Dan Hollis

Dan Hollis graduated from the University of Sussex and Studied Digital Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. He shot and edited a New York based web series called The Madness of Art and 'This Is The Winter Crew', a documentary about Coney Island.

The Silent House

The Silent House

3rd April 2011

‘Real Fear in Real Time’, reads the tagline, and for once it’s an accurate marketing shtick.

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Another Year

Another Year

26th February 2011

An unconventionally told tale of conventional middle-class angst, Another Year is quite special.

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Robin Hood

Robin Hood

19th September 2010

The action is kinetic and exciting and I absolutely cannot fault the cinematography, but I wouldn’t expect anything less from the director of Blade Runner. What I would expect is a dose of originality.

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The Scouting Book For Boys

The Scouting Book For Boys

21st August 2010

It longs, unashamedly, to be a quirky, parochial indie-comedy, whilst striving, also, to hit those Loach, Leigh and Meadows notes of gritty slice-of-life gravitas.

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Jez Lewis

Jez Lewis

13th June 2010

Pure Movies talks to filmmaker Jez Lewis about Shed Your Tears And Walk Away.

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Shed Your Tears and Walk Away

Shed Your Tears and Walk Away

13th June 2010

Shed Your Tears And Walk Away is one man’s desperate bid to save his childhood friends from death.

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The Road

The Road

30th May 2010

Any filmic adaptation of a loved and lauded novel inevitably draws intense scrutiny over its ‘faithfulness’ and rightly so; this, however, is arguably one of most impressive reincarnations I’ve ever seen.

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Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

15th May 2010

Viggo Mortensen talks about becoming the man, film adaptations and, his latest film, The Road.

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Johnny Mad Dog

Johnny Mad Dog

16th March 2010

As with van Sant’s Palme D’Or winning masterpiece, Johnny Mad Dog portrays young teenagers as terrifyingly consummate killers.

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Paper Heart

Paper Heart

9th February 2010

Paper Heart is an ostensibly harmless indie film about love, that, when stripped of its oh-so-quirky gloss coat, reveals a far more intelligent animal

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