This beautiful, oneiric film is possibly the finest rendering of the human-into-animal myth – popularised by countless werewolf movies with dubious heritage. The story tells …
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Valkoinen peura (1952; dir. Erik Blomberg)
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Folk and oral tradition as an alternative to manipulative narrative form
Currently accepted narrative practices, taught in universities and colleges, and adhered to by the majority of mass audio-visual media content existing today, guide the audience …
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Il profumo della signora in nero (1974; dir. Francesco Barilli)
Genre is an unfortunate and regrettable aspect of film theory, resulting in the pigeonholing of films by what they should contain rather than what they …
How can the demand for interactive television be met by an openly hostile mass audio-visual media?
A recent YouGov survey suggesting that 69% of the British population want more interactivity with mainstream television, demonstrated by the ability to influence dramatic narratives …
Rewriting the future: Space: 2099 brings personal revisionism to the mainstream
Telefantasy has inspired a large percentage of viewers to pen unproduced screenplays, unpublished novels or self-distributed fanzines based on their obsessions, occasionally foraying into the …
Framework (2009; dir. Sean Mckenna)
What begins as an overworked relationship drama reveals itself to have more in common thematically with the likes of Z for Zachariah (1984; dir. Anthony …
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010; dir. Edgar Wright)
This is an abysmally contrived film, attempting to trade not only on its populist comic book origins but also the trendy compliment of its cast, …
Re-edited Damon Dark episode now online!
Actor, filmmaker and creator of YouTube sci-fi series Damon Dark, Adrian Sherlock has recently been re-editing and re-uploading his oeuvre, and today is the turn …
The local UFO show that could change the way you look at regional cinema and television production
The opportunities for independent film and television production in this country, let alone in the North East region, are disappointingly few. Post-graduate media practitioners are …
Les Patterson Saves the World (1987; dir. George Miller)
Miller’s film suffers from a dichotomy that Barry Humphreys, as central performer, physicalizes in the two roles he essays here: one urbane, witty and hypocritically …
UKFC debate spreads to the radio…
Yesterday, Brett was invited to talk about the abolition of the UK film Council, and the prospective future of the British film industry, as related …
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971; dir. John D. Hancock)
This may be one of cinema’s finest ghost stories, and reminds us that folkloric myths like vampirism (which is suggested tentatively here) come from a …
On location photos from the Act2Cam residential programme and film shoot
Here are photographs from the recent Act2Cam residential programme that ran from 17th to 24th July 2010, again teaching students how to perform as well …
The UK Film Council is dead – long live the British film industry!
The current UK government’s decision to axe the UK Film Council, along with numerous other arts funding bodies, has come as a shock to many …
Currently Untitled (2010; dir. Adam Cooley)
The work of zero-budget auteur Adam Cooley is a provocative reminder that the career trajectory of a filmmaker should not necessarily conform to that envisaged …