Digital quality comes to the Exeter Picturehouse as the cinema gets its mitts on a state-of-the-art digital projector. Picturehouse bods reckon this is the first one in the South West, though we’re pretty sure Plymouth Vue has one and would be surprised if there wasn’t one in Bristol (granted, a minimal amount of research on our part […]
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Acting up
It’s all very well us banging on about how vibrant the film scene is in Devon and Cornwall if actors can’t find jobs. We swung a cat, or would have before MySpace, and hit a professional actor who hasn’t had much joy finding film work since moving to the region. ‘Where are all the creators […]
Holiday, celebrate! (video)
Okay, it’s a Bank Holiday, there’s nuttin on the telly and there’s no way you’re gonna even get near the bloody cinema, what with At World’s End flailing its kraken legs in all directions (we can’t remember if krakens have legs, but you get the idea). Anyhoo, we though D+CFilm should come to the rescue, […]
That rings a bell (video)
One of Werner Herzog’s most accessible films (not counting that one where the bloke gets eaten by a bear), Fitzcarraldo sees the German director emulating Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in a mammoth epic set in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The 25th Anniversary Edition DVD (Anchor Bay UK) is in the shops from today, and comes […]
Sam Raimi interview: part four
Advancements in technology were not the only things that progressed. Raimi admits his relationship with the core cast has deepened over the years they have been working together. Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane, James Franco as Harry Osborn and of course Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man all returned, like their director, for a third time. […]
