Film reviews, news, articles, lists, and pictures, all from a freelance writer.
“It’s a fact of life that where we come from is important.” In 2018, one of the greatest managers in club football, Sir Alex Ferguson, was faced with one of his toughest challenges in life: recovering from a brain haemorrhage.
From Blue Finch Film Releasing, House of Cardin, is a new documentary that chronlicles the history and rise of the late fashion designer, Pierre Cardin. Here's what Blue Finch had to say:
In documentaries, the point is to examine and present the truth. In mockumentaries, however, the unbelievably absurd is treated like the truth. In the instance of Kitty Mammas, a camera crew follows a literal mad scientist – Dr. Han (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) – as he leads a clinical trial in which four women give birth…to kittens.
20 years ago, Scream‘s David Arquette crash-landed into WCW (World Championship Wrestling) to promote his new wrestling comedy film, Ready to Rumble. All went to plan and then some: he became WCW’s World Heavyweight Champion.
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi “I’ve seen sh*t that’ll turn you white!” Ghostbusters is, perhaps, the greatest comedy of all time. A sequel, reboot, animated series, tonnes of ancillary products and millions of fans, 35 years later... Continue Reading →
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi My second film review for Nerdly... Shot like a documentary, States will make you contemplate whether ‘normal’ people go on road trips. Read the review here: http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2019/08/21/states-review/ This article's featured image: By Source,... Continue Reading →
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Larry Cohen, often referred to as “King Cohen”, is the king of what exactly? The King of Blaxploitation? The King of the B-Movie? The King of low-budget? The King of guerrilla filmmaking?... Continue Reading →
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Alongside a few feature-lengths, this year’s Telling Tales presented a superb diversity of films with a 30 minute or less running time. From the UK to the Netherlands and to America, a... Continue Reading →
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi The 2018 Telling Tales International Film & Audio Documentary Festival came to a conclusion with an intimate awards ceremony within Screen 1 of Manchester’s old Cornerhouse. Those who finished 3rd, 2nd and... Continue Reading →
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Antti Haase’s The Illuminators (Valontuojat) – the best film of this year’s Telling Tales – is a beautiful story of family history combined with Lapland’s electronic evolution. Opening with a helicopter journey,... Continue Reading →
Audio appreciation outside of art installation, but consumed in the same manner as film, is a growing mode of entertainment. Telling Tales was proud yet again to display the best of student and professional audio documentary in the world today. Below are the three standouts from the festival: Iron Glove Velvet Fist Back in the […]... Continue Reading →
• LIKE on Facebook • FOLLOW on Twitter • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi On both the first and last days of Telling Tales, audiences were treated to a selection of the finest short films from first-year undergraduate students. The student shorts were presenting a portrait... Continue Reading →
