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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.

Animation

Manolito's Dream

If only my sleeping hours were as interesting as those created by animation team Alla Kinda in Manolito’s Dream.

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Music Video

Rue Royale: Halfway Blind

If an award existed for ‘best collection of two shots in a music promo’ Stephane Leonard’s beautifully composed Halfway Blind promo for Rue

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN263: Anton Corbijn Inside Out – Klaartje Quirijns

Fans of music are likely to be very familiar with the iconic images and music videos of photographer, filmmaker and video artist Anton Corbijn. In her new

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Art & Fashion, Asides, Documentary

Fragments

Monika Delgado and Mickey Todiwala's non-narrative short 'Fragments' captures the beauty and mystery of desolated spaces.

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Music Video

Dikta: What Are You Waiting For

The 12 year old boy in me always wanted to make a video with racing, fights and explosions. And when Dikta, one of the biggest bands in Iceland wanted a music

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Music Video

The Lights And Then The Noise

After joining them on a musical road trip to Elsewhere and having the pleasure of their company on the podcast, I’ve been looking forward to seeing what

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Art & Fashion

Grotesque Photo Booth

Let me just start by saying that Donato Sansone’s Grotesque Photo Booth is definitely NSWF and also probably not for those of a delicate disposition. With

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Asides, Music Video

Say Lou Lou: Maybe You

Mattias Montero’s stunning slow motion, black & white cinematography combines with the sublime vocals of Say Lou Lou in Philippe Tempelman’s

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Art & Fashion

Face the Future

Gordon von Steiner freaks us the fuck out with his short fashion film captured during Steven Meisel’s Face the Future photoshoot for Vogue.

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Animation, Music Video

Hundred Waters: Thistle

Martin Allais makes his third appearance in the pages of DN this year (Evolution & My Dry Wet Mess: Etcetera) with the brilliant stop motion animated

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Music Video

Flying Lotus: Putty Boy Strut

Cyriak applies his morphing mutant looping skills to the sounds of Flying Lotus in Putty Boy Strut, the tale of harmonious robots consumed by a marauding metal

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Art & Fashion, Podcasts

DN262: Baroque – Ruth Paxton

Scottish director Ruth Paxton joins us with Baroque, her experimental interpretation of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman’s letter about beauty. We discuss

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