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Dean Kavanagh’s Hole In The Head Premieres At Seville European Film Festival

19.11.2022 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

  Dean Kavanagh’s Hole in The Head had it’s European/Spanish premiere at Seville European Film Festival, playing as part of the Endless Revolutions strand, alongside work by filmmakers such as Eugène Green and Rita Azevedo Gomes. Hole in The Head takes a film-with-a-film structure, and... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Some Words From The Great Actor-Producer, John Cassavetes”

31.07.2014 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog, The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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 More

The Great Acting Blog: “Hunchback”

08.09.2010 , The Great Acting Blog , 3,831 Comments

When an actor's performance is dull and plodding, it is usually because the actor is trying to supply a predetermined effect ( this may manifest itself as line readings [we've all heard the gag of the actor struggling to workout which word to stre... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Beautiful, Thrilling, Provocative Truth”

09.11.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 14 Comments

I hold an often ridiculed view that the scene the actor is playing can impress upon the his mindset. I don't mean that actor “becomes” the character – this is nonsense – I mean that the scene can influence the actor, for example: if the actor disc... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Thomas Doret In The Kid With The Bike”

05.12.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 14 Comments

Doret plays Cyril, a 12 year old who has been dumped into foster care by his father, who, unbeknownst to the boy, doesn't give a damn about him, and just wants rid of him. Doret runs away from the foster home to his dad's apartment. When the caret... Read More

Why I’m Screening Down By Law To Mark The Completion Of Noirish Project

06.09.2013 , Noirish Project , 1 Comment

I discovered Down By Law while I was teenager living in a bleak and obscure South Wales coastal town during the mid-1990s. Flipping channels on the TV one night at about 2am, I stumbled upon Ellen Barkin and Tom Waits having an almighty bust-up in... Read More

Distracted Is Successful In Securing Funding

21.09.2016 , Distracted , 1 Comment

Really delighted my new feature film was successful in securing auxiliary funding, which means production can now proceed. Further updates to follow. Meanwhile, the campaign officially ends tomorrow, check it out here. Read More

Top 10 Cinema Reflections

15.01.2018 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 1 Comment

Distracted | @Distractedfilm Jean Marais in Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1950). Nominated by @RosieLGolding and @PaulVonMitchell Dirk Bogarde and James Fox in The Servant (Joseph Losey, 1963). Thanks to @universderien. Giorgio Albertazzi and Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (Alain Resnais, 1961). And thanks to... Read More

Noirish Project Reaches It’s Funding Goal….

06.09.2014 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

….with 44 hours to spare Delighted, relieved and inspired by the support we’ve received. Our European Screening Series simply wouldn’t be happening without it. If you’d like to be kept informed about the Screenings, and whether Noirish Project’ll be coming to a city near you,... Read More

“From Canvas To Celluloid: Edward Hopper On Film”

31.05.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

By Jose Sarmiento “A look at how the film SHIRLEY: VISIONS OF REALITY by Gustav Deutsch transforms the paintings of Edward Hopper into cinema. A video essay by José Sarmiento Hinojosa. More at fandor.com/keyframe.“ Read More