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Advertising is the new music video
Tue, Sep 22 2009 1:32 AM

Shane Meadows is a remarkably pragmatic director. This afternoon -- probably already past, for any UK readers -- Meadows will appear at London's Nokia store to hype up a promotional stunt tied in to the London Film Festival. Aspiring filmmakers are invited to submit a 90-minute short on Nokia's behalf showing "what being connect in 2009 means to... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: David Fincher, Somers Town, Shane Meadows, This Is England, Michel Gondry, David Lynch, Spike Jonze, London Film Festival 2009

Product placement.
Thu, Aug 28 2008 4:25 PM

There's an interesting piece at the Guardian from David Cox, who sees end times-signs in the fact that Shane Meadows' "Somers Town" (which, I know, enough already) was paid for by Eurostar: "A fateful Rubicon has been crossed," he declares. Meadows didn't extract money from Eurostar to facilitate a project of his own. He agreed... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Biz, Somers Town, Shane Meadows, Eurostar, Burger King, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr

Escaping the kitchen sink (with the help of some corporate sponsorship).
Thu, Aug 14 2008 3:10 PM

In the new issue of Sight & Sound, Mark Sinker makes a nice point about Shane Meadows' "Somers Town" and his rebellion in general against working class miserablism: Kitchen Sink made speech and street into stifling prisons; for Meadows, protesting the obligatory disenchantments of a later age, they're often more like dreamscapes, to play... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Thomas Turgoose, Somers Town, Shane Meadows, Eurostar, This Is England, Bartley Gorman, King of the Gypsies, Kitchen Sink

Trailering: "Somers Town," "The Brothers Bloom."
Thu, Jul 24 2008 3:35 PM

There's a trailer up for Shane Meadows' sublimely small-scale "Somers Town" here. Here's my review of the film from Tribeca -- for my money, it's even better than Meadows' last, "This is England," taking up again with that film's lead and great discovery, Thomas Turgoose. No U.S. distribution in sight, alas. And here's... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Trailering, Thomas Turgoose, Rian Johnson, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, The Brothers Bloom, Somers Town, Rachel Weisz, Shane Meadows, Rinko Kikuchi