Rejecting Neorealism: Fellini And Antonioni
https://vimeo.com/196788868 By Kevin B. Lee "Video essay on the seminal Italian neorealist film LOVE IN THE CITY, which includes films by Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini"...
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Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog
Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise Is A True Work Of Cinema
Over the last 10 years or so, I've been lucky enough to see many of my favourite films projected on to the big screen, largely due to various retrospectives. As would be expected, the big screen significantly enriches our experience of a film, although it...
Read MoreCloud Of Skin (Feature Film, 2015) On IndieGoGo
I backed Irish filmmaker Maximilian Le Cain's first feature film on Indiegogo. They're raising funds up until the 7th August. It looks like a really strong project, described as "ghost love in a haunted landscape: a challenging and darkly poetic experimental feature film". Check out...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Some Words From The Great Actor-Producer, John Cassavetes”
For those who are worried that producing work would cost them their relentless focus on acting, that they would be spreading themselves too thin - here's some words of wisdom from one of the greatest actor-producers of them all, John Cassavetes. For those who don't...
Read MoreDavid Mamet’s Face To Face Interview (1998)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXyuNBoNGBs&list=UUIY6Uk_5rRlISfH8Hyky3_w Jeremy Isaacs’ 1998 “Face To Face” interview with Mamet, where he discusses acting, playwriting, theatre, plus his life and career. It’s 37 minutes long but well worth the time. I’ve pasted some nuggets from it below...
Read MoreFirst Trailer For Hal Hartley’s Ned Rifle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vNKU8Jf3eEA I backed Hal Hartley's new film, Ned Rifle, on Kickstarter. Glad I did because the first trailer looks really wonderful. I wrote about Hal Hartley, here....
Read MoreWork Continues On Neurosis Noir….
https://vimeo.com/99994344 Check-out the new clip Part noir, part demented psychological thriller, Neurosis Noir will be a character portrait of Roland Williams, an intense paranoic, who is unsure about whether he is the perpetrator of a recent spate of murders or not. In an attempt to occupy that space...
Read MoreNew Feature Film Announcement: Neurosis Noir
https://vimeo.com/99406075 Work has begun on Neurosis Noir. Part noir, part demented psychological thriller, Neurosis Noir will be a character portrait of Roland Williams, an intense paranoic, who is unsure about whether he is the perpetrator of a recent spate of murders or not. In an attempt to occupy...
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Noirish Project Will Receive It’s London Premier With HSP:There Is No Escape From The Terrors Of The Mind
Delighted to announce that Noirish Project will receive it’s London premier on Saturday the 31st May, at The Horse Hospital. Doors open 6.30pm. TICKETS £5 ADVANCE (CLICK HERE) or £6.50 ON THE DOOR. Noirish Project will play on a double bill with another extraordinary film by Rouzbeh Rashidi, There...
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