Whoever holds the rights to John Denver’s work must be rolling in it this year. I’ve heard his song Take Me Home, Country Roads three times this year. Although, seeing as the other two uses of it were in sci-fi films of all things, at least Logan Lucky makes sense.
There were a total of thirteen comedy shorts in this collection which was shown on Thursday night as part of Bristol's wonderful Encounters Short Film Festival. It was a brilliant programme which shows how vibrant and exciting the short film and animation industry is looking. I’ve highlighted some of my favourites. A
By Orla Smith. Hello Again is insane. It's quite something to go into a film like this blind. I knew very little: only that it is a musical following various loosely connected pairs of lovers in New York City ― like an all-singing, all-dancing Love, Actually. What I expected was something light, airy
By Marti Dols Roca. Shadows of a Stranger (2014) it’s a low budget debut feature film co directed by Richard Dutton and Chris Clark. This supernatural thriller makes us travel to the city of Meridian where detective Sherborne (Ian Mude) is going through a rough patch: cheated by his wife, scorned
By Kit Ramsey. Our Last Tango (2015) understands that outside of the specific interest of tango and dance in general, audiences may have trouble engaging with a documentary specifically about two world class dancers. That’s why the film manages the extraordinary task of creating a hook to keep viewers engaged, by
