First published on The Quietus (July 2nd 2012) //
Opening on Friday, this Aussie wilderness drama stars Willem Dafoe as a mercenary hired to track the last Tasmanian tiger. Declan Tan takes a look…
Benjamin Myers, ‘Pig Iron’
First published on 3:AM Magazine (25th May 2012) //
Pig Iron, Benjamin Myers, Bluemoose Books 2012
Fringe Benefits: Hal Hartley’s Meanwhile And Web-Driven Return
First published on The Quietus (19th May 2012) //
Long Island’s singular independent film auteur used Kickstarter to fund the distribution of his first feature in six years. Declan Tan finds out more
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Even the Rain (2010) Review
First published on The Quietus (16th May 2012) //
Silent House (2012) Review
First published on The Quietus (2nd May 2012) //
This shrewdly marketed remake of a low-budget 2010 Uruguayan picture has the tagline ‘Experience 88 Minutes Of Real Fear Captured In Real Time’. At least it’s short.
1st Sundance London Film and Music Festival Preview
First published on Snipe (25th April 2012) //
The first ever Sundance London Film and Music Festival kicks off later this week, from 26-29th April, with indie-Jesus Robert Redford sticking his boots into everyone’s favourite little indoor town (the O2 Arena in Greenwich, if it wasn’t already your favourite little indoor town).
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London Independent Film Festival 2012 Round-up
First published on Little White Lies (25th April 2012) //
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James Sallis, ‘Driven’
First published on 3:AM Magazine (7th March 2012) //
Socrates Adams, ‘Everything’s Fine’
First published on The Huffington Post (23rd February 2012) //
In his first novel, Socrates Adams doesn’t seem that bothered about giving you an easy ride. Yes, there’s the humour, a requirement for the ‘alt lit’ canon, and the thread with which he pulls you into his yarn, to have you wince for his characters and cringe through the situations they create for themselves. But it’s not the laughs that make this debut an impressive one.
15,061,604 is the 1 // fiction
First published on > kill author (5th February 2012) //
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