Feature Archives

Mamma Mia! and the cathartic power of a cinema trip

by Film Stories | Mar 21, 2019 | Feature

How cinema has a power to get us through very dark days (even when we least expect it)....

Restoration comedy: chatting to the creator of The Rainsdowne Players

by Ryan Lambie | Mar 20, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

We meet Steve O’Gorman, creator of The Rainsdowne Players – an RPG with a theatrical edge

The quiet screen revolution: how Our Screen is bringing smaller and classic releases to the big screen

by Film Stories | Mar 20, 2019 | Feature

Want to get a smaller release on at your local cinema? Meet the initiative that just lets you, well, ask for it....

The problem with the post-screening Q&A

by Film Stories | Mar 15, 2019 | Feature

Q&As with filmmakers should be joyous occasions - yet they are, er, not always so....

How to grow a raspberry Pi

by Mel Croucher | Mar 14, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Video game pioneer Mel Croucher continues his journey through the growth of the UK games industry

Debut short film just 10% away from goal - with just 4 days to go

by Charlotte Harrison | Mar 12, 2019 | Feature, News

The Call Centre, the debut short film by writer, director and producer Louisa Connolly-Burnham, has just four more days to meet its £15,000 goal....

Structurally Sound: how musical game worlds are made

by Mike Clarke | Mar 08, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

88 Heroes composer Mike Clark explains how music and sound intertwine to create atmospheric game worlds

Films For Food: how an organisation is using cinema to help local food banks

by Film Stories | Mar 08, 2019 | Feature

How a small organisation is using cinema to help fuel their local food banks....

Tracking down cinema's action heroes

by Film Stories | Mar 07, 2019 | Feature

Oliver Harper tells us about his upcoming documentary, as he attempts to track down what happened to cinema’s action heroes....

CityCraft: how to plan horror cities

by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Mar 05, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Want to make your players shudder? Here are three tips for making a truly frightening horror setting

The 2001 letter to a movie magazine that, er, predicted Dwayne Johnson’s movie career

by Simon Brew | Mar 02, 2019 | Feature

Just as The Rock was turning to the movies, a magazine letters page suggested there were limits to how far his film career could go....

Film Stories issue 3 digital edition | Buy and download it here

by James Harvey | Mar 01, 2019 | Feature

Get issue 3 of Film Stories to download in PDF format right here - and support our independent film magazine as you do so!...

Dream on: inside the Dreamcast's homebrew scene

by Robin Wilde | Feb 26, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Despite its apparent death 17 years ago, the Sega Dreamcast still has a hardcore group of developers behind it

Degrees of Separation: an interview with Chris Avellone

by Ian Dransfield | Feb 22, 2019 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews

Veteran writer Chris Avellone tells us about the beguiling world of Degrees of Separation

Notemon, the tiny monster-catching RPG made in PICO-8

by Ryan Lambie | Feb 20, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Meet Nick Walton, the solo dev who’s making a Pokémon homage with a New Zealand flavour

When Anna Faris was nearly cast as Linda Lovelace – and her dad’s reaction

by Simon Brew | Feb 19, 2019 | Feature

Anna Faris' dad had a terrific response to a snarky news report when she was in the running to play Linda Lovelace on screen....

CityCraft: How not to get cities wrong

by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Feb 12, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Konstantinos shows us some common mistakes in imaginary city building, and how to avoid them

To hell and back again: the making of Pinstripe

by Aaron Potter | Feb 08, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Thomas Brush on the trials of solo dev, the inner workings of hell, and the similarities between the two

The Predator: here's that trailer that lifted the UK disc release to an 18 certificate

by Simon Brew | Feb 08, 2019 | Feature, News

We've dug into the mystery of how The Predator - rated 15 in the UK - became an 18 for its disc release, purely off the back of one single trailer....

Jon Chey interview: BioShock, System Shock 2, and Void Bastards

by Ryan Lambie | Feb 06, 2019 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews

BioShock and System Shock’s Jon Chey aims to reclaim the systems-based FPS crown with Void Bastards

Film Stories magazine: the three month report, and what next

by Simon Brew | Feb 06, 2019 | Feature

We're about to send issue three of Film Stories to the printers - and here's what we're up to....

The closure of UltraViolet: a fresh twist for UK users

by Simon Brew | Feb 05, 2019 | Feature, News

Wiggle room is being built into the official advice for UltraViolet users ahead of its closure - and the lack of UK retailers may be an incoming...

Automata and the birth of the UK games industry

by Mel Croucher | Feb 04, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Video game pioneer Mel Croucher provides a personal insight into the birth of the UK games industry

At the height of the 3D boom, the question was asked about converting The Departed to 3D as well

by Simon Brew | Feb 04, 2019 | Feature, News

Can you imagine Martin Scorsese's crime thriller The Departed in 3D - because someone in Hollywood did....

Film Stories issue 2 digital edition | Buy and download it here

by James Harvey | Feb 01, 2019 | Feature

Get issue 2 of Film Stories to download in PDF format right here - and support our independent film magazine as you do so!...

Why a major cinema refurbishment in Kalingrad owes a particular debt to James Cameron's Titanic

by Simon Brew | Feb 01, 2019 | Feature, News

When it came time to do the press tour for his 1997 blockbuster Titanic, James Cameron had one or two specific requests....

Why Vue Cinemas have fewer How To Train Your Dragon 3 screenings this weekend

by Simon Brew | Feb 01, 2019 | Feature, News

Exclusive: Vue Cinemas isn't just not showing Mary Queen Of Scots - its dispute with Universal looks like it's affecting screenings of How To Train...

Suda51 on 20 years of Grasshopper Manufacture

by Ian Dransfield | Jan 18, 2019 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews

Suda51 talks to us about his plans for the future, pro wrestling, Grasshopper Manufacture, and such cult items as No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned.