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Archived Articles

2013 Articles

The Impact of Isolation Shell
In Search of Belonging The Road: A Story of Life and Death

2012 Articles

Alps Escaping Reality
ASFF 2012: A Round Up The City as a Cinema
Breaking New Ground 10 Years of  Warp Films
Cinematic Intensity Carancho
Expressive Eccentricity The British Guide to Showing Off
Journey of Self Reflection Atmen
Hit So Hard Documenting Turmoil
In the Dark Half Finding Truth in Fiction
New Way of Doing Things Black Pond
Marina Abramović The Artist is Present
Searching for Sugarman Behind the Curtain
Visceral Representations Don’t Think

2011 Articles

ASFF 2011: Our Director’s View ASFF
Birds Eye View A Different Perspective
Branchage The Boutique Festival Experience
Break My Fall Romantic Destruction in London’s East End
Broken Lines Crossroads in North London
Iconic Partnerships: Music & Film Tindersticks
Las Acacias Poignant & Unlikely Encounters
Passenger Side On a Road to Nowhere
Patagonia Parallel Narratives
The Yusuf Trilogy Inverted Retrospective
Tribeca Film Festival UK Film: Global Stage

2010 Articles

Artists’ Films Take on Mainstream Cinema A Guerrilla Approach
Beautiful Kate A Forbidden Love Story in the Australian Outback
Dogtooth Subverted Dark Narratives
How to Animate: Part 1 Ideas & Inspiration
How to Animate: Part 2 Making & Shaping
Magical Realism on Screen Undertow
Make Your Film: Part 1 Zero Budget Filmmaking
Make Your Film: Part 2 How to Get Your Film Out There
Secret Cinema Rewriting the Cinematic Rulebook
Shorts 2011 Making Shorts in Today’s Film Culture
The Arbor Restyling Reality Through Memory
The New Frontier of Cinema & Digital Culture Abandon Normal Devices Festival
Winter in Wartime Martin Koolhoven’s emotive film about deception

2009 Articles

Anything for Her Exploring moral and narrative boundaries
Born in ’68 Rebellion & Free Love
Bradford Film Festival Combining the classic with cutting edge
DIY Filmaking Part One: Production
DIY Filmaking Part Two: Screening
Film Festivals 2009 at a glance
Little Ashes The feature film by Paul Morrison
Moscow, Belgium Debut feature film by Christophe Van Rompaey
Philip Ilson Talks about the short film
Pour Elle Fred Cavayes first feature lenght film.
Rage Cinematography stripped bare
Yojiro Takita Departures

2008 Articles

Africa in Motion Universality & specificity with Gaston Kabore
Charles Oliver Debut film Take
Daniele Luchetti My Brother Is An Only Child
Escapist A Spectacular Feature Film from Rupert Wyatt
Glimmer The Hull International Short Film Festival 2008
Guy Maddin My Winnipeg
Independent Cinemas A fresh alternative in the 21st Century
Leeds International Film Festival Get out of the multiplex
Lucia Puenzo XXY: Gender, identity & inequality
Motiroti Filmmaking & Cultural Dynamics
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2008
Secret Masterpieces of Cinema Independent Cinema Office
Sundance Film Festival 2009
Vicky Jewson Lady Godiva

2007 Articles

China Moo-Young Shows Maturity in ‘Juvenile’
Eddy Joseph The Sound of light & Shade
Film 4 Interview with Peter Carlton
John Pilger The War on Democracy
Ken Loach 40 Years of Social & Political Filmaking
Margaret Salmon Understanding Relationships
Nick Broomfield Battle for Haditha
Phil Grabsky Angola Music School
Ray Lawrence Jindabyne
Shooting People Exploring The Art Of The Short Film
Waterlog Collection: The Rings of Saturn by WB Sebald

DVD Reviews

All in Good Time Nigel Cole
Amour Michael Haneke
Animal Kingdom David Michôd
Arbor Clio Barnard
Archipelago Joanna Hogg
Awakening Nick Murphey
Bal (Honey) Semih Kaplanoglu
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Bel Ami Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod
Bella Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu
Bomb It Jon Reiss
Breathing (Atmen) Karl Markovics
Broken Lines Sallie Aprahamian
Burma Conspiracy Jérôme Salle
Carnage Roman Polanski
Catfish Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost
Circumstance Maryam Keshavarz
City Island Raymond De Felitta
Cloclo Florent-Emilio Siri
Countdown to Zero Lucy Walker
Delicacy David and Stéphane Foenkinos
Dreams of a Life Carol Morley
Erasing David David Bond
Even the Rain Icíar Bollaín
Extraordinary Adventures if Adele Blanc-Sec Luc Besson
Fast Girls Regan Hall
First Movie Mark Cousinsr
Fish Child Lucía Puenzo
Front Line Jang Hun
The Giants  (Les Géants) Bouli Lanners
Guard John Michael McDonagh
Hammett Wim Wenders
Heavenly Creatures Peter Jackson
Hideaway (Le refuge) François Ozon
Hollywoo Frédéric Berthe & Pascal Serieis
The House I Live In Eugene Jarecki
Il Boom Vittorio De Sica
I’m Still Here Casey Affleck
In Your Hands (Contre Toi) Lola Doilon
The Island President Jon Shenk
Julia’s Eyes Guillem Morales
Kill List Ben Wheatley
The Landlord Hal Ashby
Las Acacias Pablo Giorgelli
Late September Jon Sanders
Leap Year Michael Rowe
Living Wake Sol Tryon
Mademoiselle Chambon Stéphane Brizé
Maid (La Nana) Sebastián Silva
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present Matthew Akers
Marine Story Ned Farr
My Brother the Devil Sally El Hosaini
My Dog Tulip Paul and Sandra Fierlinger
My Kidnapper Mark Henderson
Never Let Me Go Mark Romanek
Open House Andrew Paquin
Our Day Will Come Romain Gavras
Outside the Law Rachid Bouchareb
Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times Andrew Rossi
The Pool Chris Smith
Rubber Quentin Dupieux
Russia 88 Pavel Bardin
Rust and Bone Jacques Audiard
Sarah’s Key Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Searching For Sugar Man Malik Bendjelloul
Shed Your Tears And Walk Away Jez Lewis
A Simple Life Ann Hui
Slingshot Brillante Mendoza
The Source Radu Mihaileanu
Special Forces Stéphane Rybojad
Submarine Richard Ayoade
Sweetgrass Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Take This Waltz Sarah Polley
Tiny Furniture Lena Dunham
Tyrannosaur Paddy Considine
Undefeated Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Unknown Jaume Collet-Serra
Urbanized Gary Hustwit
W.E. Madonna
Weekend Andrew Haigh
White Material Claire Denis
You Only Live Once Fritz Lang
Yves Saint Laurent: L’Amour Fou Pierre Thoretton