Ahead of the European premiere screening of PATCHWORK at the Glasgow Film Festival, FrightFest dissects the mind of director Tyler MacIntyre. Not many people can say they were mentored by Roger Corman, Peter Bogdanovich and Stuart Gordon for their feature debut. What did you learn from each of these filmmaking icons? I
By Last Caress. Vicious, the writing/directing debut of Somerset rising star Oliver Park, is an 11-minute anxiety attack, dread-soaked from start to finish. Make sure you watch it alone with the lights off and the sound up. It's late at night on a quiet residential street in Anytown, England. A woman - the
Based on the award winning novel by Colm Tôibín, Brooklyn tells the story of Eilis (Saoirse Ronan), a young woman who uproots her life in Ireland and travels to Brooklyn to pursue new opportunities. Eilis finds love in her new life in the form of an Italian-American man called Tony,
By Last Caress. Released in 1999, Kikujiro is something of a departure from the blood-soaked, action-packed affairs most often associated with its writer/director/star, the legendary "Beat" Takeshi Kitano. A quirky, offbeat and frequently improbable road trip, Kikujiro is also a warm, funny and melancholy tale of a young boy determined to find his mother
Two 4 One is Canadian writer/director Maureen Bradley’s debut feature film. After directing and producing over forty short films, this is a stunner, and has been recognised with many nominations and awards. The film is a quirky love story, mostly concerned wih humanity and honesty. If that sounds cheesy, it’s not. The film
