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Make a high rise in the industry (or on your own) with this advice.Ben Wheatley directing ‘High-Rise’

One of the most exciting filmmaking careers to watch right now is that of Ben Wheatley. He directed his first feature, 2009's Down Terrace, relatively late in life but has made up for it ever since. His latest, Free Fire, is his sixth movie in about eight years, and in that time he’s also directed music videos, episodes of Doctor Who, and shorts, including a bit for the anthology horror film The ABCs of Death.

His movies don’t lack in quality for being so many in quantity, either. Some are better than others, yet none of them has really been negatively reviewed, and he maintains a fanbase among the film geek crowd that almost gets to celebrate him annually at Fantastic Fest given his consistent output. Want to know how he does it? Below...

Recently, ABC served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Castle" episode 18 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "At Close Range," and it turns out that we're going to see some very intense and dramatic stuff go down as a dangerous assassination attempt takes place with Detective Ryan caught in the middle of it, and more! In the new, 18th episode press release: Working Security For A Politician Puts Detective Kevin Ryan In The Middle Of An Assassination Plot. Press release number 2: Detective Kevin Ryan is going to be on the security detail of a charismatic congressman attending a charity event when shots suddenly ring out. Driven to apprehend the killer, Ryan is going to have to revisit the events that led up to the shooting, with the help of Castle and Beckett. Guest stars feature: Maya Stojan as Tory Ellis, David Conrad as Frank Kelly, Reiko Aylesworth as Mia Lopez,...

Three Irish shorts are making waves across the globe as Iftn rounds-up the latest short film news Frank Kelly's 'Raise My Hands' continues to screen on the international festival circuit having been chosen for three additional festivals. The documentary short will screen at Maui Film Festival in Hawaii and the San Francisco Black Film Festival this week. It has also been chosen to screen at the Short Shorts Film Festival in Tokyo and the already announced Heartland Film Festival in the Us in October.

Some new new details have arrived online for Ridley Scott's Prometheus. The synopsis is said to be an official breakdown of the film and has tons of spoilers. I am looking forward to this film and can not wait to see the official trailer when it arrives online. Read the synopsis below and beware there are plenty of spoilers: You have been warned!

Prometheus

Cast

Elizabeth Shaw...Noomi Rapace

Rayden Holloway...Logan Marshall-Green

Meredith Vickers...Charlize Theron

David 4.0...Michael Fassbender

Jeremiah Janek...Idris Elba

Theo Zedmore...Guy Pearce

Logan...Ben Foster

Ravel...Benedict Wong

Chance...Emun Elliot

Mudow...Kate Dickie

Yuri...Rafe Spall

Aldrich...Frank Kelly

Francis...Sean Harris

Siena...Tal Berkovich

Lettap...James Payton

Tembrook...Tuppence Middleton

Earth. The beginnings of our world. In an opening montage, we watch as our primordial planet is terraformed and bioformed by seemingly all-powerful, Godlike alien entities…the Engineers. The seeds of...

Frank Kelly (Emily's Song, 140) is in prep for his first dramatic feature film 'Derelict' which will begin filming in Slane, Co. Meath from September 25th to the 1st of October. With rehearsals currently taking place at The Factory on Barrow Street, cast in the feature include Michael Bates (The Escapist), Steve Gunn (Titanic: Blood and Steel), Gerry Shanahan (Shackled), Elaine Reddy (Slán agus Beannacht), Rory Mullen (The Guards) and Catherine Wrigglesworth (Railway Children).

Faisal Abdu'Allah has worked with scientists, athletes and local residents to highlight the dangers of living and competing in the city

One of Britain's leading film artists has teamed up with scientists to show how polluted air in East London threatens athletes at next year's Games and shortens the lives of people living near the Olympic park.

Film and photography artist Faisal Abdu'Allah, who has exhibited at Tate Britain, the Serpentine and Stamford University in the United States, worked for more than one year with four of Britain's leading air quality experts, including Frank Kelly, professor of environmental health at King's College, London.

The film, called Double Pendulum, features athletes including Jeanette Kwakye, footballer Anthony Grant and martial artist Ammar Duffus, and 11 to 14-year-olds living near the Olympic Park.

"I was looking at how breathing is affected by pollution, how race impacts on how we breathe and how where we...

Declan's dad Dermot arrives in the village for Christmas in tonight's episode of Emmerdale. The businessman's mischievous father turns up at Home Farm after receiving an invitation from Ella, but Declan is far from happy over the situation and appears to be unsettled by his presence. Later, as the tension becomes too much to bear, Declan tries to bribe Dermot to stay away. Will Dermot accept the offer, or will he be sticking around at the estate? Speaking in a recent interview with Digital Spy, Dermot's portrayer Frank Kelly explained: "While Declan is very businesslike, (more)...

Emmerdale star Jason Merrells has admitted that his character Declan Macey has no fears about owning Home Farm, despite the estate's supposed 'curse'. The village business has developed a poor reputation on screen after proving unlucky for a number of families over the years, including the Tate, King and Wylde clans. Last week, Declan ensured that Home Farm left the hands of the Wyldes as his ex-wife Ella (Corinne Wicks) bought their share of the estate. The former couple's daughter Mia (Sapphire Elia) and Declan's dad Dermot (Frank Kelly) will also become permanent fixtures at the business in the weeks ahead. Speaking of Home Farm's eventful history, Merrells told Soaplife: "A curse (more)...

Jason Merrells has hinted that Emmerdale fans can expect Home Farm to be the setting for "funnier" scenes once his screen family take over the business. Earlier this year, it was announced that Merrells's character Declan Macey is to take charge of the estate, where he will soon be joined by dad Dermot (Frank Kelly), ex-wife Ella (Corrinne Wicks) and Ella's daughter Mia (Sapphire Elia). The new era for Home Farm comes as the remaining members of the Wylde clan prepare to depart the village in the weeks ahead. Speaking about what is in store over the coming months, Merrells commented: "There is a whole family being landed on me and the way that each of them arrives is quite interesting. "I (more)...

