Welcome back after three months away. With just one away from the big 100, and with days remaining of Pride Month 2020, the Filmotomy Podcast talks LGBT cinema. Robin Write is joined by the wisdom of his wing-man Doug and newcomer to the show Sarah as they discuss Filmotomy’s top 50 LGBT films results as […]
Filmotomy Podcast 99: Wrapping Up LGBT Pride Month Read More »
The Reading, Writing, Arithmetic mantra was established at Filmotomy to issue regular, insightful links from the film world that were certainly worth repeating. It’s been a while, for all manner of reasons, since we last bombarded you with recommended weblinks. But now, we return. The 40th edition takes advantage of Pride Month 2020, with several
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As voted for by many of you, here are the results of the humongous poll to find out what you all collectively believe to be the greatest LGBT films. I slogged my guts out for hours once again to cram all 50 into the 4 minute video you are about to see. Plus I sprinkled
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*** Sorry, the voting is now closed *** So June is officially Pride Month. No it’s nothing to do with the ancient sins. On the contrary, this is when we unite in celebration of the LGBT communities all across the planet. The event’s bookmarking in June goes way back to the Stonewall demonstrations in 1969.
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As you may have seen on Twitter yesterday, I started posting the results of the Rewriting Cannes Film Festival History poll we ran. A huge thank you to those of you that participated in what was a monstrously extensive poll – covering all 72 Cannes competitions thus far. The votes were tallied and produced some
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Whispering Corridors (1998) Yeogo Goedam Directed by Ki-hyung Park Whispering Corridors should be placed in the genre of films encompassing the horrors of school, along with Suspiria and Carrie. School corridors are rife with rear and loathing, often due to a teacher who insists on pupils treating each other as enemies and competitors rather than
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Many of the film lovers of the universe didn’t perhaps even know you were anticipating this wonder. After a terrific theatrical run, an ever increasing one, the illustrious Tigers Are Not Afraid from writer/director Issa López is now right there on demand at the good old scare-folks at Shudder. Watch Tigers Are Not Afraid on
With just seven days to go until the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival, Robin invites two of this year’s jury members to talk about their experience in this field. Director of Pulsar, which opens the festival, Aurora Fearnley, and short film publicist and festival manager, Niccolo Montanari, share their film-related history and current ventures. The main
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Firstly, thank you to Melanie Belmonte, the Femme Filmmakers Festival Delegate, who was a huge part of selecting these films. And boy, was it tough. Finding just 20 short films for the official selection from countless, excellent films was tricky business. So, as well as those 20 shorts, speed across the 10 days of the
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I recently began writing my first screenplay. My story, which centers on a male protagonist, is not only something I love to tell, but I’ve never had more fun writing anything in my life… that was, until I started developing the main female protagonist. I approached her first scene-stealing moment filled with excitement, but almost
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