Rouzbeh Rashidi is a filmmaker and founder of Experimental Film Society. He recently completed the Arts Council backed feature film, There Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind. Noirish Project, the debut feature film by James Devereaux is a heist movie at first glance...
Read MoreCompletion is difficult because completion can cause disappointment. We can sabotage an important project at the crucial moment in order to avoid the disappointment of the finished result being less than we hoped it would be. The moment of truth is never arrived at. It's impossible...
Read MoreI generally think haters should be ignored. They're usually anonymous or people we don't know, and they usually fling their poison when hidden behind a computer monitor and/or when safely ensconced in another country on the other side of the world. However, there is another kind...
Read MoreThey say actors face rejection all the time, but the reality is that actors reject themselves. It's about the things we tell ourselves about the things which happen to us. Didn't hear anything after that audition? The amount of torture we endure depends on what we...
Read MoreOften, when we first see our performance on screen, we may recoil in horror - that which is on the screen may not be that which was in our heads [or, not the performance we thought we were giving] - at this point, all we...
Read MoreFounder of Experimental Film Society, Rouzbeh Rashidi, asked me to send him my list of 12 favourite filmmakers for publication on the EFS website. The criteria was simple: to list the filmmakers who had the most impact on your life and art. I gave my list...
Read MoreI read a piece on Peter O'Toole recently that was so feeble in it's explanation of the actor's talent, that I've decided to single it out as indicative of the lack of understanding and appreciation of acting in general, and a lack of critical tools...
Read MoreThe actor's job is to perform the actions of the character as they have been discerned in the script. That's all the actor needs to worry about. They don't need to worry about the other actor's performance, they don't need to worry about the costumes, or...
Read MoreWhen we play a scene it's crucial that we pick the right action for it. Not only does it need to be in line with the writer's intentions, but it also needs to be an action which we find compelling, which we are excited about...
Read MorePeter O'Toole is one of those truly great actors who made his name in a bygone era. First he conquered the theatre, then he fixed his nose and went to Hollywood. His performance in Becket, as Henry II, is my favourite of his, intense and...
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