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Top 10 Movie Theatres

18.06.2018 , Uncategorized , 5 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm The Castro Theatre, San Francsco. The Orpheum Theatre, Downtown Los Angeles. Thanks to @SkotArmstrong for the next three. Touring Broadway's Last Great Movie Palace: the Los Angeles . In a town with some of the most beautiful movie palaces, the most popular venue in Hollywood is a...

Top 10 Films-Set-In-New-York-During-The-60s-And-70s

08.03.2018 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm Thanks to @SkotArmstrong for this Andy Warhol double bill...

Top 10 Timepieces In Cinema

22.08.2016 , Uncategorized , 30 Comments

Follow @DistractedFilm Timepieces in cinema, like offices, are prisons. Mental prisons rather than physical, the mental prison as a deadline. They bind and squeeze the protagonist's soul. They are reminders of his mortality, and they are a source of tension against which filmmakers measure the character's...

The Animals At Achtung Berlin

02.04.2016 , Uncategorized , 1 Comment

https://vimeo.com/160063982 The Animals, directed by Mario Mentrup and Kerstin Cmelka, will play as part of Achtung Berlin, on the 17th and 20th April. More info here. ...

Distracted Blog: “List of Detective Films”

18.01.2016 , Uncategorized , 7 Comments

I wanted to create a list of detective films as part of my "research" for Distracted, and asked friends on Twitter to make their suggestions. The list currently has 106 titles on it, with films deriving from all corners of the cinematic universe. The list...

Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog: ‘Mike Leigh’s Golden Rules’

01.01.2016 , Uncategorized , 10 Comments

1. Never compromise. 2. Only ever accept final cut. 3. Only sign when it’s guaranteed that nobody will interfere at any stage. 4. Rule #3 includes casting. The moment someone insists on a “name”, walk away from the project. 5. Only cast actors you really want. 6. The same applies...

Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog: “John Cassavetes: Spaces of Seduction”

26.09.2015 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog, Uncategorized , 0 Comments

https://vimeo.com/139866140 "John Cassavetes is considered the father of American independent cinema for his self-funded productions and fresh, improvisational approach to storytelling and acting. But he doesn't get enough credit for his mastery of cinematic craft. This video essay shows his command of camerawork, lighting and editing...

Mutual Admiration Society – Berlin Screening

11.09.2015 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

Mutual Admiration Society, the minimalist hitman feature film I co-created with Rouzbeh Rashidi last year, will make it's German debut this month, with a screening at Lichtblick Kino in Berlin - I will be attending. “Surreal and mysterious, in equal parts absurd and intense, Mutual Admiration...

“HE” Screening At Scalarama 2015

08.09.2015 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

[caption id="attachment_175659588" align="aligncenter" width="800"] HE (feature film, 2012).[/caption] HE will screen at Cafe Kino in Bristol, as part of Scalarama 2015. Full details can be found here "He (2012) is an Irish Experimental film directed by Rouzbeh Rashidi, starring James Devereaux as the main character. The film...

A Video Poem For Buster Keaton

11.04.2015 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog, Uncategorized , 10 Comments

http://youtu.be/ITS6sYl0Mwk...

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