It’s no secret: I am a HUGE De Staat fan. In my opinion they are truly the best Dutch rock band EVER! I was delighted to see them play live a couple of times in London over the last year and you could say I was ecstatic when I got to interview them early this year. … Continue reading
Plot Meet Viago, Deacon, Vladislav and Petyr, four flatmates in Wellington, New Zealand. The mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows shows their daily mundane struggles such as paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, getting into vampire-friendly nightclubs and not to drink the blood of their flatmates’ human friends. Synopsis The opening credits reveal … Continue reading
With Halloween around the corner, what could be more fitting than an interview with acclaimed film critic, writer and broadcaster Kim Newman? Kim, an expert on fantasy and horror cinema, writes for magazines such as Empire and Sight & Sound, published a series of novels for which he’s been awarded several literary prizes and has written non-fiction books on cinema history. … Continue reading
Plot Based on the best-selling young adult thriller, The Maze Runner is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where Thomas is deposited in a community of young men after his memory is erased. After learning they’re all trapped in a maze, Thomas joins forces with fellow “runners” to not only escape the maze, but solve its riddle … Continue reading
Categorising Chris Marker (1921 – 2012) as a filmmaker and photographer doesn’t do this multifaceted artist any justice. He was also a writer, editor, poet, cartoonist, activist and multimedia artist, but most of all a visionary. Perhaps you won’t know his name or his works (like I didn’t initially), but no doubt you are more than … Continue reading
A clever new film has hit the cinemas this weekend and I was lucky enough to see the preview screening of The Double at the BFI earlier in the week. After the screening of this intelligent dark comedy, director Richard Ayoade joined the audience for a brilliant Q&A that was absolutely hilarious. I was impressed … Continue reading
