Director Ben Wheatley designs the frankly beautiful Film Stories issue 59, on sale now. You’ll find his lo-fi sci-fi Bulk, a massive Highlander retrospective, and lots more inside. A new, special edition of Film Stories magazine is available to buy now from our online store. With an exclusive, hand-drawn cover by director Ben Wheatley, the ... Film Stories #59, a handmade Ben Wheatley special, is out now
Director Ben Wheatley designs the frankly beautiful Film Stories issue 59, on sale now. You’ll find his lo-fi sci-fi Bulk, a massive Highlander retrospective, and lots more inside.
A new, special edition of Film Stories magazine is available to buy now from our online store.
With an exclusive, hand-drawn cover by director Ben Wheatley, the entire issue is dedicated to low-budget sci-fi and handmade filmmaking.
What’s more, we have exclusive bundle deals available, featuring an array of stuff you won’t find anywhere else. Our special Collector’s Bundle includes a copy of the magazine, Ben Wheatley’s instant cult sci-fi classic, Bulk, on limited edition Blu-ray, plus an exclusive, hand-drawn filmmaking fanzine created by (and hand-signed!) Wheatley himself.
These sets are strictly limited and only available from the Film Stories store. Head to that blue link on the left there to secure yours while stocks last.
As for what’s inside the issue itself, you’re in for a treat. Kicking things off, Wheatley talks to us about making Bulk in Brighton with laser-printed props and iPhones, how it compared with making the big-budget Meg 2: The Trench, and then runs through his favourite knock-off Star Wars movies.
You’ll also find our 18-page retrospective of 1986’s Highlander – and how the London rock video scene gave birth to a cult classic.
If that’s still not enough for you, then you’ll also find this among issue 59’s 168 pages:
- Whistle: filmmaker Corin Hardy’s journey from stop-motion to rock promos to grisly horror
- SFX artist Dan Martin on making severed heads and other, saucier appendages
- Director Johannes Roberts on making a practical killer chimp for Primate
- 2+2=5 | Raoul Peck explains how a single photo led to his stark documentary about George Orwell’s 1984
…plus there are huge sections devoted to DVD and Blu-ray releases, film scores and short films. We have features about single-location sci-fi and US presidents who are relatively sane and competent. Comedy legend Simon Higson even drops by with a ranking of classic World War II movies.
There is, in short, a lot of fabulous stuff in here.
If you’re out shopping, you can buy a copy from your local TG Jones (it’ll always be WH Smith to us), or again, get it delivered straight to your door by ordering it from our store.
Alternatively, subscribe and never miss another edition!
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