Jimmy Dean

Dec 10, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Jimmy Dean |Mark Cunliffe

Second Run have been spoiling me over the last few weeks. Hot off the heels of their incredible release of Days and Afternoon: Two Films by Tsing Ming-Liang, they’ve released Fugitive Images – Selected works by Andrea Luka Zimmerman.

Nov 25, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Jimmy Dean

I only watched Goodbye Dragon Inn for the first time in 2022. I hadn’t seen anything like it before. I wasn’t new to slower cinema, but I was new to Tsai Ming-liang, who seemed to have cast a spell on me — I was transfixed by his images and blown away by his ability to conjure an atmosphere that was both haunting and romantic. He instantly became one of those directors where I wanted to get my hands on everything he’d ever made. Sometimes life gets in the way and his work went unwatched.

Nov 18, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Jimmy Dean

To cap off my coverage of London Film Festival I want to spotlight six of my favourite discoveries from this year. There’s nothing quite like sitting down and discovering a new voice, an emerging actor or experiencing a fresh way of challenging perceptions. Mahmood Bakri and Aram Sabbah deliver stunning performances which bring real depth to Mahdi Fleifel’s first fiction feature To A Land Unknown.

Nov 1, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Jimmy Dean

For whatever reason, I’ve unfairly neglected the Documentary Competition at London Film Festival. This year, I sort of stumbled upon it. I think the best thing about LFF is that, if you go looking, you’ll always find a good surprise. As I was unable to make it into town most days due to Long Covid, I turned to the Digital Viewing Library to get my fix. Luckily for me, a number of the Documentary Competition were available and I thought I’d check them out.

Oct 23, 2024 | thegeekshow.co.uk | Jimmy Dean

I love London Film Festival. As soon as the summer rolls around I’m counting down the days until the festival kicks off. My short film V played in the festival in 2017 and being granted a filmmaker’s pass was like finding a golden ticket. We saw over forty films that year — a three week intensive rush of inspiration, flying around Central London, fuelled by coffee and with a hunger to absorb everything on offer.