Hard to believe it's been almost four months since my last blog post, during which time I've been busy being busy: finishing my first book, leaving behind the freelance world for full-time employment and planning new projects for 2015. On the book front, a few unexpected occurrences - including the announcement of a fifth film... Continue Reading →
Big screen debut in A Dangerous Game
That headline is perhaps slightly misleading, in that I've not appeared in Anthony Baxter's latest film, A Dangerous Game, but some footage I filmed has. Let me explain... Between 2011 and 2014 I was lucky enough to be involved with Scotland's finest cinema, the Screen Machine, a mobile unit which takes films to some of the... Continue Reading →
Covering Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014
Another bumper year of interviews at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Tremors book cover and trailer online
The cover and trailer from my upcoming book are now online.
Time to end Reel Time
Today sees the publication in the Edinburgh Evening News of my final Reel Time, the weekly film column I've been writing since January 2009. Since then the word count has dropped gradually from 500 to 350 to the current 300 and my (very rough) calculations tell me I've written somewhere in the region of 100,000... Continue Reading →
New interviews on the BBC
We're lucky to have some fantastic film festivals here in Scotland, meaning I can head along with my (well, the BBC's) trusty microphone and gather together various interviews for future broadcast on the Radio Scotland Culture Studio. In February I was at the Glasgow Film Festival, where I spoke to director Richard Ayoade about his... Continue Reading →
Writing the guide to Tremors
Details of my first book, Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors.
Creating content with MovieMail
Details of my role working with MovieMail.
Short Circuit feature in SFX
A return to SFX with a feature on cult movie, Short Circuit.
