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Film Festival

EIFF2013: Roundup Part II – Unexpected Discoveries

I ended the first part of this roundup with a discussion of Historic Centre, one of my festival highlights, before going on to say that there was one film I

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Film Festival

EIFF2013: Roundup Part I – Expectations Fulfilled

When writer, film critic, and book editor Chris Fujiwara took over the role of Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in September

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Film Festival

EIFF2013: What the Delegates Think

As I think my recent Returning Home piece made clear, I’m a big fan of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. But as well as sharing my thoughts

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Live Action

Spring Breakers

If you listen to MarBelle’s Trash Humpers conversation with Harmony Korine he sounds like a pretty ‘normal’ guy. His films however would tend

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Live Action

What Richard Did

I was intrigued to hear about an Irish film that appeared to be loosely based on the story of Spoiler Alert: Don’t click if you don’t want to know

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Documentary

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but the Catholic church is in somewhat of a quandary of late. What with the fact that it is effectively leaderless

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News

DN2012 – A Year in Numbers

With January 2013 marking 6 years and 7 months since Directors Notes first started sharing insights into the world of independent film, we decided to take a

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Live Action

Safety Not Guaranteed

When a trailer pops up for a film that looks to be a melange of quirk and Nick Miller from New Girl my interest is always piqued. Safety Not Guaranteed is

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Article

DN 2012 Top Ten

It’s been great fun (arduously heartbreaking) ranking our film watching of 2012 into succinct lists of 10, but let’s face it, the holidays are

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Article

MarBelle 2012 Top Ten

This year saw me hit a strange balance where my feature watching was significantly impacted by the amount of online shorts I found myself watching, and being

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Article

El Vez 2012 Top Ten

  With minimal festival attendance in 2012, this years’ list was built mainly through random visits to independent cinemas and the ever-increasing

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Article

Jeanie Finlay 2012 Top Ten

2012 has been a strange year in film for me as I’ve seen fewer films than I have in previous years. It’s been more circumstance than choice –

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