Computing the Outside World - Q & A with Grant Orchard

Grant Orchard, director of his own brand of quirky computer animated films, has quickly garnered attention. His Love Sport series, which started out with a few human dots bouncing around on a neon green computer generated field, was picked up by QOOBTV - the Italian division of MTV. QOOB funded a 10 part series of […]

(A dog barks) takes on Toronto Film!

In an effort to spread our wings and discover more of the fabulous films out there, (A dog barks) blog is including the Toronto film scene in its coverage. We’re also hoping to include the Brazilian film scene in the near future, with our sights set on Sao Paulo. You can look forward to […]

A Slice of Human Caviar - Q & A with Paul Senior

On March 27th 1998, Paul Senior woke up, took a picture of himself and went about his life. For nigh a decade this routine continued until Paul had amassed a mountain of mug shots that documented the slow, barely perceptible changes in himself. Bad haircuts, glum days, unfortunate outfits are all recorded here in the […]

Punishing Lust, Caution - Media Ban on Film Star, Tang Wei

The China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television recently banned actor Tang Wei from appearing in the Chinese media, presumably for staring in the sexually explicit film, Lust, Caution by Ang Lee. The ban clearly singles Wei out, while no punitive steps were taken against her male co-star, Tony Leung, who appeared in the […]

The Pearce Sisters - Winner of the 2008 BAFTA (Short Film Animation)

I’ve found both a wonderful blog and a wonderful short. “Short of the Week” is a blog with a fairly self-explanatory title but I’ll spell it out for you. Each week, a fav short film is posted. This week’s choice was Luis Cook’s “The Pearce Sisters.” The film is based on a short […]

Hollywood Strikes: The Sequel

While the writers’ strike in Hollywood never concluded with a clear victory, at least the writers weathered the three month storm and gained some demands. I always enjoy the strike effect on the general population. Suddenly, everyone realizes who was providing all that taken-for-granted stuff. “Matthew Fox doesn’t come up with Jack’s lines himself, who […]

Running through Memory with Nic Kemp - Q & A

Welcome to our second installment of the Barking Film series! It’s Nic Kemp’s turn on the hot seat, answering questions about her film installation, “Memory Run”.
It is best viewed under very specific conditions: two floor to ceiling screens project two different scenes, which are in fact part of the same film. This is topped off […]

Filming the Divide - Q & A with Tony Johnson

First up in our ongoing series on the directors and films loved by (A dog barks) is Tony Johnson, who talks about his film “A Garganta do Diabo” shot at the Iquaca Falls in Brazil. By observing the tourist site in operation around the Falls, his film gently criticizes and commiserates with the tourists over […]

Barking Dogs, Directors and Films

Visit! And Watch Often! We’re in the middle of our Barking Film series. Up next is Paul Senior, talking about his short “Human Caviar” which was selected by Channel Four for its documentary website and played at the Camden and East End Film Festivals.
For the first time ever, our directors will talk candidly about […]

Alternative Oscar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTiOgZ9iOVo

Each year the Academy Awards seem to take another dive in credibility. This year about five films got nominated, sharing all the big awards betwixt them. Yup, the Oscars believe There Will Be Blood, Michael Clayton, Atonement, Juno and No Country for Old Men are basically the only films worth seeing in 2007.On the fringes […]