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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.

Art & Fashion

Nightlife Magazine #117

Something tells me I could really boost DN’s numbers by having Kevin Calero shoot a promo for us.

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Animation, Documentary

Terminal Bar: Pimps and Prostitutes

The Cinema16 DVD collections have always treated me well (isn’t it about time we had a new one? *cough*). However, even a collection of the best shorts

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Art & Fashion

son, you beautiful

Want to kick off the week with a bit of well deserved flattery? Well Victor Solomon’s got you covered. Stemming from a private joke, Victor dreamt up the

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Animation

Tales of Mere Existence: Mom & Dad

Levni Yilmaz unravels the mystery of his parents.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN172: Silent Things – Rob Brown

Knowing who you can count on in life and when to admit someone new to that finite list is always tricky decision, doubly so for the autistic lead in Rob

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Animation, Music Video

Le Sexoflex: Twincest

Daniel Garcia, your promo is so wrong (but entertaining as hell). More lyrically than visually NSFW. via lookva

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Animation, Music Video

Crystal Fighters: In The Summer

Tobias Stretch gives Crystal Fighters’ In the Summer his crazy stop motion treatment.

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News

Parallel Lines: Tell it Your Way

Philips Cinema and Ridley Scott Associates have decided to give you a chance to switch from viewer to creator on the Parallel Lines 21:9 television campaign

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Art & Fashion, Asides

Your Highness

Max Hattler’s Economy Wolf promo Theme For Yellow Kudra gets a new soundtrack and lease of life as a commentary on the macho ridiculousness of the world

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Animation

We Used to Call People – Inside/Out

Credit for discovering Eran Hilleli’s atmospheric animations goes to El Vez for spotting Three and a Half Seconds About Life, but that’s not going

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Animation

Cours Toujours

Cours Toujours provides the answer as to why Wile E. Coyote was better off not catching Road Runner. via No Fat Clips

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN171: Crying with Laughter – Justin Molotnikov

One of the areas feature films often fail in, is the portrayal of the stand up comedians and the comedy club environment, so I was pleased to see that director

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