Archive for the 'I’m Ready for my Closeup' Category

Reality Check: Dystopian TV and film

Reality Check: Dystopian TV and film Alex Fitch talks to Ilana Rein (director: We are all Cylons), Andrew Mark Sewell (producer: Blake’s 7 audio) and Ben Aaronovich (writer: Blake’s 7 audio / Doctor Who) about dystopian TV from The Time Tunnel to Battlestar Galactica; and to Elizabeth Karr (producer) and John Alan Simon (writer / [...]

Electric Sheep Podcast: Exploring The Lair of the White Worm

Electric Sheep Podcast: Exploring The Lair of the White Worm In a panel discussion recorded at The Horse Hospital arts club after a screening of Ken Russell’s lurid Bram Stoker adaptation, The Lair of the White Worm, Mark Pilkington discusses the film with BFI Flipside programmers Vic Pratt and Will Fowler, touching on issues of [...]

Electric Sheep Podcast: Making films interactive

Electric Sheep Podcast: Making films interactive In a pair of interviews about innovations in film-making, Alex Fitch talks to two directors who have embraced new technology. Alex talks to Alex Cox about Repo Man, computer generated backgrounds its sequel Repo Chic(k), interactive cinema and using CGI in the rerelease of his western Straight to Hell. [...]

Electric Sheep Podcast: Cult animation

Electric Sheep Podcast: Cult animation Alex Fitch talks to a pair of directors of innovative short animated films; to Oscar winner (2011 co-director Short Animated film) Shaun Tan about the adaptation of his acclaimed picture book The Lost Thing and to web animator Jonti Picking about his cult animated series Weebl and Bob as well [...]

Electric Sheep Podcast – Pulp Fiction: Low budget British genre films

Electric Sheep Podcast – Pulp Fiction: Low budget British genre films Alex Fitch talks to director Tom Guerrier about his short film Cleaning Up, featuring Doctor Who stars Mark Gatiss and Louise Jameson as a hitman and his landlady; and to Adam Hamdy, co-director, and actors Jay Sutherland, Gavin Molloy, Simon Burbage and Lee Ravitz, [...]

Panel Borders: Neil Gaiman – Worlds of Wonder

Panel Borders: Neil Gaiman – Worlds of Wonder Continuing our month of shows about genre, it’s a science fiction double feature as Alex Fitch chats to author Neil Gaiman about examples of SF in his work such as Doctor Who, American Gods, Babylon 5 and Sandman: Endless Nights. Plus, in an extract from a talk [...]

Electric Sheep Podcast: Wicker Man / Buried Land

Electric Sheep Podcast: Wicker Man / Buried Land In this special Halloween themed episode of the Electric Sheep Magazine podcast, Alex Fitch talks to three directors who have made films about man’s relationship with the land. At this year’s Frightfest, Robin Hardy discusses his classic horror film The Wicker Man and its new, belated thematic [...]

I’m ready for my close-up: Simon Rumley on Red White and Blue

I’m ready for my close-up: Simon Rumley on Red White and Blue Virginie Selavy talks to Simon Rumley, director of the excellent, unpredictable murder ballad Red White and Blue, which tells the complex, violent tale of an emotionally reluctant girl and an edgy loner. One of the best thrillers of 2010 and a great take [...]

Reality Check: Autumn Sci-Fi – Source Code and Witch Mountain

Reality Check: Autumn Sci-Fi – Source Code and Witch Mountain As the Autumn nights start to draw in, we have a couple of recommendations of DVDs worth staying in for, as Alex Fitch interviews a pair of directors who have both earned cult followings for their work in the SF genre. Duncan Jones talks about [...]

Panel Borders: Gosh! It’s Electric Man!

Panel Borders: Gosh! It’s Electric Man! Concluding our month of shows looking at comic book shops, Alex Fitch talks to Andrew Salmond and Josh Palmano, the proprietors of Gosh! Comics in London which, after 25 years, has relocated from Great Russell Street to the heart of Soho and to Dave Barras, director, and Scott Mackay, [...]