based visual artist Susi Sie continues to boggle presumptions with her latest experimental film SILK and her non-use of 3D or animation on projects

Read more

Documentary

Radiolab Behind the Scenes

We’ve gushed about the audio genius that is Radiolab in the past and I have to admit that every time I sit down to edit an episode of the DN podcast I

Read more

Live Action

No F****** Around in Room 427

A couple realise they can’t expect to have access to those nice extras such as a mini-bar, a pool or full self expression when they book a cheap hotel

Read more

Documentary

Hit it, Baby!

“Get out of your comfort zone and put yourself out there, where you can feel: “Now it hurts!”” Rock’n’roll graphic design and UX

Read more

Music Video

Cold Mailman: My Recurring Dream

Norwegian director André Chocron tracks through an impressively strange series of situations in My Recurring Dream for Cold Mailman.

Read more

Art & Fashion

Elements

German video and sound designer Frederic Kokott re-utilises old footage to create the mirrored, abstract images of his experimental film Elements.

Read more

Music Video

Rone: Bye Bye Macadam

Hypnotic dance loops play out in Dimitri Stankowicz’s stylish black and white animated promo for Rone’s Bye Bye Macadam

Read more

Music Video

Ellie Goulding ft Tinie Tempah: Hanging On

A woman is birthed from some strange, alien cocoon in Jordan Bahat’s unofficial promo for Ellie Goulding’s Hanging On.

Read more

Animation, Art & Fashion

Circa

Encompassed by Echoic’s piano score and sound design along with Victoria Klewin’s haunting vocals, the further away we get from from Hypoly’s

Read more

Live Action

Wintering

In Iain Finlay’s Wintering, a wandering girl finds herself drawn to a man set on a path of destructive which looks set to consume everything, including

Read more

Documentary

The Coffinmaker

Part of his series of short films about handcrafted goods made in Seattle, Dan McComb’s The Coffinmaker reveals the dedicated craftsmanship that goes

Read more