Ben West

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: March 2022

    A woman with a black hole for a head, a charity badminton tournament and a world full of happy dildos and flaccid-nosed creatures all feature in one of our weirdest Best of the Month playlists ever.

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    Sci‑Fi Factory Fifteen

    ANA

    In this impressive sci-fi teaser from the creative studio that brought you "Robots of Brixton" & "Jonah", the sole worker in a futuristic car manufacturing plant is tricked into relinquishing control to the artificial intelligence that runs production.

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    Drama Anna Maguire

    Your Mother and I

    Based on a short story by Dave Eggers, Johnna's dad talks too much, and Johnna herself lives inside her head. 'Your Mother and I' looks at the small moments that belie the larger tensions between families and generations, whilst Johnna's dad recounts all the ways he and his wife changed the world. Or so he says.

  • Festival

    A S/W-Centric Guide to Encounters 2020

    With UK's leading short film festival forced online, we dive into the Encounters 2020 programme and take a look at what the festival has to offer this year - including some new films from some old S/W favourites

  • Festival

    A Shorts-Centric Recap of TIFF 2020

    With TIFF adopting a hybrid approach - featuring live screenings, online rentals and a virtual library - we take a short centric look at what this year's festival had to offer.

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    Documentary Max Joseph

    Dicks: Do You Need to be One to be a Successful Leader?

    Coming off his Zac Efron-starring debut feature "We Are Your Friends", filmmaker Max Joseph has a pressing question—is he too nice to be a great director? An essay-like exploration ensues, which is a fascinating watch for young creatives everywhere

  • Interview

    Interview with Super Deluxe

    I had the chance to throw a few questions at Dan Pasternack, the man behind content programming at Super Deluxe, about Derek & Simon and how online entertainment is more "ballsy" than television.

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    Drama Jan Van Dyck

    The Nipple Whisperer

    A retired nipple whisperer (Denis Lavant) is coaxed out of retirement at the request of his former muse

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