The BFI film festival played host to the UK’s first showing of Terry Gilliam’s, (25 years’ late) pet project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The red carpet was rolled out, paparazzi took their place, and fans waited anxiously about the garden; the sycophantic narcissism was getting more meta by the second. Gilliam [...]
If you have 10 minutes and want to be quietly infuriated by the extreme lack of social progress in 2018, then take a look at the BBC’s latest short: Leading Lady Parts. Taking a darkly comic look at the prejudices that ooze out of Hollywood and corrupt the Silver Screen, this female-led production wants [...]
I have a friend from Canvey Island, who once convinced me that Dame Judi Dench grew up there too. Maybe I am particularly gullible (I did check Dench’s Wikipedia page, to confirm whether it was true), but to me it just didn’t seem entirely out of the realms of possibility. Fun fact: she was [...]
The majority of short films I’ve seen I’ve found to be quite distant; they can be fairly unsatisfying to watch and fail to convey a concise message in the time given. Having made a number of short films myself, and assisted with the production of others, I feel I am nearing the truth as [...]
In a world where Netflix-binges reign supreme, delayed gratification has been superseded by obviousness, and almost any full movie can be found online with a quick Google and a disregard for internet security, have we lost the need for movie trailers? Though trailers have become a hindrance to many cinema-goers - a final chance [...]
