The Vern is reunited with cohost Kristen Lopez for a brand new episode of The Film Pasture Podcast. They are joined by fellow film critic and now a screenwriter, Ruth Maramis to talk about top 5 women directors. Ruth runs the site FlixChatter and is the writer of a brand new short film that is about love lost set in the world of theater called Hearts Want. You can help support...
Deadline: 29th July 2017
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Hello everyone, it’s time again to announce the director that will be featured for Director’s Chair. This month, after having watched Ran for my June Blind Spot, I feel that Akira Kurosawa would be a good choice for Director’s Chair.
Now, Akira Kurosawa is one of the key figures responsible for...
Hello everyone, it’s once again time to show off all of the posts that you have sent me for the films of Richard Linklater. I got a good amount of links this month and I thank everyone who sent in features of Linklater’s films. With that said, here are the posts:
It’s Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books:
Surrender to the VoidSlacker:
Surrender to the Void Life...Deadline: 1st July 2017
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Hello everyone, it’s time again to reveal the director that will be highlighted for Director’s Chair and, since School of Rock was recently featured as Movie of the Month, I think now would be a perfect time to cover one of my favourite directors, Richard Linklater.
Now the early films of Richard Linklater...
Hello everyone, it’s time again to show off the reviews I received for the films, this time for the Wachowski sisters. Sorry there wasn’t a reminder this month, issues with both the Lamb site and on my end prevented me from being able to do it in time. With that said, here are the reviews on the films of the Wachowskis.
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Movierob The Vern’s Video VortexThe...
Deadline: 27th May 2017
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Hello everyone, it’s time again to announce the directors that will be featured in this month’s Directors Chair feature. and this time I thought I’d go with a pair of director siblings, and the ones I’ve chosen are the Wachowski sisters.
Now the films of the Wachowski’s do not provoke mild...
“Cult Chops” a monthly feature where each month we look at a different genre of cult cinema as well as key actors and directors who established their legacies directing films from these genres. With the release of the live action adaptation of “Ghost In The Shell” hitting cinemas, this month we were looking at Anime movies.
Here’s what the LAMB community had to say on the...
Deadline: 25th March 2017
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So for this months Director’s Chair, I wanted to go back to the world of anime. I’ve previously covered Satoshi Kon on this feature but I was having a hard time deciding who to cover this time. Then came the announcement that Hayao Miyazaki was coming out of retirement and I knew there was no other person it...
Deadline: 29th October 2016
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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...
So with Halloween fast approaching what better time could there be to look at the genre which has become one of its most popular mainstays since it’s golden age in the 80’s saw a new slasher film being released on an almost weekly basis, while the 90’s would see it being reinvented to meet the expectations of smarter audiences who’d long become jaded with the...
The latest Movie of the Month has been decided upon!
As usual for the month of October the Lambcast will be mostly focusing on the genre of horror, which means the Movie of the Month poll is a horror movie special. And once again it seems the winner may have gotten a little creative with their campaigning as this month’s winner received far more votes than perhaps anyone was expecting, so for October we’ll be...
Yup, it’s another clip show as The Vern gets things ready for all brand new episodes of the podcast. But we did want to pay tribute to other great Lamb podcasting network shows and give you a little taste of each one. Click link below to hear the full show
THE FILM PASTURE: Grazing with Podcasters #2
Included on today’s episode is
TV Good Sleep Bad