By Steven Harrison Gibbs. As far back as I can remember of my childhood, I have always been a Spider-Man fan. Whether it was watching his animated antics on Fox every Saturday morning, chipping the paint off of action figures via epic battles, bagging and boarding a comic collection that […]
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
By Bryan Nixon. Wes Anderson has been working toward Moonrise Kingdom throughout his career. Having perfected his craft with The Royal Tenenbaums, Anderson dove head first into that quirky and colorful cinematic world he had established by exploring the seven seas in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and India […]
Silverdocs Film Festival, 18 – 24 June, 2012
July 18, 2012
By Gary M. Kramer and Michael Miller. Silverdocs, the all-documentary film festival held at the AFI Theatre in Silver Spring, MD, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. There were many memorable films on a wide variety of subjects from competitors vying for the coveted spot as the human specimen at […]
Interview with Terry Linehan, Director of Don’t Know Yet
By Leo Collis. Terry Linehan, filmmaker and lecturer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, is currently filming his first feature-length project, Don’t Know Yet. I interviewed Terry about the film, what makes the project so unique and crashing R.V.s. Leo Collis: Tell me what Don’t Know Yet is about. […]
Interview with Tim Palmer, Author of Brutal Intimacy
By Leo Collis. Brutal Intimacy is the first full-length publication from Dr. Tim Palmer. The book focuses on modern French cinema, its recent exports and the French film ecosystem. It also researches the impact of young filmmakers, women filmmakers, French film education and the variety of French film genres in […]
Bullhead (2011)
DVD Review by Marlon Wallace. “Sometimes in a man’s life, stuff happens that makes everyone go quiet,” so says the opening narration of this Oscar-nominated film, “so quiet that no one even dares to talk about it… Not in their head and not out loud.” When that stuff does happen, […]
Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema, Tim Palmer, (2011)
Book Review by Leo Collis. When the subject of French film arises, instant connotations of art cinema, avant-garde productions and typically French subject matter emerge. As argued by Tim Palmer, French cinema is constantly evolving, incredibly varied and often paradoxical, making it one of the most ambitious and culturally important […]
Film Scratches Blog #4
By Liza Palmer, Review Section Editor. Welcome to July! Here’s hoping the heat is not too awful for those of you experiencing summer at the moment. It is my pleasure to offer you a vibrant list of available review items. As always, thanks for your support of and service to […]
God Bless America (2012)
By Sebastian Clare. Frank has had enough. Divorced and living alone, he fantasises about killing his incessantly loud and obnoxious next-door neighbours and observes, through his television set, the increasing decadence of American culture. In the space of no time, he is fired from his job on a trumped-up harassment […]
Sheffield DocFest June 2012
By James Murray-White. This year’s Sheffield DocFest felt like the most buoyant, optimistic and stimulating festival experience so far, of the 3 I’ve attended. With over 2,500 delegates attending the 5 days, and 83 films screening, including 10 outdoors; half a dozen pitching sessions and several million pounds of funding […]