The inimitable English director discusses his latest feature, Sunset Song, the adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s novel of the same name starring Agyness Dyne.
Tag: English Cinema
Ben Wheatley Interview (A Field in England)
Ben Wheatley is an English filmmaker who started in shorts, sketch, viral videos and animation, before transitioning to make four distinctly English, variably horrific features: Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseers and A Field in England. Expertly weaving seemingly disparate genres, Wheatley’s films have a visceral immediacy that sometimes belies their formal complexity. With his latest… Continue reading Ben Wheatley Interview (A Field in England)
Ben Rivers & Ben Russell (A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness)
Ben Rivers is an English experimental filmmaker and artist whose work blends fiction and non-fiction, exploring themes of community, utopia, hermetic living and investigating spaces more broadly. His works include I Know Where I’m Going, Slow Action and Two Years at Sea, which won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the 68th Venice Film Festival.… Continue reading Ben Rivers & Ben Russell (A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness)
Ben Wheatley Interview (Sightseers)
Ben Wheatley is an English filmmaker who started in shorts, sketch, viral videos and animation, before transitioning to make three distinctly English, variably horrific features: Down Terrace, Kill List and Sightseers. Expertly weaving seemingly disparate genres, Wheatley’s films have a visceral immediacy that sometimes belies their formal complexity. Ben brought Sightseers to the 2012 Toronto… Continue reading Ben Wheatley Interview (Sightseers)
Surveillance Camera Cinema (Video Essay)
A video essay on surveillance camera cinema – films made entirely out of surveillance camera footage- including Faceless, Influenza, and Der Riese. Essay written and edited by Christopher Heron and narrated by Amy Cunningham. This video essay was first published in February of 2012. Works Cited Doyle, Aaron. “An Alternative Current in Surveillance and… Continue reading Surveillance Camera Cinema (Video Essay)