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Trailer Park: The Americans

What's this? A US show on ITV1 on Saturday night? Heard good things about this drama following a pair of KGB spies living undercover in Washington in 1981. 

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28th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: A Band Called Death

Interesting looking doc on the cult band described as being "punk before punk".

"Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early ’70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family chronicle, the story of Death is one of brotherly love and fierce, divinely inspired expression."

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24th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: A Field In England

Heard promising reports for this tripped-out English Civil War psychedelic thriller from Kill List director Ben Wheatley, which is getting an interesting simulatenous release on cinema screens, Film4, Blu-ray & DVD, Video On Demand, all from 5th July. With Michael Smiley (Kill List), Peter Ferdinando (Tony), Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), Richard Glover (Sightseers) and Ryan Pope (Ideal).

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21st May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: 12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic

Talking through the DFA label's history, with James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Holy Ghost!, The Juan MacLean, Shit Robot, Sinkane, YACHT etc

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15th May 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Short Attention Span Theatre: Building A Human

An instructional film made by The Visitors for Human Collaborators on Edité-Frignim (Earth). By @RobertPopper and Peter @Serafinowicz.

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30th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: Act Of Terror

From @FatRatFilms 

While filming a routine stop and search of her boyfriend on the London Underground, Gemma suddenly found herself detained, handcuffed and threatened with arrest.
Act of Terror tells the story of her fight to bring the police to justice and prevent this happening to anyone else, ever again.
Official Website: ActOfTerrorDocumentary.com

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29th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: Obey The Giant

Andre the Giant has a posse - and a film. Here's Shephard Fairey: the college years. Decent biopic short looking at how the @ObeyGiant leader got his start. For more background on the short's production head over to Short of The Week

A Special Branch production
Director: Julian Marshall 
Producer: Andrew Gisch
Director of Photography: David Vollrath
Writer: Alex Jablonski 

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15th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Promo Promo: Grim Towers - Reign Down / Lighting Dust - Diamond

Been hoping there would be some new Black Mountain Army activiity soon - and look - here's two side projects on the horizon... Grim Tower finds Stephen McBean on a freaky "New Acoustic Death Folk" trip in the snow with Imaad Wasif. Album Anarchic Breezes is out May 21. "Let the free ride the breeze"? Right on, snow bros. Meanwhile Black Mountain's mellower wing Lightning Dust (Amber Webber and Josh Wells) are heading into Fleetwood Mac territory with Diamond, the first one from their new album Fantasy - out June 25. Various pre-order download options available. Should just about tide us over while we wait for a new Stormy High to finish off the giant mecha-smackdown playlist.

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13th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Short Attention Span Theatre: Sergeant Slaughter, My Big Brother

Short film starring Tom Hardy and directed by photographer Greg Williams, who just signed a deal to shoot a feature, also with Hardy..

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8th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Promo Promo: Steve Mason - Oh My Lord

New single from the ex-Beta Band/King Biscuit Time man. Album Monkey Minds In The Devil's Time out March 18

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1st Mar 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: C (299,792 km/s)

Like the retromania science clips in this Kickstarter-funded short - reminiscent of Leonard Nimoy's finest work (In Search Of...). More details on the combination of digital cameras and old school non-CGI FX work in this Wired piece.

"C is the story of Lieutenant Commander Malleck, and her radical act of mutiny aboard the
KESTROS IV. With the help of her co-conspirators, she attempts to harness this weapon of mass destruction for a grand new purpose. But when a contingent of ground crew led by Second Lieutenant Kai threatens her master plan, Malleck must use the ship against them in order to succeed.

To build the future, we looked to the past. No CGI or greenscreen was used in the making of the film; all our sets and props were built by hand and filmed in-camera. Combining new advances in digital camera technology with traditional special effects, we sought to create a unique look through lighting design, camera tricks, miniature photography, split-screen, and stop-animation. We believe that this approach allowed us greater creative possibilities on a low-budget science-fiction film."

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19th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Short Attention Span Theatre: Head Over Heels

Oscar-nominated short from National Film & Television School graduates. Coincidentally similar to this Kirsten Dunst sci-fi, which just looks silly

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18th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Short Attention Span Theatre: Bear

More from the @BlueTongueFilms collective - this time it's Nash Edgerton in the driving seat. Via @shortoftheweek

Behind-the-scenes here.

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6th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Short Attention Span Theatre: Paperman

V cute meet-cute from Disney, playing with Wreck-It Ralph in cinemas. Interviews and more from director John Kars here. (Via @thefoxisblack)

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1st Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Face Off: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters V Hansel & Gretel Get Baked

Hollywood loves doing the same thing twice: Capote v Infamous; Antz v A Bug's Life; Snow White And The Huntsman v Mirror Mirror; Lincoln v Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Now here's two takes on the perils of eating candy in a house made of sweets: you've probably seen Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton getting all medieval badass - but have you seen Lara Flynn Boyle as a stoner witch with a serious case of the munchies? Asylum Films have knocked one out too (starring Dee Wallace - aka Elliott's mum in ET).

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1st Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: They Are The Last

@Vimeo's team have picked up on this short from @kaurimultimedia

"34 degrees 24 minutes 19 seconds South,

53 degrees, 46 minutes 40 seconds West.
Leonardo Da Costa is a lighthouse keeper stationed in Cabo Polonio, a remote cape in a stretch of Uruguayan coastline rich in shipwrecks and sunken treasures.
Cabo Polonio’s light has been guiding ships since 1881, and Da Costa is the latest in a long line of watchmen who have operated the tower with care and attention. He leads an unassuming life, the tranquility of the almost intact landscape keeping him company. Serenity and silence merge with the daily tasks and chores he carries out. Da Costa represents a rare profession that still survives in a few countries.
Take some time to appreciate a gentle and enlightening way of life, for once it is gone, it will be missed.
*Music by Volt Heist: voltheist.com"

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1st Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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