Review Tag Archive

Film Festival, Live Action

RSSF2011: Newcomer

Designed to cover “fictional, live action work by new filmmakers in the UK, under 12 minutes” the Rushes Soho Shorts Newcomer category is probably

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Film Festival, Music Video

RSSF2011: Music Video

There was a time, when along with ad spots, the music video was the perfect playground for directors to flex their creative muscles on vast budgets, exotic

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Documentary, Film Festival

RSSF2011: Documentary

Despite the resurgent interest in the feature documentary, the short documentary finds little chance to get the attention it deserves outside of rare venues

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Film Festival

RSSF2011: Broadcast Design

Featuring ad spots under 5 minutes this category is for work created for, or commissioned to, highlight a brand. It can include commercial sequences, spots,

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Film Festival, Live Action

RSSF2011: Shorts

With a festival entitled the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, the Short Film category has to be considered one of the most important of the competition (I’m

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Live Action

The Tree of Life

2011’s controversy in the world of film may have centred once again around Lars von Trier and his Cannes Film Festival outbursts, now dubbed

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Animation

Looks That Kill Book & DVD

So last month El Vez clued me in to the seductively stylish, action packed world of Yuki 7 and her crack team of super spies The Gadget Girls with a duo of

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Live Action

Bad Fever

This review originally appeared on the fabulous Miss. Bladder blog, which you should subscribe to immediately! Long ago, in a distant land I used to make time

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Film Festival

EIFF2011: Final Thoughts

In the introductory piece to my coverage of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival I spoke of the changes that the festival has been through

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: The Passion of Béla Tarr

Among the many changes made to this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival was the presence of several ‘guest curators’, who included

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: Albatross

When spunky tearaway Emelia (Jessica Brown-Findlay) first meets prim and proper Oxford-applicant Beth (Felicity Jones) working behind the desk of Beth’s

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Film Festival, Live Action

EIFF2011: The Last Circus

For a certain type of person, there will be much to enjoy in The Last Circus. Its strong cartoon violence and descent into surrealistic craziness will no doubt

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