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The daunting mystery of the suddenly tragic death of a young man is being revealed as the independent movie, ‘August Falls,’ which has just started filming its principal photography. The mystery film, which is being directed by Sam Hancock, is being shot entirely on location in Berkeley and Oakland, California. ‘August Falls,’ which was co-written by Hancock, marks the second movie helmed by the director. He made his feature film directorial debut with the drama ‘Being Us,’ which launched on national VOD this week. “It’s really exciting to be able to start production on a new film the same day our first feature receives an international release. Seeing one project [ Read More ]

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Chad Michael Murray and Kenzie Dalton's seven-year engagement has come to an end, but sadly, not with a wedding. The 32-year-old actor's rep confirms to Us Weekly that the longtime couple has split. "Chad Michael Murray and Kenzie Dalton quietly parted ways earlier in the year," his rep told Us in a statement Friday, Sept. 20. "Please respect their privacy at this time." Murray and Dalton, 25, met on the set of One Tree Hill, where Murray starred as Lucas Scott and Dalton played a cheerleader extra. They [...]...

Interview James Hunt 18 Jun 2013 - 07:00

James chats to directing legend Dirk Maggs about Hitchhiker's, superheroes, Neverwhere, sci-fi, and making radio sound sexy, big, and raw...

As a radio writer and director, Dirk Maggs' body of work is about as impressive as it gets. As well as being hand-selected by Douglas Adams to continue the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series, he's also responsible for this year's smash-hit adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and the Hitchiker's Live touring stage show. James managed to catch up with him for a chat about life, the universe, and everything geeky.

So last year you did the Hitchhiker's Live tour, which reunited the radio cast on stage and had people like Stephen Fry and Neil Gaiman guesting as the voice of the book. And clearly, it was a great success, because as well as releasing the live recording, you're doing another run this year,...

Title: Us Director: Sam Hancock Starring: Alanna Ubach, Michael Navarra, Patrick Russell, Rolf Saxon, Barbara Niven A recent world premiere at the 16th annual Dances With Films, the Los Angeles-set “Us” offers up an unusual yet sympathetically pitched examination of mental illness through the rubric of a weird love triangle. Anchored by a superlative lead turn from Alanna Ubach, this micro-budgeted, worthwhile indie feature could, given a wide enough audience, serve as an important pivot-point for the actress, leading her into more dramatic terrain. At first glance, Margaret (Ubach) seems like just a garden variety alcoholic — another thirtysomething wounded bird who drowns her unhappiness in booze and unfulfilling sexual [ Read More ]

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Fox has one of its better slates coming your way with the new season, especially if you take the midseason shows into account. Some of these shows may not jump out at you now as must-see, but some of them are going to take over, if I’m any judge anyway.

Clear showcase offerings Dads, Almost Human, and Us & Them are guaranteed to take off early. Almost Human has J.J. Abrams recognition to pull people in, though it looks to be a show that could flounder after a few episodes, even if I hope it doesn’t. The other two are going to become hits. Unfortunately, we have to wait until mid-season for the Gavin & Stacey remake.

Rake also looks like a winner, as long as the translation can be made to work as an Americanized product, and the show actually delivers what made the Australian original so brilliant.

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Recording devices are always evolving – from 16mm cameras to iPad apps – offering film-makers the chance to innovate

The summer of 1960 heralded a critical period in the history of film and it had to do with the 16mm camera. "Just one thing held documentaries back from being free-form, fluid slices of life until this point," says Mandy Chang, director and producer of The Camera That Changed the World, which airs on BBC4 next month. "The fact that for decades, films were mainly shot on unwieldy, 35mm cameras requiring lots of paraphernalia."

Smaller cameras were available, but film-makers were restricted by their noisy winding mechanisms – forcing them to shoot silent. "This dictated both a certain style and approach in documentary-making, and many were set in studio," explains Chang.

The 16mm, hand-held cameras enabled what came to be known as location-based "direct cinema", pioneered in the Us by film-makers such as Richard Leacock...