Rosy Hunt speaks to Richard Heslop about his film FRANK, screening at the Cambridge Film Festival on September 19th, and his career. “I was not a happy bunny when I started writing FRANK – I used it as a kind of therapy to exorcise my demons.”
Lovers of Bacon, Bergman and John Cage will deeply appreciate Max Weinman’s APSIS. Rosy Hunt spoke to the director of this remarkable short.
THE FUNERAL is showing as part of the TO RUST section of ShortFusion. A mixture of Peter Greenaway and Samuel Beckett, but with thoroughly South Korean style, writes Rosy Hunt.
Project Trident brings much needed comic relief to a surfeit of humourless drama and documentary, as well as excellent music videos and gonzo horror. We spoke to team member Carl Peck about TRIDENTFEST 2012.
Screening in Sawston on day 1 of CFF: Robert Donat stars as “wrong man” Hannay in this, the most popular of all adaptations of Buchan’s novel, which found favour with the author himself despite its many liberties.
Rosy Hunt’s must-see films at CFF2012 are George Kuchar’s black comedy porno THUNDERCRACK and Jodorowsky’s Italian classic SANTA SANGRE. Get in the mood for glorious exploitation with this Radley Metzger retrospective.
Vasili Pichul’s LITTLE VERA, written by Pichul’s wife, is the story of a Russian teenager’s struggles with patriarchy and perestroika. Rosy Hunt reviews.
A look at some of the outstanding works of Takeshi Kitano (ZATOICHI, “Takeshi’s Castle”), whose latest film OUTRAGE BEYOND will be released in Japan on 6th October, after premiering at Venice and making its US debut at Toronto in September. Cross fingers for a UK release date this year!
Self-styled “producer come executive producer come lumpen prole fundraiser and self-effacing emo philips monkey in front of the camera gimp” Kate Spicer visited Cambridge Arts Picturehouse recently to talk about her documentary MISSION TO LARS.
Adam Batty kicks off our coverage of Sheffield Doc/Fest with a review of Lucy Walker’s academy award nominated documentary.
