Drama Tag Archive

Live Action

The Dark Side of Peter Pan in Kellen Moore’s ‘East of Kensington’

Ever since his inception over 100 years ago, the story of J. M. Barrie’s most famous of creations, Peter Pan, has become a tale that transcends

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Asides, Live Action

The Runaway

Well deserving of the plaudits it’s received on the festival circuit, Victor Carrey’s The Runaway is a stunning cascade of Rube Goldbergesque

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Art & Fashion, Asides

She Said, She Said

Featuring Marisa Tomei and Elodie Bouchez balanced precariously on the precipice of an acrimonious split whilst taking cutting jibes at each other, Stuart

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Live Action, Podcasts

DN304: Delicate Gravity – Philippe André

In Philippe André’s latest short Delicate Gravity, a wrong number leads to an encounter full of potential for two people who have missed something in their

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Live Action

A Hero Fights the Pull of the Storyteller’s Tale in George Messa’s ‘Inanimate’

We all know how the story is told: a hideous beast kidnaps a beloved wife, her heartbroken husband leaves all other concerns behind to head into the deep dark

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Live Action

A Father & Son Find Themselves Emotional Light-Years Apart in ‘Mission’

In Mark Buchanan’s previous short The Search, a lonely man fastidiously studied the heavens in the hope of making contact. Maintaining his narrative gaze

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Animation

Nicolas Ménard Reveals the Inspiration Behind His Latest Animation ‘Somewhere’

Eager to find out more about Nicolas Ménard's stunning RCA animation 'Somewhere', I spoke to the filmmaker to unravel the mysteries of his one-armed

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Asides, Live Action

A Burden of Expectation

Visuals and voice over contrast elegantly in Michael Sugrue’s brief character study A Burden of Expectation.

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Live Action

Alexander Newton Transports Us Back to Our Formative Years in Short ‘New Territory’

Do you remember those endless Summers as a kid when the days stretched out seemingly forever and you found yourself free from parental supervision, to explore

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Asides, Live Action

For My Mother & Columbiner Holmie

Not only do I have two new films from DN’s favourite agent provocateur Douglas Burgdorff, both of which are surprisingly ‘kinda’ safe for

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Live Action

Kip Kubin Washes the Slate Clean in Sci-Fi short ‘Each Time Again’

We all have certain patterns which we find ourselves returning to time and time again. Such routines provide a refuge from the inevitable stresses life throws

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Live Action

Spike Morris & Oscar Hudson Strip Away the Trappings of Cruel Tradition in ‘The Hunt’

Throughout human history perpetrators of abhorrent practices have often been able to sheath themselves in a justification cloak of ‘tradition’

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