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Quentin Tarantino’s top 20 movies released since 1992

By D&CFilm, on Sunday, August 16, 2009

We’ve just been watching Quentin Tarantino introducing Death Proof on Sky Movies. What can we say – there’s not much on telly tonight.

We were anticipating the usual anodyne ‘this is my film – hope you enjoy it’ kinda crap, but this was actually fairly interesting.

Quentin didn’t really bother getting into the specifics

Andrew Oxley and David Williams’ Making The Difference shortlisted for national Virgin Media awards

By D&CFilm, on Thursday, August 13, 2009

A documentary created through Exeter Phoenix’s short film bursary scheme has been shortlisted for the prestigious Virgin Media Shorts awards.

Andrew Oxley and David Williams’ flick, titled Making The Difference, is one of the twelve finalists selected from 2,000 entries by a judging panel including Hollywood actor/director Kevin Spacey.

It will be

Behind the scenes footage of Ashley Wing’s sci-fi drama Fracture

By D&CFilm, on Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Well, this behind the scenes footage of Paignton filmmaker Ashley Wing’s new sci-fi short Fracture looks like just the most amount of fun a D+Cineaste could ever hope to experience.

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that even the biggest movies are actually put together by people like us – massive film fans.

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See concept art for Ashley Wing's sci-fi drama Fracture

By D&CFilm, on Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Yesterday we promised you some concept art from Paignton filmmaker Ashley Wing’s new sci-fi short Fracture (nothing to do with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling, we’re assured).

Before we have a look, let’s just remind ourselves of the synopsis, shall we?

On the bleak and unforgiving surface of a distant world a fragile mining base

Ashley Wing seeks artists to work on new sci-fi drama Fracture

By D&CFilm, on Monday, August 10, 2009

Paignton filmmaker Ashley Wing (he of Poppies, Hard Day’s Knight, and Between The Lines fame) has got in touch to tell us about an absolutely stonking opportunity for all you talented and arty D+Cineastes out there.

What is the opportunity? Here is the opportunity. (And yes, Ashley does speak in italics.)

Aviva advert stars Paul Whitehouse as a Plymouth Argyle fan

By D&CFilm, on Monday, August 3, 2009

The new Aviva advert, which features Fast Show star Paul Whitehouse as a Plymouth Argyle fan, is the talk of the interweb.

Whitehouse wears this season’s shirt (we’ll take their word for it) and talks (in a very bizarre accent) about how expensive it is for him, Big Dave, Burd, Buey and Janner to

Terrestrial premiere for Man On Wire from Truro director James Marsh

By D&CFilm, on Sunday, August 2, 2009

Oscar- and BAFTA-winning documentary Man On Wire, directed by Cornwall’s James Marsh, gets its terrestrial premiere on BBC2 at 9pm tonight (August 2).

The flick looks at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974; what some consider ‘the artistic crime of