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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.

Film Festival, News

The Kickstarter Film Festival

It great to see a site that’s enabled filmmamkers to fund their visions, by directly connecting them with the people willing to support their work has

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Animation

McGuffin by Hitchcock

Hitchcock schools us in the all important (to the characters, not us) McGuffin. via Monsieur Bandit

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Documentary, News

LYNCHthree Wants You!

It’s become increasingly apparent that filmmakers need to look, not to the ever conservative and risk adverse Hollywood machine for the funding of their

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Live Action

Java 4-Ever Trailer

If there was an Oscar category for ‘Best Geek Film’ Java 4-Ever would easily DDoS the competition into oblivion. https://youtu.be/kLO1djacsfg

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Animation, Music Video

Monotone

It can be hard finding out where you fit in the world without that special someone.

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Music Video

Bon Homme: Mother

I bet most pitch meetings go like this. via No Fat Clips!!!

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News

Mind Your Figure

I’m a bit late bringing this to you but if you happen to be free this weekend and in the Manhattan area, you should take a trip to 409 West 39 St. for

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Animation

'verse

Brought to fruition in a mere three weeks with students from the University of Wales for the Animator in Residence scheme, Tony Comley brings us a kinetic

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN170: Kakera – Momoko Andô

When you’re born into a filmmaking family the question isn’t if you’ll pick up the camera, but rather if you’ll manage to forge your

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Art & Fashion

Daisy Lowe for UK Esquire

After being inspired by El Vez’s Tell-Tale post to dig a little further into the work of photographer turned filmmaker Greg Williams, I’ve become

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Live Action

Tango – Praiserama

When I was a kid Tango was all about overwieght orange men and impending lawsuits over hearing loss in playgrounds. Now they’re taking the orangey beats

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Live Action

Samson and Delilah DVD

We've been eagerly awaiting the DVD release of Warwick Thornton's Samson & Delilah to see how well this tale held up to repeating viewings.

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