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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.

News

Building an Audience and a Creative Career with Scott Kirsner

If you caught the episode a few months back when Scott Kirsner joined us to discuss his latest book Fans Friends & Followers, you’ll already know

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Animation

Watch Sita Sings the Blues for Free

By now you must be just as sick of the holiday TV schedule as I am and are dying to turn your viewing attention elsewhere. Well director Nina Paley provides a

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Article

MarBelle 2009 Top Ten

I begin each year with the heady intention of watching a film a day. A goal I’ve so far fallen short of (187 for ’09 as of today), but if I ever do

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Documentary

The People of Brighton

As a resident for the past 7+ years I was bound to be partial to this, but Sim Warren’s Canon 7D cinematography (and kick arse lower 3rds) is hard to

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News

Back to the Future Event

To help us all get past the post Christmas hump, the fine folks over at Film Friends Forever are presenting their Back to the Future London screening event on

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News

Best 25 Films of the Noughts

Whilst we’re in the mood for lists, take a look at The Final Girl Project’s Best 25 Films of the Noughts.

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News

Vimeo's 25 favorite videos of 2009

The favourite films of what has to be my favourite video site of ’09. Some good picks in there certainly worth your time.

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Article

Kurtis Hough 2009 Top Ten

Whilst we may have hung the podcast mic up until the new year, it would be wrong to leave you with so much spare time and nothing to occupy it with, and so as

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Music Video

iTimeLapse

I love my iPhone. In fact it seems that every time I pause to think about just how much this shiny piece of kit has improved my life a new piece of software

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Documentary, Podcasts

DN150: Swansea Love Story – Andy Capper & Leo Leigh

After their successful collaboration on the decaying seaside town documentary Blackpool: Las Vegas of the North, directors Andy Capper & Leo Leigh have

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Live Action

The Plague – Greg Hall

While the tiny £3,500 budget for Greg Hall’s debut feature about inner City London life, The Plague, may be visible through some of the cracks, there’s no

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Music Video

Strange Bedfellows

When I first started watching Jonnie Malachi’s promo for Put Your Hands On Me I was convinced my TV was playing the wrong audio track? It certainly is

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