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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, Podcasts

DN193: Partying Apart – Asaf Asulin

In his short drama Partying Apart, director Asaf Asulin tackles the issues of loneliness, dreams and those fleeting moments of connection rarely seized in real

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Music Video

Dan Deacon: My Name Is Robert

Kathryn Marshall’s single take, painted wooden block promo for Dan Deacon’s My Name Is Robert.

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News

Arden Avett’s Minimal Movie Posters

Glad to see that last year’s trend towards the stripped down movie poster is being continued into 2011 by Arden Avett with his series of Minimal Movie

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Animation

N'importe Quoi: London

I know absolutely nothing about this except that it made me laugh and will you too.

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Animation, Asides

The Thomas Beale Cipher

If you sit down and think about it, it’s a hard thing to convince someone of your particular standards of quality or levels of taste. Sure you can show

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Music Video

The Left Rights: I'm on Crack

Fantastically over the top effects explosion from Mike Diva and Pedro Flores for The Left Rights’ I’m on Crack. And the behind the scenes video:

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Art & Fashion

Alumbramiento

Álvaro de la Herrán’s fashion film created for asvoff.com & the vogue.it Light Series. NSFW

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Art & Fashion

Guitar Army

Freddie Wong puts all those hours of Guitar Hero play to impressive use.

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Animation

Grocery Day

If you hate trips to the supermarket you’re not alone, Tom Rainford shares your pain.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN192 – Strange Powers – Kerthy Fix

With their feature documentary Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields directors Gail O’Hara and Kerthy Fix paint a porttrait of musician

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Documentary, Music Video

An Island Private-Public Screening

Teaser number 3 for the Efterklang / Vincent Moon An Island collaboration is here, along with news that the afore mentioned screening dates won’t

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Animation

Seth Godin: Linchpin Sessions

“If you win the race to the bottom, that’s where you’re stuck!”

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