The charity shop movie hunt
by Film Stories | Jul 10, 2019 | Feature
Break away from algorithms choosing your movies, and head off to the local charity shop with a few quid instead....
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Making a low budget science fiction movie exist
by Film Stories | Jul 04, 2019 | Feature
How do you set about making a feature film by yourself – both creatively and financially? We ask Claire Daly. C...
Polygon Treehouse and making the jump to indie
by Gareth Dutton | Jul 03, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Polygon Treehouse tell us what it’s like to go from a major triple-A studio to making games as a two-man indie team
Quiz Answers: 3rd July 2020 (Big Willie Style!)
by Mark Harrison | Jul 03, 2019 | Feature
Here are the answers to our quiz from 3rd July 2020 – how did you do?...
Indie cinema focus: Theatr Colwyn, Colwyn Bay
by Film Stories | Jul 02, 2019 | Feature
A salute to another quality British independent cinema - this time in Colwyn Bay....
Out of the Box: The return of the escape room
by Steven T Wright | Jul 01, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
A new generation of games prove there’s still life hiding in an oft-overlooked genre.
Making 24 Hours in 8 days
by Film Stories | Jun 28, 2019 | Feature
Diane Knight reflects on the highs and lows of an eight-day shoot....
The last video rental store in Scotland closes
by Film Stories | Jun 27, 2019 | Feature
An era ends in Scotland as the video shop that outlasted Blockbuster shuts its doors for the last time....
Quiz Answers: 25th June 2020 (Shark Week!)
by Mark Harrison | Jun 26, 2019 | Feature
Here are the answers to our quiz from 25th June 2020 – how did you do?...
The Godfather, Battlefield Vietnam, and the power of focus
by Reid Schneider | Jun 25, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Game development is as much about what you don’t put in as what you do put in, writes producer Reid Schneider
Indie cinema focus: Light House, Wolverhampton
by Film Stories | Jun 21, 2019 | Feature
A salute to one of the West Midlands's best indie cinemas....
Quiz Answers: 19th June 2020 (Big Screen to Small Screen)
by Mark Harrison | Jun 19, 2019 | Feature
Here are the answers to our quiz from 19th June 2020 – how did you do?...
My day as a movie extra on Danny Boyle's Yesterday
by Film Stories | Jun 18, 2019 | Feature
On becoming a movie extra and spending a day on location with Danny Boyle’s Yesterday. C...
Game Freak - a profile of the Pokémon pioneer
by Ryan Lambie | Jun 17, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
They gave the world Pokémon, but Game Freak’s story stretches right back to the eighties
The British movie animation studio in Brighton
by Film Stories | Jun 14, 2019 | Feature
How an animated film was born on the south coast of the UK....
Time Crisis: The creative benefits of game jams
by Andrew Fisher | Jun 13, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
How the time constraints of game jams can bring out the best in designers and coders
Our Film Story: From 24 to Stephen King
by Film Stories | Jun 12, 2019 | Feature
How a Stephen King short film came out of – well, quite a lot of stuff as it happens. Chr...
Quiz Answers: 12th June 2020 (Famous Last Words...)
by Mark Harrison | Jun 12, 2019 | Feature
Here are the answers to our quiz from 12th June 2020 – how did you do?...
Romesh Ranganathan on Jurassic Park, and a very strange flute
by Film Stories | Jun 07, 2019 | Feature
Romesh Ranganathan writes about movies every month in Film Stories - and here's his column about Jurassic Park movies....
The physical and digital state of video game preservation
by Kim Justice | Jun 05, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Preserving gaming history has mostly been a fan thing; as it builds momentum we talk to those who’ve taken the mantle
Quiz Answers: 5th June 2020 (Blood and Ice Cream!)
by Mark Harrison | Jun 05, 2019 | Feature
Here are the answers to our quiz from 5th June 2020 – how did you do?...
Breaking into writing about film
by Film Stories | Jun 04, 2019 | Feature
The highs and lows of starting out as a young, unpaid freelance journalist in the world of film writing....
Ingrid Oliver goes to the movies
by Film Stories | Jun 04, 2019 | Feature
She’s done comedy, she’s done television, she’s done Doctor Who, she writes, she directs - and now Ingrid Oliver is going to the movies. Simon...
Beyond Machina: Mel Croucher’s Duracell Bunny years
by Mel Croucher | May 30, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Game pioneer Mel Croucher revisits his viral marketing years, from Duracell Bunny games to promises of free beer
Saving Redcar’s seaside picturehouse
by Film Stories | May 21, 2019 | Feature
The fight is on to save a near-100-year-old cinema....
How detective games are evolving
by Steven T Wright | May 20, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Games of deduction are nothing new, but a new generation of developers are pushing the detective genre forward.
The Isle: how it came to the screen
by Film Stories | May 13, 2019 | Feature
Matthew and Tori Butler-Hart chart the journey that brought The Isle to the movies....
Looking at life as a solo game developer
by Ian Dransfield | May 10, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
We speak to three indie developers about the highs and lows involved in single-handedly producing a game
Entering the Cosmos: how we made our movie
by Film Stories | May 09, 2019 | Feature, News
How hitting an invisible brick wall spurred two budding filmmakers on an incredible journey to success....
How a serious illness affects a love of movies
by Film Stories | May 08, 2019 | Feature, News
A deeply personal look at how your life can turn around in a very short space of time – and how it affects watching movies. R...
Low Mem Sky: the space sim demake crammed into 32kb
by Ryan Lambie | May 01, 2019 | Feature, Gaming
Meet Paul Nicholas, who managed to squeeze a 2D demake of No Man’s Sky onto PICO-8
Michael J Fox and his underrated romcoms
by Film Stories | May 01, 2019 | Feature
Michael J Fox: the most underrated romantic lead of the 80s and 90s? There's certainly a case....
