It’s 11/11/11 which makes it time to celebrate the unique and brilliantly conceived Nigel Tufnel Day.
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Category: Films
More Victims
It seems that my friend Chris Carr just can’t stay away from award nominations. Not content with the two Webbys we almost won for The Toadlickers, his latest production Victims has just been nominated for Film London’s Best of Boroughs Awards 2011. Continue reading “More Victims”
Sex & Docs & Rock ‘n’ Roll
With a lineup boasting Albert Maysles, Nick Broomfield, Morgan Spurlock, Molly Dineen, Bruce Parry, Adam Curtis, Danfung Dennis and more commissioners, exec producers and distributors than you could shake a begging bowl at, it’s easy to see why this year’s Sheffield Documentary Festival (which took place earlier this month) attracted over 2000 delegates from across the globe. Staged at venues across Sheffield’s city centre, it was a heady mix of film festival, programme market, seminars, masterclasses, roundtable discussions, pitching sessions and educational opportunities, that offered something to everyone who is or aspires to be part of the documentary world. Continue reading “Sex & Docs & Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Sidney Lumet RIP
One of the last true greats of American cinema, Sidney Lumet, passed away today at his home in Manhattan, aged 86.
His first feature ‘Twelve Angry Men‘ is not just one of my all time favourite films, but a masterclass in how to tell a compelling and meaningful story without the need for expensive locations, elaborate set design, unnecessary camera movements and cliché ridden over-scoring.
Celebrate his films. Tell everyone about them. Just don’t mention ‘The Wiz’.