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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.

Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: Up in the Air – Jason Reitman

Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You for Smoking) is back with another modern day tale of life, love and frequent flyer miles with Up in the Air. George Clooney

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF 09: Father of my Children – Mia Hansen-Løve

From the opening titles, before even a word is spoken, you can tell this is a French film. From the simple shots of unmistakably French streets and the almost

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: Balibo – Roger Connolly

Balibo is a political thriller of sorts, focusing on the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975 and in particular the involvement of a group of Australian

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: The Double Hour – Giuseppe Capotondi

The thing I love most about cinema is how much it constantly surprises me. I was making the dash across London, from the BFI to the Vue Leicester Square,

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Documentary, Film Festival

DN LFF09: The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights – Emmett Malloy

If The White Stripes were movie characters, they’d be pretty unrealistic and as a viewer you’d have a hard job believing all their quirks and oddities. A

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: The Road – John Hillcoat

'The Road' is a rare commodity in today’s movie industry, an apocalyptic film that relies on subtlety and imagination, instead of CGI and special effects.

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: The Informant! – Steven Soderbergh

I’m not a big fan of Steven Soderbergh, there I’ve said it, it’s out in the open now……please don’t kill me!! I think I always kidded myself that I

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: The Exploding Girl – Bradley Rust Gray

"A bit of small time drama can be a good thing every now and again." DN falls for the subtle charms of Bradley Rust Gray's 'The Exploding Girl'.

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Animation, Film Festival

DN LFF09: Fantastic Mr Fox – Wes Anderson

Growing up, the books of Roald Dahl were an important part of my childhood and even now they still have pride of place on my bookshelf. Some of my earliest

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans was definitely one of the films I was most looking forward to at this year’s London Film Festival, I mean Werner

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Film Festival, News

Filmstock 11

As anyone will know who reads my posts on Directors Notes, knows I’m a big supporter of my local film festival Filmstock and unashamedly try to promote

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Documentary, News

Lynch ’em all

Not content with being a world renowned filmmaker, photographer and painter, the legend that is David Lynch is embracing digital technology once again, by

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