What If - Film Review

When Harry Potter Met Sally. As twee as a daisy chain, What If is sometimes so cute you think you'll vomit paisley, but instead you laugh, because the winsome script flutters along with enough observational humour, self-awareness and slapstick comedy to distract you from the painting-by-numbers plot. Read the full review on Spindle Magazine.

Christopher Nolan on 'Following'

Here Christopher Nolan talks through the making of his first feature - Following. It's a neo noir tale with a twisty turny plot that keeps you guessing right up to the end. In this interview he elucidates on how having no budget can be used to your advantage, from choosing to shoot black and white, to the use of sound, and elements to include or not to avoid betraying your lack of finance, as well as how it helped him develop directorial techniques he's been using ever since.

Despite his budgets increasing to astronomical figures, Nolan hasn't changed his methods, he still prefers to shoot single camera, still draws a lot from the crime and film noir genre, and still uses inserts for both storytelling and editing reasons. It's an in-depth interview where you can learn a lot about first time film-making, as well as the story behind the production of a very strong début feature.