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  • Director’s Chair: Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz

    by Tony Cogan · Jan 2, 2017 at 1:01 CET · Director's Chair · 1 Comment
    Director’s Chair: Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz

    Hello everyone and Happy New Year, it’s time again to provide links to all of the features you sent to me for the December Christmas/Muppet themed Director’s Chair, looking at the films of Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz. I won’t waste any time stalling, here are the links you have all sent me.

    Jim Henson

    The Great Muppet Caper

    The...

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz

    by Tony Cogan · Dec 11, 2016 at 23:51 CET · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Reminder: Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz

    Send Emails To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Deadline: 31st December 2016

    Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that I’m looking for anything that you’ve written or done podcasts for for any films from directors Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz. For a quick reminder of the films you can cover, go back to the original post here. Look forward to reading your reviews.…

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  • Director’s Chair Introduction: Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz

    by Tony Cogan · Nov 28, 2016 at 20:04 CET · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Introduction: Jim Henson, Brian Henson and Frank Oz

    Deadline: 31st December 2016

    Send Emails To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Hello everyone, it’s once again time to introduce the directors that will be featured in this month’s Director’s Chair and, seeing how it’s December, I wanted to choose the director responsible for my favourite Christmas film: The Muppet Christmas Carol. However, since the director of that film,...

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  • Director’s Chair: Marjane Satrapi and Jafar Panahi

    by Tony Cogan · Nov 27, 2016 at 13:53 CET · Director's Chair · 1 Comment
    Director’s Chair: Marjane Satrapi and Jafar Panahi

    Hello everyone, it’s once again time to show all the reviews I’ve been sent for the films of the Director’s in this months Director’s Chair. Now I knew that choosing Iranian directors would give me a lower number of reviews sent, I promise you that the next run of Director’s Chair will feature more recognisable directors. With that said, here are the reviews for the films of Marjane Satrapi and Jafar...

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: Jafar Panahi and Marjane Satrapi

    by Tony Cogan · Nov 14, 2016 at 22:35 CET · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Reminder: Jafar Panahi and Marjane Satrapi

    Deadline: 26/11/2016

    Send Emails To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that there’s still time to send in posts for this months Director’s Chair feature on the films of Iranian directors Jafar Panahi and Marjane Satrapi. For a reminder of what films you can cover, go back to my original post here. I look forward to reading your posts.…

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  • Director’s Chair Introduction: Jafar Panahi and Marjane Satrapi

    by Tony Cogan · Oct 31, 2016 at 20:32 CET · Director's Chair · 1 Comment
    Director’s Chair Introduction: Jafar Panahi and Marjane Satrapi

    Send Entries By: 26th November 2016

    Send Entries To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Hello everyone, it’s once again time to announce the directors that will be featured for the Director’s Chair feature and this month, we’ll be doing another month of highlighting non-English/American directors. This month, we’ll be highlighting two directors from Iran, directors who both, in...

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  • Director’s Chair: John Carpenter

    by Tony Cogan · Oct 30, 2016 at 19:33 CET · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair: John Carpenter

    Hello everyone, it’s once again time to collate all the responses you gave me for the Halloween edition of Director’s Chair focusing on the films of John Carpenter. Thanks to everyone who sent in pieces for me to feature, it was great looking through all of them. With that out of the way, here are the features on Carpenter’s films.

    Dark Star:

    Surrender to the Void...

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: John Carpenter

    by Tony Cogan · Oct 16, 2016 at 15:28 CEST · Uncategorized · 1 Comment
    Director’s Chair Reminder: John Carpenter

    Deadline: 29th October 2016

    Send Entries to: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that I am still looking for any pieces that you have written on the films of John Carpenter for this Halloween edition of Director’s Chair. For a reminder on the films you can cover, along with a little history of John Carpenter, read the announcement post here. I look forward...

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  • Director’s Chair Introduction: John Carpenter

    by Tony Cogan · Sep 26, 2016 at 19:35 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Introduction: John Carpenter

    Deadline: 29th October 2016

    Send Entries To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Hello everyone. It’s once again time to introduce the director that will be covered for the month in Director’s Chair and, considering that it’s Halloween this month, I can think of no better person to cover for this month than John Carpenter. Being involved in numerous aspects of the film industry, not...

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  • Director’s Chair: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmajer

    by Tony Cogan · Sep 25, 2016 at 20:01 CEST · Director's Chair · 1 Comment
    Director’s Chair: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmajer

    Hello everyone, once again it’s time to reveal your thoughts on the directors I’ve chosen for this month. This month, I decided to do a triple selection of directors, all involved in stop motion, to celebrate the release of Kubo and the Two Strings, those directors all representing different styles of stop motion, the directors being Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmajer. Didn’t get many responses for this month but I...

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  • Director’s Chair Reminder: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    by Tony Cogan · Sep 11, 2016 at 11:14 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Reminder: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    Send Features to: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Deadline: 24th September 2016

    Hello everyone, just a quick reminder that I am still looking for pieces in this month’s stop motion centred Director’s Chair on the films of Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer. For those of you who need a reminder of the films that you can cover, go back to the original post here. I look forward to...

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  • Director’s Chair Introduction: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    by Tony Cogan · Aug 29, 2016 at 19:08 CEST · Director's Chair · No Comments
    Director’s Chair Introduction: Nick Park, Henry Selick and Jan Svankmejer

    Send Articles To: directorschairlamb@gmail.com

    Deadline: 24th September 2016

    Hello everyone, Tony here and it’s once again time to introduce the director, or in this case directors, that will be covered for Director’s Chair this month. This time, I’m going to be doing something different and cover 3 directors, all of whom I feel represent the best of stop-motion...

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