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 / [...]
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Reality Check: Dystopian TV and film
Published by May 6th, 2012 in I'm Ready for my Closeup and Reality Check. 0 CommentsElectric Sheep Podcast: Exploring The Lair of the White Worm
Published by March 22nd, 2012 in Electric Sheep Magazine podcast and I'm Ready for my Closeup. 0 CommentsElectric 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: Exploring The Lair of the White Worm [ 36:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (527)Electric Sheep Podcast: Making films interactive
Published by February 27th, 2012 in Electric Sheep Magazine podcast and I'm Ready for my Closeup. 0 CommentsElectric 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: Making films interactive [ 39:48 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (4378)Electric Sheep Podcast: Cult animation
Published by January 10th, 2012 in Clear Spot, Electric Sheep Magazine podcast and I'm Ready for my Closeup. 0 CommentsElectric 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
Published by December 3rd, 2011 in Electric Sheep Magazine podcast, I'm Ready for my Closeup and Panel Borders. 0 CommentsElectric 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, [...]
Electric Sheep Podcast - Pulp Fiction: Low budget British genre films [ 48:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (66)Panel Borders: Neil Gaiman – Worlds of Wonder
Published by November 20th, 2011 in I'm Ready for my Closeup and Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel 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
Published by October 28th, 2011 in Electric Sheep Magazine podcast and I'm Ready for my Closeup. 0 CommentsElectric 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
Published by October 4th, 2011 in I'm Ready for my Closeup. 0 CommentsI’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 [...]
I'm ready for my close-up: Simon Rumley on Red White and Blue [ 26:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (26)Reality Check: Autumn Sci-Fi – Source Code and Witch Mountain
Published by September 14th, 2011 in I'm Ready for my Closeup and Reality Check. 0 CommentsReality 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 [...]
Reality Check: Autumn Sci-Fi - Source Code and Witch Mountain [ 37:38 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (41)Panel Borders: Gosh! It’s Electric Man!
Published by August 25th, 2011 in I'm Ready for my Closeup and Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel 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, [...]