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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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Cold Souls

Having missed Cold Souls at this year’s London Film Festival due to the major inconvenience that is work and then missing it a couple of weeks later at

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Documentary, Film Festival, Music Video

Filmstock 11: Oil City Confidential

Julian Temple completes his documentary trilogy of 70s music, with a beautifully inventive look at British pub rock band Dr. Feelgood.

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Film Festival

Filmstock 11: The Best of the Shorts

The Filmstock short weekend has become somewhat of an annual event in my life in recent years and whatever I had planned for my summer or winter (the festival

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: A Serious Man – The Coen Brothers

  Ever since I saw Barton Fink over 15 years ago, I knew I would forever be a fan of the Coen Brothers; their style was unusual, their storytelling unique

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: Samson and Delilah – Warwick Thornton

DN takes a look at Warwick Thornton's Cannes, Camera D’or Winning debut feature Samson & Delilah.

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: A Prophet – Jacques Audiard

The reputation of Jacques Audiard’s Un prophète (A Prophet) has, as expected, gone from strength to strength. DN takes a look at this much lauded debut.

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Documentary, Film Festival

DN LFF09: We Live in Public – Ondi Timoner

Double Sundance Grand Jury prize winner Ondi Timoner, must have thought she was living the documentary filmmaker’s dream, when in 1999 she was asked to

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: Mother – Bong Joon-ho

South Korean cinema has been going from strength to strength in recent years and if 'Mother' is anything to go by, it isn’t going to stop anytime soon.

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Documentary, Film Festival

DN LFF09: Starsuckers – Chris Atkins

DN takes a look at Chris Atkins' documentary examination into the forces of fame, celebrity and the media, and finds its revelations somewhat lacking.

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: The Men who Stare at Goats – Grant Heslov

This is the best article you’ve ever read! This is the best article you’ve ever read! Ok, now I’ve laid down the Jedi Mind Trick I can pretty

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: The Limits of Control – Jim Jarmusch

"With The Limits of Control, Jarmusch has easily made his best film since the seminal Dead Man." DN takes a look at the master filmmaker's latest movie.

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Animation, Film Festival

DN LFF09: Metropia – Tarik Saleh

After the screening of Metropia, director Tarik Saleh claimed he never wanted to make an animation and even went on to declare that after watching his film he

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