Dan Cooper

Jan 17, 2025 | filmstories.co.uk | Dan Cooper

Film Stories chats to Stewart Homan of Dream Cars, one of the UK’s leading companies in film industry car supply. This article first appeared in Film Stories issue 45 in August 2023. At one point or another, you’ve likely had to deal with car trouble. To most of us, though, cars operate through an indecipherable form of pixie magic, and the thought of having to spend time figuring out how that magic works?

Jan 17, 2025 | filmstories.co.uk | Dan Cooper

America has lost a unique talent. David Lynch’s passing leaves behind an indelible and bewitching body of work. David Lynch has passed away at the age of 78. It follows last year’s announcement that he had been diagnosed with emphysema and may never direct again. According to Deadline, Lynch’s health worsened after he had to evacuate from his home due to the Los Angeles wildfires.

Jan 17, 2025 | filmstories.co.uk | Dan Cooper

Osgood Perkins’ new film, following Longlegs, is The Monkey, spun from a Stephen King story. Here’s the red band trailer. Osgood Perkins is following up his success with Longlegs in 2024 with an early 2025 release: The Monkey, his spin on one of Stephen King’s classic short stories. It releases in UK cinemas on the 25th February and we have a new trailer to stoke our anticipation. A red band trailer at that, so no watching if you’re easily corrupted/scared/likely to complain to our boss.

Jan 17, 2025 | filmstories.co.uk | Dan Cooper

Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee is producing – and may direct – the Hal Ashby-inspired military comedy drama, Liberty. Spike Lee is a hard-working director who continues to put out searing films that question the status quo. Given the currently febrile nature of America’s cultural and political landscape, the veteran filmmaker seems energised to continue doing what he’s been doing for the last four decades.

Jan 16, 2025 | filmstories.co.uk | Dan Cooper

Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is heading west for a French-Japanese co-production. When Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car (pictured) won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film in 2021, it ensured that the Japanese director’s next film would be on the radar of a much larger audience. That film, Evil Does Not Exist, released in 2023 to further acclaim, telling the story of a father and daughter whose Japanese village becomes the target for a new camping site.