Jason Merrells has revealed that Emmerdale's Declan Macey split from wife Ella because they were "geographically separate". Earlier this week, it was announced that Declan will gain control of the Home Farm estate and be joined in the ITV soap by his ex-wife Ella (Corrine Wicks), their daughter Mia (Sapphire Elia) and his father Dermot (Frank Kelly). Speaking to Digital Spy about the couple's divorce, Merrells said: "The way I imagine it is that we would have been geographically separate because of our businesses. "Drifted apart, not spoken, and because we are so driven, feisty and defensive, we probably played brinkmanship with each other over the divorce: 'Are you calling it?' 'No I'm calling it' (more)...

The Galway Film Centre and RTÉ funded short film 'The Ottoman Empire' has been chosen to screen at the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival in Sweden whilst Frank Kelly's experimental documentary, '140' has been selected to screen as part of the Downtown Film Festival in Los Angeles and Crossing the Line Film's series, 'Growing up Gay' has been nominated for 'Event of the Year' for the Galas. The Galway Film Centre and RTÉ funded short film 'The Ottoman Empire' has been chosen to screen at the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival in Sweden at the end of September. It has also been selected for a trio of American festivals including the Capital Irish 'Solas Nua' event as well as the Knoxville Horror Festival and the Southern Appalachian Festival in Tennessee.

The past few days at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival have whirred by me. From the world premieres of "140" (Frank Kelly's innovative effort in outsourcing filmmaking to a global community via Twitter), "Cancer to Capricorn: Path of the Modern Gypsy," Joshua Pomer's "The Westsiders" and hip-hop outreach flick "Bouncing Cats" starring Rock Steady Crew's Crazy Legs, the Nbff has once again cemented its position at the forefront of action sports and alternative indie programming.

There are the usual successes from the fest circuit here at play, but the true measures of this festival are its art and architecture and its action sports series, which manage to find audiences at both ends of the demographics spectrum and leave them wanting more. And there have been nightly soirees at Fashion Island's various restaurants and retail outlets, at which I’ve experienced the requisite amounts of Absolut, Stella Artois, tacos and Häagen-Dazs.

The past few days at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival have whirred by me. From the world premieres of "140" (Frank Kelly's innovative effort in outsourcing filmmaking to a global community via Twitter), "Cancer to Capricorn: Path of the Modern Gypsy," Joshua Pomer's "The Westsiders" and hip-hop outreach flick "Bouncing Cats" starring Rock Steady Crew's Crazy Legs, the Nbff has once again cemented its position at the forefront of action sports and alternative indie programming.

There are the usual successes from the fest circuit here at play, but the true measures of this festival are its art and architecture and its action sports series, which manage to find audiences at both ends of the demographics spectrum and leave them wanting more. And there have been nightly soirees at Fashion Island's various restaurants and retail outlets, at which I’ve experienced the requisite amounts of Absolut, Stella Artois, tacos and Häagen-Dazs.

140 people in 140 locations around the world, shoot 140 seconds of what connects them to their home. The result? A feature length documentary of poignant moments captured around the world at the same time.    This 80 minute piece is the Irish debut feature film, appropriately titled 140, from director Frank Kelly (pictured) and will showcase eight Aussies in its final cut.   The idea originated from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter which pressure people to communicate in brief sentences, often without correct grammar or sentence structure.   Kelly's idea was to take the restriction of Twitter, which only allows users to send messages containing 140 characters, and enlist filmmakers around the world to tell their creative story in 140 seconds on June 21, 2009.

'140', a feature length - twitter inspired – documentary, and 'Slan agus Beannacht', a dramatic short, both from director Frank Kelly (Emily's Song) are being screening for the first time this month. '140' was shot on 21 June this year, when 140 filmmakers in 140 different locations simultaneously shot 140 seconds of footage to demonstrate the connections between them and the places they call home. Frank tells Iftn the concept of the project presented itself when he realised he was becoming increasingly distracted by the blogging site, Twitter, and felt the need to incorporate it into his work to make his time spent on the site worthwhile.

'140', produced by Frank Kelly (Emily's Song) and involving the directorial talents of 140 filmmaker'140', produced by Frank Kelly (Emily's Song) and involving the directorial talents of 140 filmmakers, successfully shot and wrapped last night in 28 different countries worldwide. s, successfully shot and wrapped last night in 28 different countries worldwide. The film was inspired and co-ordinated via the micro-blogging site Twitter (where the character limit per message is 140). The call "Action" went out at 8pm Sunday night from Kelly's mobile phone where 140 filmmakers simultaneously shot 140 seconds of footage to capture what it was that connects them to their home, time and place.

Director Frank Kelly (Emily's Song, Bill for Short) is gearing up for the production of two new upcoming films: the short - 'Slan agus Beannacht' and feature doc '140' based on the blogging website Twitter.com. 'Slan agus Beannacht' tells the story of Pat, a rent collector who has walked the same route for 30 years. But with increasing violence on the streets and a changing Ireland he now stands to lose friends, his job and his way of life. The short will feature the acting talents of Paschal Scott (Killinaskully), Gerry Shanahan (Colour From the Dark), Shane Murray Corcoran (King Arthur, Angelas Ashes), Eric O'Brien (Emily's Song), Noel Kelly (George Gentle: Bomber's Moon, Bill for Short) and Tony Leddy. Jj Rolfe (Satellites & Meteorites) is Dop with shooting to take place in Drogheda and Dundalk in April for one week.