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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.

Live Action

Essential Killing

Premiering in competition last year at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, Jerzy Skolimowski’s new film Essential Killing is a largely dialogue

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Kill List – Ben Wheatley

With his first feature Down Terrace, Ben Wheatley breathed new life into the hackneyed corpse of the British Gangster flick, so Kill List, his take on the

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Live Action

Source Code

From its copious opening aerial shots of Chicago, it’s clear Duncan Jones is letting us know from the outset that his sophomore feature isn’t going

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Attenberg – Athina Rachel Tsangari

Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg has been a critical favourite (see our review) since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year. I got to see

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News

The Vimeo iPhone App is Here!

“About bloody time!” were the words that first sprung to mind when I found out Vimeo have finally released an app for the iPhone, quickly followed

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Way of the Morris – Tim Plester

Despite living a 50 minute train ride from my house, it took, two planes and the SXSW film festival for me to catch up with actor and director Tim Plester.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Green – Sophia Takal & Lawrence Michael Levine

Sophia Takal & Lawrence Michael Levine join us at SXSW to discuss subverting horror tropes, whilst striking a balance between script and improvisation.

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Documentary

The Bicycle City Trailer

We don’t often post trailers on DN but as a daily bike rider myself, Greg Sucharew’s upcoming feature documentary The Bicycle City tapped into my

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Hit So Hard – David Ebersole & Todd Hughes

Around the time of the band’s Celebrity Skin album, original Hole drummer Patty Schemel disappeared from the rocket ride of musical stardom and into a

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Documentary, Film Festival, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011: Dragonslayer – Tristan Patterson

With its solid 10 track album structure, SXSW Best Documentary Feature & Best Cinematography winner Dragonslayer lets us vicariously live in the world of

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Asides, Live Action

Kickstart To Our Bright White Hearts

Kickstart Ayz Waraich's feature drama about heartache, hope, family, and surviving this thing we call life, 'To Our Bright White Hearts'.

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Film Festival, Live Action, Podcasts

DN SXSW2011 – Hesher – Spencer Susser

Ever since I first saw the short I Love Sarah Jane back in ’08, I’ve been hounding director Spencer Susser for a DN interview. Luckily for all of

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