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Readers Wives Album Free Download
Last year I edited a music video directed by my mate Jonathan Shaw for the group Readers Wives. That track was called ‘Victors Mother Juliet’ and now the group have followed that EP up with an album proper. The album is called ‘Rachels Apartment’ and is available to buy from July 1st. However for the…
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The Launch of Super 8 Film Festival in Galway
I got sent this press release from my mate Julien about the festival he runs. It launches tonight and it should be great fun, I’m very sorry I’m going to miss it.. The Super8 Shots Programme Launch is on Upstairs at Kelly’s on Wed 15 June at 6pm. Super8 Shots 2011 will run from 23rd…
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A word from the brother…
Here is a piece my brother Ciaran wrote about Herzog’s latest film… Manchester City v Sunderland was available in 3D on Sky Sports yesterday. Even before I went to see Werner Herzog’s “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” in the IFI last night, this struck me as extraordinary. In the space of just a couple of years,…
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Rewind Still in Cinema
Rewind is still out on general release. Here is the trailer
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The Aesthetics of the Digital Revolution
Here is a piece from the New York Times by film critic by Manhola Dargis You can read the article here and see Manhola’s list of the top 30 movies of the year here IN the closing credits for his independent confection “Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench,” the young director Damien Chazelle doesn’t…
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KT Slatey
The wonderful Katie Holly got a very nice write-up in Variety no less over the weekend. You can read the article from their website or you can just read it below as i have shamelessly copied and pasted it here. I edited a short film several years ago that Katie produced which you can watch…
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John Wallace Is Awesome
Well done to my good friend John Wallace. He knows how to back a winning pony… The IFTA winning short film ‘Runners’ has won the award for Best International Short Film at th0e Malibu Film Festival and has been selected as a finalist at the Producers Guild of America’s Producers Challenge. Directed by Ronan and…
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Woody Allen on Death…Again
From Studiobriefing.net Woody Allen, generally regarded as the quintessential New York movie director, told a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday why he now prefers to make his movies in London. “The films I do in London, I could make in New York,” he said. “It’s just less expensive to do them…
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Restoring Metropolis
I was in Berlin recently and visited the German Museum of Film and Television, which apart from being in a truly wonderful space was full of really interesting exhibits. While we were there they had dedicated a floor to an exhibition on Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis‘. An astonishing achievement for its time, the film still has…
John Murphy 