Pick up June's edition of the paper or read the article online here: Brixton Blog Link
"Brixton film maker debuts first feature film Across the River"
Great review of Across the River on Battle Royale With Cheese
Great review by @lastcaress1972 of Across the River on Battle Royale With Cheese:
http://battleroyalewithcheese.com/2017/06/across-river-film-review/ …
““a charming and intimate micro-slice of life”
”the principals are relatable and sweet”
”however well-meant we may have been, we’ve all flubbed the end of a relationship. We wanted to ride off into the sunset and instead we fell off the back of the horse and into the horseshit. Across the River gives us that second go at “Good-bye” we’d all like to have taken, at least once.””
New Poster
One of the greatest pleasures and most frustrating pains of independent film-making is having to do loads of the little things yourself. Here's my latest effort at a poster for the upcoming screening at the East End Film Festival. Get your tickets here btw: https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/film/eeff2017-across-river-qa-london-premiere#booking
Across the River London Premiere at East End Film Festival
Across the River, a true London film, is going to get a proper London Premiere at the East End Film Festival on Sunday 18th June 5.30pm, Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, London E1 6LA More details here: http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/programme-archive/across-the-river/
Interview with Warren about financing Across the River
Warren spoke to Libby Harris about raising the money to make Across the River. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAUZlQu9tw
Critical Movie Critics Interview with Elizabeth Healey
Good interview here: http://thecriticalcritics.com/interviews/interview-elizabeth-healey/
"Because the film was to be totally improvised the rehearsal was a bit different from any other film I’ve been involved in. Warren, Keir and I talked through together in detail what the storyline was and what was happening at any point in the timeline of the film. We then walked the route, through London that we would be taking during filming, so we had a good idea of where we would be. It also allowed us to include any ideas into the film that came to mind as we explored the route."
Critical Movie Critics Interview with Warren B. Malone
Nice Interview here: bit.ly/2odSDpR
"Very early on the morning of what was supposed to be the first day of the last weekend of the main shoot, Zara started having contractions and the birth of my film had to be put on hold for the birth of my daughter Lula."
Critical Movie Critics Review of Across The River
http://thecriticalcritics.com/reviews/movie-review-across-the-river/
"low on plot but full of life, and radically different than most movies you will see this year. ...it’s an interesting film that’s often emotionally resonant.
...an intimate movie that works on the audience slowly, revealing the emotional life of the two characters in gestures, reactions, and awkward pauses.
Healey and Charles share the screen, often in intense close-up, for the movie’s total 75 mins running time, and it’s their believable and understated chemistry — familiar and awkward at once — that is the film’s real success.
...moving, charming, and often funny, and even sometimes riveting in its simplicity and honesty."
Across the River is playing at the Maryland International Film Festival
Across the River will be playing at this lovely festival near Washington DC on Saturday April 1st 2017
http://www.marylandiff.com/washington-county-library-saturday.html
Interview with Warren about Across the River in Film Debate
"It was conceived to be an improvised project so it [improvisation] was expected rather than allowed! I know it’s just about possible with “the magic of cinema” (editing basically) to recreate the freshness and truth of those singular moments created by actors riffing; but those moments are so precious and wonderful that greedily, I wanted as many of them as I could get."
