Live Action Category

Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: The Exploding Girl – Bradley Rust Gray

"A bit of small time drama can be a good thing every now and again." DN falls for the subtle charms of Bradley Rust Gray's 'The Exploding Girl'.

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Film Festival, Live Action

DN LFF09: Bad Lieutenant – Werner Herzog

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans was definitely one of the films I was most looking forward to at this year’s London Film Festival, I mean Werner

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN145: Ralph – Alex Winckler

It’s always daunting confessing undying love for the first time. Even more so when the girl concerned thinks of you as her ‘little brother’.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN139: Leaving – Richard Penfold & Sam Hearn

Founding members of Omni Productions and directing duo Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn have for years employed their filmmaking skills as a tool for social

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN137: Cerrado Al Publico – Poet Zero

Inspired by the creation of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas’ American Zoetrope filmmaking collective back in 1969, some of Atlanta’s most

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN134: Mono – Richard Smith

This week sees us return to the Shooting People Film of the Month winners’ circle and an interview with BAFTA award-winning screenwriter Richard Smith,

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Art & Fashion, Live Action, Podcasts

DN133: The Patterns Trilogy – Jamie Travis

Sometimes filmmakers come pre-recommended, which often brings the potential for huge disappointment when I eventually get to view their raved about work.

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN130: K – Piers Thompson

Director Piers Thompson joins me this week to discuss the process of transforming the feelings of place and atmosphere the Isle of Sheppey evoked in him, into

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN129: Hirsute – A.J. Bond

Thanks to the Gut Check competition run by the fine folks over at Short of the Week, I got to see A.J. Bond’s smart time traveling short Hirsute and

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN127: September – Esther May Campbell

Esther May Campbell’s 22 minute short September was one of the highlights of my siege on the London Film Festival last year, but my failing detective

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Live Action

Seeing Red

I’ve never been a big fan of TV, especially TV drama, I usually find it pales in comparison to film in all aspects of production. So when it comes to the

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Live Action

Paddy’s Day

Paddy Considine stuck in my head the very first time I saw him in Shane Meadow’s A Room for Romeo Brass and by the time he put in a terrifying

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