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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.

Animation, Documentary, Podcasts

DN064: What a Freegan Waste – Craig Rook

Whilst trying to squeeze in as many films as possible at the recent Filmstock festival, I managed to tear myself away from the screen and grab a few words with

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Film Festival, Podcasts

DN Festival: Filmstock 2007

The town of Luton in the UK is famous for lots of things; hat making, Vauxhall cars, David Arnold, Paul Young and now the Filmstock International Film

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Film Festival, News

Filmstock #8

As a Lutonian and a devoted film fanatic, I rarely get excited about the choice of films I get to view in my hometown. However, once a year I get 11 days to

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Documentary

After all this, won't you give me a smile?

As part of the warm up for the Filmstock Film Festival (which starts today – Thursday 1st November), its originators Neil Fox and Justin Doherty have

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News

Take Me to Digital Heaven

As a regular user of Apple’s Final Cut Studio and having to edit to some tight deadlines, I can become a bit obsessive with finding time saving tips for

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Article, Film Festival, News

LFF07: The Top Ten of Top Tens

Has anyone else noticed how the majority of Television minutes dedicated to the movies recently seem to be assigned to the all conquering ‘List’?

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News

Moby Movie Music

Ever dreamt of having a world renowned musician compose the score for your latest flick? For a low/no budget film-maker this dream would usually stay in the

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News

1st Birthday Musings

I know it’s hard to believe, but Directors Notes has now celebrated its first birthday and to commemorate this milestone, I’ve actually decided to

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Documentary

Overnight

When it comes to the types of films I tend to watch, I can sometimes be a little slack in watching a wide spectrum of genres and styles and often I need a

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Article

El Vez – Films of 2006

For me, writing a top ten list always starts off as a fun little way of reviewing all the films (or music) I’ve enjoyed throughout the year, but then

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Live Action

The Host with the Most

"What most impressed me about the film was that although this is a monster movie it’s not obsessed with action." Rob embraces the surprises of 'The Host'.

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News

Neil LaBute

With the release of LaBute's The Wicker Man, El Vez muses about the director's 1997 debut In the Company of Men.

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