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27 October 2021
Top Picks + Malignant: In praise of creature features
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green, Eddy Durnan
After a couple of weeks’ break for LFF, we are joined by guest Eddy Durnan, a Mydy subscriber, supporter, and a film buff with a long-standing career in visual effects to talk about (the somewhat maligned) Malignant.
A trip down memory lane brings up discussions around Dirty Dancing and Pretty Woman...
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26 October 2021
Vanguard Film Festival at Arnolfini
by Elizabeth Mizon
The Vanguard Film Festival was the final of three events making up Vanguard x Vans: On The Screen in Bristol this autumn, a “celebration of street art and skateboarding history”. An advertising boon for skateboarding apparel manufacturer Vans, no doubt, the festival also served to draw attention to street art collective Vanguard’s debut exhibition at M Shed: Bristol Street Art: The Evolution of a Global Movement, which runs until 31st October.
That the organisations chose to split their (...) Continue Reading »
20 October 2021
Q&A with Mila Araoz, director of FILMS OF FURY - EFN CRITICS’ AWARD WINNER
by Mydylarama team
A short documentary following a young couple as they prepare to make their first action film in El Alto, Bolivia. Films Of Fury won the Critics’ Choice Prize at the latest edition of Emerging Filmmakers Night. We chatted to Mila about her work.
Well done for your win for Films Of Fury. What an original, offbeat and truly moving short film. Could you tell us more about its inception? How did you meet our protagonists? Why Bolivia?
I am half Bolivian, so I spend a lot of time in the (...) Continue Reading »
Investigative journalism website Declassified UK) is back with this short doc. At only 26 minutes, it lays bare Britain’s complicity in the atrocities committed in Yemen, while the people on the ground in Warton are kept in the dark. Presenter Matt Kennard elicits a range of reactions. Some residents are just happy with the job creation that comes with the industry but others express sad and shock and remark that money is better spent dealing with the current misery and poverty plaguing the (...) Continue Reading »
24 September 2021
Our Picks + Little Fires Everywhere *UPDATED*
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
*Due to a technical glitch, this episode was reuploaded on 25/09/21*
This week, our focus is the series Little Fires Everywhere. Based on the book by Celeste Ng, the miniseries tells the intertwined stories of Black single mother artist Mia and White suburban housewife Elena and their ramifications. It’s a series that’s rich and complex in perspectives, strands and ideas. We discuss issues it brings up around privilege and motherhood, adoption and abortion, mixed race friendships and the (...) Continue Reading »
5 September 2021
Our Picks + Zola
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
More Slasher talk! We go back in time to Series 2 this time to discuss gore, twists, popularity and the show’s knack for realistic edges. We also highlight Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord, available to watch on Netflix.
Our focus this week is Zola, a brash, colourful, ballsy filmic take on a viral Twitter thread by stripper Aziah "Zola" King and the Rolling Stone article based on it "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted".
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Every now and then we highlight a quality short that’s caught our attention. This one’s available to view online and is reviewed by writer Nia Jones.
Floppy Toast with Drippy Butter A short film by Lone Pine Pictures Written by Simon Jefferson and Paul Stainthorpe
A troubled, bullied teen, Chloe (Ellie Bindman) is struggling to cope with the situation at her new school. Finding her way in desperation to a bridge, she encounters a mysterious stranger who could offer her some hope, the (...) Continue Reading »
Animator Tiffany Tong won the Critics’ Choice Award at the last edition of Emerging Filmmakers Night for her short Moth. She tells us a bit more about the film and her background in animation. Moth is available to view online.
There is so much to unpack in the 3 minute run-time of Moth. First of all, can you explain the choice of title?
Moths are attracted to light, drawn to bright lights. It represents Hong Kong residents, seeking the light in the dark, like chasing hope in the dark. (...) Continue Reading »
19 August 2021
Our Picks + Slasher: Solstice
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
This week, we focus mainly on the third season of serial killer anthology Slasher, to mark the release of season 4 on Shudder. We touch on the excesses of social media, lynch mob mentality, accurate socio-economic depictions and plot twists!
Our top picks include Palestine Action - A Year Of Direct Action Against Elbit Systems UK by Real Media, a doc which as its title suggests explores the effective tactics of direct action. It’s free to watch on their website.
As well as 2018 film Trial (...) Continue Reading »
28 July 2021
Our Picks + MLMs and On Becoming A God In Central Florida
by Abla Kandalaft, Coco Green
We’re back! Our latest episode following our month-long break managed to bring together our regular go to topics: MLMs, cults and skincare.
We discuss American series On Becoming a God in Central Florida, starring Kirsten Dunst as a low paid amusement park employee who climbs the rank of a pyramid scheme type marketing company called Fam. We talk about multi-level marketing (MLMs), their legality, their implications for family and society and their history. We briefly mention the series The (...) Continue Reading »
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