Drama Tag Archive

Live Action

The Brothers Bloom

When Rian Johnson’s Brick came out in 2005, the class and confidence shown in the young filmmaker’s directorial debut blew me away. For those of you

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Live Action

The Girl with the Yellow Stockings

When you ask someone to marry you this probably isn’t the reaction you hope for. I do love the way Grzegorz Muskala and DoP Phillip Kaminiak work in

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Live Action

Valhalla Rising

Sometimes I know I’m going to love a film just from seeing one still. Sure, sometimes this assumption can prove hideously wrong, but on other occasions it

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Live Action

Notre Jour Viendra

After his explosive promos for Justice & M.I.A, I’m just itching to see Romain Gavras‘ feature debut Notre Jour Viendra (previously titled

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Animation

Au Bout Du Rouleau

Artaban & Mandri put 250 rolls of toilet paper to good use in Au Bout Du Rouleau.

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Live Action

Leader of the Pack

I’ve noticed I post a lot of animation on DN, now I don’t know if that’s because I struggle to find good live action shorts, because

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Live Action

Remise

Bored billionaires entertain themselves with flights of fancy in Rollo Wenlock’s V48 Hours Film Festival entry Remise. via videos.antville.org

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News

Pre-order TUB DVD

I was pretty blown away by Bobby Miller’s short TUB when I caught it at SXSW. And after he joined me for an impromptu sidewalk interview, equally

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Asides, Live Action

Outliers

Lucas Krost pulled off the end of the world; in just 48hrs.

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Podcasts

DN162: Dogtooth – Yorgos Lanthimos

Crafter of the Un Certain Regard winning dysfunctional family drama Yorgos Lanthimos discusses the power of education in shaping personality and beliefs.

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Animation, Asides

Dim the Lights for Parallel Lines

Last month El Vez teased us all with a trailer for the Philips / Ridley Scott Associates project Parallel Lines (the bastard!) – which would culminate in

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Asides, Live Action

The Square – Nash Edgerton

Spider by Nash Edgerton is one of those shorts that will stick in your head for a long, long time and is a firm favourite here at Directors Notes HQ. With this

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