Can you hear me now?

This is a great little montage of different explanations filmakers have come up with to explain why people don't simply use their mobile phones to get out of a fix.

John Hughes RIP

John Hughes died yesterday at 59 years old.

I'm a big fan of his films, especially The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueiller, and Planes Trains and Automobiles.

She's Having A Baby is a particular favourite. It's not one of his better known films but it's worth checking out for all the cameos - Kevin Bacon hails a cab and the cabbie is Steve Martin! I love it's classic sob-fest sequence near the end where the baby is being born and Kate Bush's track This Woman's Work is playing underneath.

Here's a little montage of some of his films.

4Day Movie - one of the best bits.

The 4Day Movie, a collaberative effort made as part of the Darklight Festival is a montage off the work of a number of people who shot around dublin last Thursday. The whole thing was spliced together to create a feature of sorts.
Below is a longer version of what appeared towards the end of the movie, it got a great reaction from the crowd, and was one of my favourite pieces, in fact I've been raving about it a little, so I'm glad it's online now!

Virtual Cinema

The 10 videos made as part of the Wildlight Virtual Cinema scheme are online now!

Here is my favourite.

The new Lighthouse opens it's doors

I went to the Lighthouse Cinema opening in Smithfield last night. It's a fantastic space with loads of seating and chilling areas and 4 great screens. All cinemas feature nice comfy seats with decent legroom. Screen 2, (pictured with Susan and Audrey seated) is the most colorful.

The film we saw was Priceless with Audrey Tatou, a frivolous french comedy that has a better title sequence than script. The print was a bit dusty but I guess that was because it's old (the movie was released in 2006). 

I'm looking forward to making regular trips to Smithfield, I think people are going to love the Lighthouse.