Having read Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, I was intrigued (though cautious) about how John Hillcoat was going to adapt the novel. Set in a post-apocalyptic America, The Road follows a father (Viggo Mortenson) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) as they trawl through ash-soaked fields and abandoned houses looking for some way out of their isolated existence. In McCarthy’s novel it’s not clear which era the story is set – with no reference to historical context, the book remains ambiguous, allowing the…

Spam fascinates me. This blog has various spam filters to prevent all but the cleverest of spambots from leaving junky comments at the ends of my post. Today four had managed to slip through the electronic defences and were offered up for my human last say. Three of these were the usual suggestions of places on the internet we could all visit in order to see naked photographs of people I presume someone else has heard of. However one was…

…Well, to be honest after that it’s all a bit of a blur. There was a long bit when Chris and I sat in a wind racked tent and cut together what we’d shot… then some of the following things happened: And then we went home…

There is something called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, an island of rubbish roughly the size of Texas. This is the stuff that keeps me awake at night and turns me into a self-righteous pain in the ass during the day. I’ve started to pay more attention to the crap I throw away and it’s a lot. I feel like I live fairly lightly but I’m also a New Yorker. I like my coffee to go…

It is early the next morning and at the filmmaker’s campsite, Rob Morgan is begging Nathalie Pownall for a cup of tea… Meanwhile, team Blaine is finally ready to return to the 1940′s…

I have just seen an Australian film like no other. Samson and Delilah is an extraordinary piece of film. A lambent love story, a road movie about addiction, a powerful and profound statement about an exploited and largely ignored rural Aboriginal community, a stunning work of art that uses rarely any narrative/dialogue aids to make you engage with its story. From the opening scene – jazzy, upbeat sounds of ‘Sunshinny Day’ pour out into a morning dawn – you awake…

The first half day had slipped through our fingers and there was nothing we could do until it was light again, so we went to Rebecca’s house and tried to plan the next day’s shoot. Jess had to leave the next evening by six so there would now be no room for error…

Check out Arin Crumley’s latest project to bring audiences to films and films to audiences, OpenIndie. Using the site users will be able to request screenings in their area – much like Arin and co. did with the famous Four Eyed Monsters heart map – and organize their own screenings. He still needs to raise more money for the project on Kickstarter so if you think this is a good idea lay some money down to help him on his…

There are few things more galling when taking part in the 48hr Film Challenge then stumbling across your rivals doing something better than you are. This is Rob Morgan, his genius DP Marcus Waterloo and actress Juliet Valdez making the most of the natural beauty that Jersey regularly offers filmmakers. Unsurprisingly all five of the films made in this year’s Branchage 48hr Film Challenge featured the beaches. Three of the five featured cast in the sea. Two of the five…