Earlier this year I directed a short film called ‘Finding Calm’; the story of a first time father struggling with his new role and his mental health.
We’re close to finishing but need a little help getting it across the line. Please do support us if you can:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fi...
Earlier this year I directed a short film called ‘Finding Calm’; the story of a first time father struggling with his new role and his mental health.
We’re close to finishing but need a little help getting it across the line. Please do support us if you can:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fi...
Bob’s back.
Funny comic strip. Hedgehog: “come on, you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours” Bird: “you, sir, can get f#cked” Illustration drawn in simplistic cartoon line art style. By Amii Illustrates.
Interesting to watch this through a modern lens and in the contemporary context of ‘Man V Nature’. Hard not to feel some empathy for the monster as he is punished for base animal instincts that come up against human invasion.
Bela Lugosi appeared in a film with Dora Bryan. Just sharing so that someone else might pull the same mildly confused face as me.
Kicked off my 2025 gothic deep-dive with Bride of Frankenstein, one of my all time favourites. Hadn’t watched it for a while but forgot how rich it was; visually, philosophically, textually.
Interview with Louise Bourgeois
Aww, I share a birthday with Darth Vader.
I think it says something about the strength of its iconography over weakness of execution that it’s endured for so long.
Revisited ‘The Mummy’ last night and left wishing the story was strong enough to match the astonishing Jack Pierce make-up. There’s a decent Mummy story still to be told. Maybe I’ll tell it… one day.
Those trousers just asked someone to bring them Solo and the Wookie.
Spent a fine evening with James Whale’s camp-gothic masterclass ‘The Invisible Man’.
Forgot there was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance by Dwight Frye in there as well, and it got me thinking; what’s the earliest example of a cameo?
Niche publishing that caters to the eclectic tastes of cineastes? Merry Christmas Mr Brake.
Excited to get stuck into this…
Kinda stupid that ‘skeet’ took root as a way to refer to posts when ‘bleet’ was right there.
Composers: have you written a score for a short film in 2024? Then you could be in contention for an IFMCA Award in 2025! Spread the word!
filmmusiccritics.org/2024/12/ifmc...
For the uninitiated, here’s a few stills showing what we lost when ‘London After Midnight’ went up in smoke.
I first heard the story of ‘London After Midnight’ becoming a lost film about 25 years ago, and obsessed over waiting for news of a discovery. Seems like a pretty long shot now, but at least there’s this stills reconstruction from TCM for posterity.
archive.org/details/lond...
A few years ago I made a short film about a man who breaks up with his childhood imaginary friend.
It had great reviews, a strong festival run, and a few awards to boot. It’s remained a little under the radar, but I do love our little film and I hope you will too.
youtu.be/6aMT_0Q_uGg?...
7 years ago today I was at Pinewood Studios working on the sound mix for Scraps with the team who had just done Roma for Alfonso Cuarón, and getting a crash course in his mixing method.
A few years ago I made a short film about a man who breaks up with his childhood imaginary friend.
It had great reviews, a strong festival run, and a few awards to boot. It’s remained a little under the radar, but I do love our little film and I hope you will too.
youtu.be/6aMT_0Q_uGg?...
Watched ‘The Mystic’ for the second night in a row, and now find myself haunted by its beautiful Dean Hurley score. Here’s a taster:
youtube.com/watch?v=DKz-...
Revisiting the fabulous Fisher family.
Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. At all. (Assuming now it was a publicity shot). However this glorious headwear precursor to Leia’s coiled buns does feature prominently.
Watching Tod Browning’s ‘The Mystic’ for the first time tonight, and very excited to see how the hell this costume fits into the plot.
Please, Bart. I've seen your stupid Shemp. Yeah, I've seen your Curly too.
I've no idea who it is out there who's been pushing @filmstories and our magazines, but thank you. Can't tell you how much it's appreciated. Steady flow of orders last week and it's warmed my heart.
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Despite the fact that I’m not on this list (ahem), this is still a REALLY good list 👇🏼
