Author

About the Author /

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.

Asides, Live Action

Google Chrome Features Spot

I know I should fear a company that’s so big and knows so much about me, but videos this pretty make me forget all that. via TickleBooth.

Read more

Music Video

Metal On Metal: Bastard – Glue Society

Who knew ping pong could be so tense! via Creative Review

Read more

Music Video

Soap&Skin – Thanatos

via nozap

Read more

Art & Fashion

PULP ART BOOK COMMERCIAL

Read more

Live Action

Greenberg Trailer

Really looking forward to this. https://youtu.be/HVcIUSpz2v0

Read more

Animation

Books Come to Life

Nothing to say except wow. Oh and if you have a few minutes spare, definitely head over to Andersen M Studio to check out their other pieces. Impressive stuff.

Read more

Live Action, Podcasts

DN149: Down Terrace – Ben Wheatley

Despite the open mind I try to always bring to cinema, I have to admit that the term ‘British gangster film’ makes my heart drop involuntarily as I

Read more

Film Festival, News

Directors Notes Presents…

Tuesday – 1st December – 8pm – Sallis Benney Theatre So once again it seems that the great films we curate here on Directors Notes refuse to

Read more

Animation

Mass Animation

Take 58,000ish participants from 101 countries, whittle them down to 51 finalists and you (literally) have Mass Animation, the project founded by ex-Sony

Read more

Film Festival

Filmmakers Dish Festival Dirt with Sqirrl

The regular relationship filmmakers have with film festivals is as outside hopefuls, wishing for acceptance and praying for an award or two along the way.

Read more

Live Action, Podcasts

DN148: Machan – Uberto Pasolini

After reading about a group of desperate slum dwellers from Sri Lanka who daringly posed as the non-existent national handball team in order to secure their

Read more

Film Festival, Podcasts

Filmstock: This One Goes to 11

With a heavy heart, we speak to Filmstock founders Neil Fox & Justin Doherty about closing the doors on DN's favourite film festival that goes up to 11.

Read more