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Lena Dunham and the Second Wave of Mumblecore

Charlie Phillips | Posted 16.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Girls, Feminist Tv, Mumblecore, Tiny Furniture, Lena Dunham, UK Entertainment, Ukfilm, Lena Dunham Tiny Furniture, Lena Dunham Girls, Home News
Charlie Phillips

It doesn't matter whether you like Girls or not - the bigger story is that new people are taking over your screens. Dunham is an exciting high point in the slow emergence of Mumblecore, the mid-2000s low-budget movie phenomenon that fascinated indie film lovers but barely made it to UK screens.

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Wes Anderson - For and Against

Charlotte Skeoch | Posted 06.06.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Ukfilm, The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, Hipsters, Wes Anderson, Mumblecore, Film Directors, UK Entertainment News
Charlotte Skeoch

If there's one director that divides opinion more dramatically than Moses divided the Red Sea, it's Wes Anderson. Like a walking, talking, film directing Twiglet, you either love him or you hate him.

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A Solution for the British Film Industry?

Ben Falk | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Blair Witch Project, Simon Phillips, David Cameron, Mumblecore, Robert Englund, Shaun of the Dead, How to Stop Being a Loser, Roger Corman, Chris Smith, Nightmare on Elm Street, Gemma-Atkinson, Star Wars, UK Film, Harry Potter, Jean Claude Van Damme, Mark Hamill, UK Entertainment News
Ben Falk

There's been plenty of talk about the state of the British film industry lately - calls for more King's Speeches, more commercially viable movie product that will generate money and is worth investing in in the first place. What the bigwigs fail to understand is how frail the infrastructure of the homegrown industry is.

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