BAFTA Red Carpet Interview – Asif Kapadia, Director Senna

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Next we have our interview with the Director of Senna, Asif Kapadia which is up for three awards (see all our BAFTA coverage including the full winners list and other interviews here). Senna walked away with two awards this evening which we are very, very pleased about! MASSIVE congrats! ———————– At this stage now, walking [...]

As the BBC Go Dickens Crazy Why Not Go Mental With Derek Jacobi This Christmas in Charles Dickens’ England?

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Are you the type of person who likes watching the stimulating highlights over the real thing? Do you always want to get straight into the filthy action without any of the messing around? Do you like people going on and on about Charles Dicken’s no matter how incompetently? Well Ultra Culture has recently solved your [...]

VAFF 2011 – Resident Aliens – Review

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Resident Aliens, follows the lives of ‘KK,’ ‘China,’ and ‘Looney’  Cambodian refugees turn gang members living in Long Beach, California, who after committing serious felonies are deported back to Cambodia, far from the United States — the only home they had ever known. We soon learn they are among hundreds of other refugees who are [...]

Tabloid Review

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Joyce McKinney is a woman with a lot of love to give and in 1977 she found a man to devote herself to completely. This man was Kirk Anderson and according to Joyce the two fell madly in love. The only problem was that Kirk Anderson was a Mormon and following their whirlwind romance Kirk [...]

VIFF 2011 – Nash: The Documentary – REVIEW

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Vancouver, CANADA – If you don’t follow the NBA, you probably have never heard of Steve Nash, though perhaps you’ve seen him in some other form. The man endorses Vitamin Water, appears in Nike ads, and most recently became a documentarian with the film ‘Into the Wind,’ based on the life of Canadian humanitarian Terry [...]

Just Do It: A Tale Of Modern Day Outlaws – Review

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Through the camera lens of Emily James, we get a first-hand account of the direct action of a variety of environmental activists, who variously chain themselves together outside RBS, set up a camp in Trafalgar Square, break into a coal-fired power station and attend rallies in Copenhagen. But will any of this effect any change [...]

2011 – On The Brink of a Golden Age for Documentaries?

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Right now, word is spreading that we are on the brink of “a golden age” of documentaries. Asif Kapadia’s “Senna” has demonstrated how innovative feature-documentaries can perform well at the box-office; in just one month it has earned £2,803,182.  “Life in a Day” proves how access to technology can provide a global platform for otherwise [...]

Watch 10 Minutes of Senna in 6 New Clips

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Senna is released in UK cinemas today and I’ve been banging on about the world seeing it ever since I caught a very early screening of it at SXSW this year. It’s finally here for all to see and I’m so pleased that pretty much every single review of the documentary directed by Asif Kapadia [...]

Exclusive Interview with Director Asif Kapadia For His New Movie – Senna

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Last week I was very excited to meet Director Asif Kapadia for his new movie, Senna. I’d seen the movie a couple of months earlier at SXSW and had loved  everything about it and was eager to talk to the man in charge of making it happen. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Formula One [...]

Senna Review

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When I heard that a movie was going to be made about Formula One driving legend Ayrton Senna, I had no idea what to expect. He died when I was just 14 and I remember watching the moment with my dad when arguably the greatest racing driver that ever lived crashed into the wall at [...]

Win a Senna Poster Signed by Director Asif Kapadia

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SENNA, released on 3rd June, tells the tale of Ayrton Senna, arguably the greatest Formula 1 driver of the modern era. The film is thrilling story that will appeal to both petrolheads and non-F1 fans alike. To mark its release, we have a poster signed by acclaimed director Asif Kapadia to give away! Senna’s remarkable [...]

New Clip from Senna

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I’ve been flying the Senna flag for quite a while now and after watching the amazing documentary.  Senna is directed by Asif Kapadia and uses footage which spans from Senna’s early life where he became the Karting World Champion right through to that fateful day on May 1st, 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix [...]

More Blood, More Heart – The Making Of Hobo With A Shotgun!

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Okay, sorry, this is getting complicated and more than a little silly. Hobo With A Shotgun isn’t out yet, but there is a making-of documentary, for which a teaser trailer has just been released. Fine. Whatever. Seriously though, HWAS looks like being properly gorey and a good old fashioned slice of exploitation fun. From the snippets [...]

SXSW – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey – Review

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Austin, TX – ‘Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey‘ takes an intimate look at the life and career of Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who redefined the character of Elmo on the popular children’s television program Sesame Street. The documentary which screened at South by Southwest, is directed by Constance Marks, and  narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, follows Clash [...]

New UK Trailer & Poster for Senna

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I’ve been flying the Senna flag for quite a while now and after watching the amazing documentary at SXSW last week, I’m so pleased I have been.  The man is, was and always will be a legend in the world of motor sport and this documentary which only uses archive footage spans from Senna’s early [...]

Way of the Morris Trailer

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Another film I never got to see at SXSW and wish I had is this documentary about Morris Dancing from Fifth Column Films called ‘Way of the Morris’. Our friend James Benson who has written some stories for the site in the past was involved in the project working as a Sound Recordist on the [...]

SXSW – Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop Review

Can’t Stop Conan. Austin, TX – ‘Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop’ is an intimate look into the comedian’s  life during his The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour. The film is kind of like ‘This is It‘  the documentary on Michael Jackson before his untimely passing, only difference is Conan didn’t die. His exhaustive routine [...]

SXSW – Foo Fighters: Back and Forth – Documentary Trailer

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Austin, TX – The Foo Fighters have a documentary coming along which will coincide with the bands seventh studio album release this spring. FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, chronicles 16 years of the Foo Fighters history, the formation, good times and rocky times for the band. The film had its premiere here at the SXSW [...]

SXSW 2011 – Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop – Preview Clip

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Austin, TX – Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, a documentary that follows the former Tonight Show host premiered at SXSW Film Festival Sunday. Directed by Rodman Flender, the documentary filmed during Conan’s ”Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” comedy tour, after his departure from the Tonight Show, takes viewers into an intimate journey of O’Brien’s life. Here’s [...]

SXSW 2011 – The City Dark – REVIEW

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The City Dark Illuminates, Could Shine Brighter. Austin, TX – The City Dark, recently had its world premiere in the Documentary  Feature competition at this year’s SXSW film festival. The environmental film explores the issue of light pollution, and the disappearance of starlight in the urban sprawl of industrialized nations. Directed and narrated by filmmaker [...]