Where to Begin with Costa and Resnais

For the BFI, I wrote a piece on Where to begin with Pedro Costa. 

Earlier in the year, I also wrote about Where to begin with Alain Resnais, but for some reason I never posted a link on this blog. You can read it here. 

The Irishman

I reviewed THE IRISHMAN for Filmuforia. You can read it here. 

VENEZIA

I reviewed the excellent VENEZIA for Filmuforia, here. The post also contains a few words on LOVE TYPE D. 

10 Great shorts that became features

To coincide with the release of Thunder Road (which I previously reviewed for The Skinny, here), I wrote about ten great shorts that became features for the BFI. Read it here. 

How Weimar cinema influenced six modern genres

I wrote a piece for the BFI looking at how Weimar cinema influenced six modern film genres. Read it here. 

JANUARY Wraps Filming

In 2016, I was hired by producer Vanya Rainova to co-write the feature length screenplay for JANUARY, alongside the film's director, Andrey Paounov. Inspired by Yordan Radichkov's play of the same name, JANUARY is a surreal tale of five men stuck in a snowstorm at the edge of the world, who try to solve a mystery as it slowly devours them. Andrey and I have described our take on the material as 'WAITING FOR GODOT meets THE SHINING'. Perhaps that will give you an idea of what to expect, perhaps not…

Either way, I'm pleased to say that JANUARY has now finished filming. I wasn't on set, but the shoot seems to have gone well. Some beautiful behind the scenes stills can be found below.

Radichkov has been described as 'Bulgaria's most distinctly-voiced, locally rooted, yet universal author of the past century', and in 2001 he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. I had a huge amount of fun adapting the play, and I'm extremely excited to see how the final film turns out.

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photos by Svetoslav Stoyanov. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Photo by Boryana Pandova. © Portokal

Thunder Road

I reviewed THUNDER ROAD for The Skinny. You can read it here.