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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

The Making of Old Spice's: The Man Your Man Could Smell Like

Leo Laporte gets to the bottom of the man on a horse bearing diamonds.

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Art & Fashion

Kiehl's, NY Born and Bred

Tell me, what goes together better than slowmo hair tossing and New York? See you can’t think of anything can you! Well indulge yourself by watching the

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN159: The Armoire – Jamie Travis

The first time we had the pleasure of director Jamie Travis’ company was for his triplet of films The Patterns Trilogy. Well, working in threes once

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Music Video

MILK67: White Monks – Vera Freitag

It’s happened to all of us; you chase an invitingly naked siren through the woods to ultimately end up covered in milk at a rainbow rave. via

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Art & Fashion

Wrangler Blue Bell Spring/Summer 2010 collection

Blue Bell takes the best of denim history, builds on it, remixes it for today. When I think of fashion collection showcases my mind’s eye pictures stony

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Animation, Documentary

Pequeñas Voces (Born Under Fire)

Jairo Eduardo Carrillo’s animated feature documentary Pequeñas Voces (Born Under Fire), based on his award winning short Pequeñas Voces, tells the

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN158: Cotton Stones – Jonathan Entwistle

I miss my days of living in the North of England, so when I find a film that perfectly captures the spirit of the people and the atmosphere of the landscapes I

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News

Welcome to Portable.tv

I’ve long known about the Portable Film Festival and have regularly scoured the works it presents for films to feature on DN, but never really gave much

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Asides, Live Action

The Divine River Teaser

Dir. Ayz Waraich teases his forthcoming sci-fi thriller about a female time-continuum agent on the hunt for a dangerous time terrorist known as the fish.

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN Special: How Far Would You Go…? – Neil LaBute

Director Neil LaBute’s career has spanned numerous theatre and feature film productions, but for his latest project, LaBute collaborated with the team

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Art & Fashion, Music Video

Femme En Fourrure – Plump Bisquit

Ever since El Vez’s Pink Mania post a couple days ago sent us spiraling down the rabbit hole of Miikka Lommi’s bizarre and often freakish videos,

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Awards, Live Action, Podcasts

DN157: Daniel Elliott Kickstarts Our Intellectual & Emotional Engines in Compelling Dilemma Short ‘Jade’

Daniel Elliott discusses his fruitful collaboration with Third Films & kickstarting audiences' emotional engines with his simple but compelling short Jade.

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