Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog: “Rohmer’s Guessing Games”
https://vimeo.com/121096412 " The looker becomes the looked." Terrific analysis of "looking" in Eric Rohmer's A Summer's Tale....
Read MoreThe Existential Noir of Michelangelo Antonioni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtAK2Kq5NXM "On how Italian modernist Michelangelo Antonioni fashioned his first film, ‘Story of a Love Affair,’ after 1940s Hollywood noir" By Kevin B. Lee Or perhaps to put it another way, the marriage of neorealism with noir....
Read MoreGena Rowlands Montage
https://vimeo.com/116102999 Check-out this neat montage of strong moments from some of Gena Rowlands' best screen performances. She provides a few thoughts on acting here too. Overall, we are reminded of how Rowlands created a string of performances of immense power. She was not frightened of confronting deep...
Read MoreBuster Keaton: Symmetry Of Laughter
https://vimeo.com/109637101 "After watching twenty-nine Buster Keaton films, I was struck by his use of symmetry and center framing. This is an attempt to capture that. Before Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson made it famous for modern audiences, there was Buster Keaton." - Vince Di Meglio “The greatest...
Read MoreNoirish Project Q & A With Radical Cinema Now Available In English…
Ahead of Noirish Project's Paris screening on March 6th, I took part in a Q & A with Radical Cinema about the thinking behind the film. The interview was originally posted in French, however it has now been made available in English. The full interview can...
Read MoreNoirish Project – Paris Screening – Full Details Announced!
Thrilled to announce details of Noirish Project's Paris screening: Working in association with Paris-based Radical Cinema: Friday, March 6th 2015, 8pm. Ateliers Varan, 6 Impasse Mont-Louis, 75011 Paris. Entry is free A live Q & A with the filmmaker will follow the screening Sign-up to our guest list to reserve your seat Noirish...
Read MoreDrifting Clouds Cinema Blog: Trailer For Hal Hartley’s Ned Rifle…
https://vimeo.com/118543551 Ned Rifle is the conclusion to Hartley's trilogy which started with Henry Fool then continued with Fay Grim. I actually backed Ned Rifle on Kickstarter, and wrote a blogpost on why I did. Anyway, the trailer looks terrific and I cannot wait to see the finished film....
Read MoreNoirish Project – Paris Screening Update…
In preparation for the Paris screening of Noirish Project, I took part in a Q & A for The Radical Cinema website. It's currently in French but there will be an English version soon. You can find the article here....
Read MoreNoirish Project Goes To Dublin!
Delighted to announce details of the second screening in our European Screening Series, which will take place in Dublin. This time we’re going to be doing something slightly different by playing Noirish Project as part of a double bill with the arthouse hitman picture, Mutual Admiration...
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