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Obsessed with film, the internet and WordPress, Directors Notes is the place Rob gets to brings all his interests together and really geek out. When not writing for DN he can be found on Short of the Week or Vimeo.

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El Vez 2009 Top Ten

Rob whittles down a packed year of film watching into feature packed list of ten must see movies.

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Animation, Asides

The Year of Tomorrow

Created as part of a viral campaign for Gentlemen Broncos, the new film from Jared ‘Napaleon Dynamite’ Hess, The Year of Tomorrow tells the heroic

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Live Action

Drunk History

On August 6th 2007 Mark Gagliardi drank a bottle of Scotch… and then discussed a famous historical event and so began, Drunk History. Drunk History Vol.

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News

Star Wars Uncut

When it comes to film fans, Star Wars probably has one of the most dedicated and somewhat obsessive followings since the birth of Cinema. So when the

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Live Action

Thirst – Park Chan-Wook

The creature known as Vampire has featured in films for around 100 years now and the vampire movie has gone through many forms and various stages of

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Music Video

Mogwai – Burning

If you’re into Music, love short films and regularly visit Directors Notes, then it’s more than likely you’ve seen (or at least heard of) the

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Music Video

Bot'Ox – Blue Steel

Sometimes, it’s the simplest of ideas that make the best videos and this is certainly true of Körner Union’s video for the Bot’Ox single

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Live Action

Challenge Haneke

If someone was to ask me who my current favourite director was, despite some close opposition from Jim Jarmusch, Lars Von Trier and Park Chan-Wook, I would

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News

Tweets from the Cage

In an interesting turn of events, caged Screenwriter (Pulp Fiction) and Filmmaker (Killing Zoe) Roger Avary is using Twitter to now tell his own story, from

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Art & Fashion

Blk/Car

If we had a section called ‘weirdest short of the day’ on Directors Notes, then Blk/Car by Øyvind Aspen would definitely be my recommendation

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Music Video

Heaven Can Wait

Not content with starring in the most controversial film of the year, actress and daughter of famous French actor/singer Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte

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Music Video

Further Complications

With a simple idea, basic set and a bendy singer from Sheffield, Director Stéphanie di Giusto has created one of the music videos of the year, with Jarvis

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