I was offered a regular role in a well-known TV soap back in 2004/5 and turned it down… I do wonder what *that Matt* is up to. Tori and Matt Butler-Hart, the wife-and-husband team behind Fizz & Ginger Films, seem to excel in exploring other, and indeed other-worldly, realms. First it was the spooky siren… INTERVIEW: Matt & Tori Butler-Hart on their parallel universe lockdown movie Read More
Fear not – UK indie Philophobia has a trailer and a cinema release
The UK’s cinema lockdown and the endless blockbuster postponements at least means smaller movies are finding an audience – and Philophobia director Guy Davies is trying to ensure that for his own indie film, by putting together his own DIY cinema release schedule. Despite being a scheduling newbie, he currently has 43 cinemas lined up… Fear not – UK indie Philophobia has a trailer and a cinema release Read More
Solitary trailer: it’s 2044 and we’re blasting prisoners into space
No that doesn’t mean you should take up shoplifting in the hope of a free ticket. *** my four star review and (very spoilery) article are now live *** I meant to post this trailer a few weeks ago though in my defence I still think it’s April. Solitary started life as a short, filmed… Solitary trailer: it’s 2044 and we’re blasting prisoners into space Read More
Burning Men trailer mashes a musical road trip with folk horror
When two down-on-their-luck musicians are evicted from their London squat, they decide to head to Memphis to fulfil their musical destiny. Selling their vinyl collection to raise the necessary cash, they end up stealing a very rare black metal record from a London record fair, then head north to sell it. Can a record unleash forces… Burning Men trailer mashes a musical road trip with folk horror Read More
And Breathe… Paul Mackie Takes Us Through The Making Of Collaborative Indie Film Breathe Easy
“I felt straight from the off that the only way to get people involved and invested in the film was to give them a sense of ownership of it… give them as much freedom as possible to do their thing” Paul Mackie Breathe Easy is a full length feature film made collaboratively by 20 directors in… And Breathe… Paul Mackie Takes Us Through The Making Of Collaborative Indie Film Breathe Easy Read More
Breathe Easy 3.5 stars
You know the apocalypse is only going to get worse when you’re British and your mate says “oh and we’ve run out of beer”. Turns out the world ends not with a bang but with a young man’s whimper, that the stash of Fosters is all gone. In Britain, anyway. Elsewhere it’s more urgent and more violent, as… Breathe Easy Read More
Interview With Actress Zoe Cunningham From Breathe Easy
British actress Zoe Cunningham plays Nicola Johnson in collaborative indie film Breathe Easy. Nicola works for LDN Network, and though she starts off as the calm voice of authority, hand-holding us Brits through the unfolding apocalypse, soon she’s slightly cracking up, in a tiara (which reminds me, I really need to sort out my own end of days outfit. No need to let standards… Interview With Actress Zoe Cunningham From Breathe Easy Read More
Crowdfund, Collaborate, Never Stint On Catering: Indie Filmmaker Richard Rowntree
“Necessity really is the mother of invention, and people found ways to achieve things that you wouldn’t believe if you knew what their budgets were” Richard Rowntree is a British indie film director who, yes, started watching horror films FAR too young. But he’s put that early cinematic exposure to the darker side of life to very good use – Dogged,… Crowdfund, Collaborate, Never Stint On Catering: Indie Filmmaker Richard Rowntree Read More