by Raindance | 25 January, 2021 | Directing, Filmmaking Career, Interviews, Producing
We spoke to Michael Shlain, the Director/Producer, about his new short film In a Foreign Town. Q1. Raindance: For our readers that are new to the works of Thomas Ligotti, could you tell us a little bit about him? Michael Shlain: Thomas Ligotti is one of the truly...
by Oli Picken | 23 December, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Interviews, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Screenwriting
Photo credit: Daniel D. Moses Candice is a newly released short film, written by short filmmaker Alexei Slater, directed by George Watson and produced by Dom Riley. After a run at festivals, the short is seeing wider internet distribution through the YouTube platform...
by Jade Tartaruga | 5 December, 2020 | Directing, Documentary, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Interviews, Post-Production, Producing, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Technical Craft, Web Content
Group photo of Arazo at Capital One Cafe in DC. Left to right: Artem Koker, Nathan Cushing and Sohrab Jafarzadeh. When the coronavirus first took the world by storm, many businesses large and small took a hit, with the small ones being in the majority. One such...
by Nina Romain | 1 December, 2020 | Directing, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Interviews
When it comes to horror films, everyone can think of one famous and evil object that’s either a grim warning or bringer of doom. A few of the more famous could be the Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s saw or Jack Torrance’s axe in The Shining, as well as The Hellraiser’s...
by Oli Picken | 27 July, 2020 | Directing, Film History, Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Interviews, Producing, Screenwriting
Picture Credit: © Daniel D. Moses I caught up with the writer/director, Louis Chan, and producer, Jonathan Caicedo-Galindo of Stationary, a short film portraying the reunion of estranged friends, drug dealer Che (Rebekah Murrell) and reformed, soon-to-be-graduate...
by Harvey Puttock | 4 May, 2020 | Filmmaking, Interviews, Post-Production, Technical Craft
Visual effects are a huge part of the film industry, and aren’t just limited to big budget Hollywood films. I recently got to interview Vicki Lau, a VFX professional, using the social distanced medium of email. Vicki has been in the industry for 6 years with...
