Film
We Are Dublin
We Are Dublin
Focusing on the people that populate the city rather than the skyline that defines it, Wissame Cherfi’s short documentary, We Are Dublin, won the ‘Special Prize’ award at this year’s Eat My Shorts St. Patricks Day film festival. But how … Continue reading
God Loves Uganda
God Loves Uganda
God Loves Uganda is the latest film from Oscar winning director Roger Ross Williams. The documentary brings in to sharp focus the conservative Christian movement in the US and the destructive power it possesses in a country like Uganda. There is a … Continue reading
Screwball
Screwball
Ahead of The Lighthouse Cinema’s season of screwball comedies, season programmer Joe Burke examines the genre’s history and introduces the movies that define it. – Phil – A ‘screwball’ was a baseball pitch that did the opposite of what you … Continue reading
Just Saying by Dave Tynan
Just Saying by Dave Tynan
You may remember that in November 2011 we posted Dave Tynan’s ‘Just Saying’ on the Greedy Pig blog. Well Dave has now directed a brilliant new short film to accompany his written piece. We are proud to say that … Continue reading
Dust
As I Am
As I Am
Check out this incredibly powerful little short film, very much worth a watch. Chris Dean’s heart stopped when he was two. He died but he came back. When Chris was five, his father was murdered, riddled by more than 20 … Continue reading
Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai kickboxing may not be something we would immediately associate with women but in the last ten years this martial art has witnessed a renaissance with female fighters across the globe. Historically, muay thai was practiced by men and … Continue reading
Luke Franklin
Luke Franklin
Many moons ago, the boys at This Greedy Pig asked me to write up a piece on director Luke Franklin. So, deciding I wanted to be the big boy journalist, I arranged to have a Skype chat with Franklin, and … Continue reading
The Bechdel Test
The Bechdel Test
Do you want to know if your favourite movie is guilty of gender bias? If so, then give it ‘The Bechdel Test’. Taken from an Alison Bechdel comic book sketch in 1985, “Dykes to Watch Out For”, the test asks three very … Continue reading
Just Saying – Fundit
Just Saying – Fundit
This isn’t something we usually do here at This Greedy Pig, but we thought we should give some love to friend of the pig, Dave Tynan, to try and help him make something that we feel will be very special. … Continue reading
Gregory Crewdson movie trailer
Gregory Crewdson movie trailer
You may remember we featured the work of photographer Gregory Crewdson back in November of last year on our blog. His work is just mind blowing, and he is fast becoming one of America’s most influencial photographers. Check out the … Continue reading
Feel The Love
Feel The Love
Check out the video for Rudimental’s, “Feel the Love”. The tune itself has been around since June of this year, but it’s the video I’m interested in. Director Bob Harlow picked up first place for this film at the LA … Continue reading
Jamie & Keith
Jamie & Keith
If you have a spare five minutes, spend it watching this short film from Irish directors Jamie & Keith. The film was put together recently for London Design week, and is beautifully shot. It celebrates the 5,700 + people that … Continue reading
Pony
Pony
Check out Pony’s 40 year anniversary retrospective. Some sweet kicks and some pretty fresh moves to celebrate their 40th year in business…
Submission Series – 2- Sean Branigan – The Pride of Wade Ellison
Submission Series – 2- Sean Branigan – The Pride of Wade Ellison
Second in our Submissions series comes accomplished writer/director Sean Brannigan. “Although my grandfather never asked outright, ‘what do you ACTUALLY do?’ I’ve always had the feeling he was never really sure what it was I actually did. I was ‘involved … Continue reading
Trailer: Line of Sight
Trailer: Line of Sight
Check out the trailer for Lucas Brunelle’s new documentary ‘Line of Sight’ He took part in bicycle messenger racing in locations dotted all over the globe, gathering some pretty hair raising footage over the course of a decade. It will … Continue reading
Format Perspective
Format Perspective
Format Perspective, a documentary by Phil Evans, explores the work of six European skate photographers; Stuart Robinson (Belfast), Alex Irvine (London), Richard Gilligan (Dublin), Bertrand Trichet (Barcelona/Tokyo) and Sergej Vutuc (Heilbronn). While showcasing their work it also gives us an … Continue reading
Fishing Without Nets
Fishing Without Nets
This blog post cost approximately £1,500. A few weeks back I got one of those emails. It was like the ones you always read about in the biographies of great artists, writers and particularly journalists. The email went something like … Continue reading
Lance Bangs
Lance Bangs
For anyone who was a Jackass viewer at the height of their MTV powers, the large flowing mop of grey hair that could sometimes be seen flashing by in the background of a stunt will be a familiar sight. The … Continue reading
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection
Tumblr Tuesday #3 If you’ve never heard of the Criterion Collection then this weeks single serving Tumblr is a bit of a two for one special. Setup in 1984, Criterion has endeavored to collect contemporary greats and proven classics of cinema. They offer them … Continue reading
Pigalle
Pigalle
Director Paul Geusebroek has created this short film to promote a recent project by Pigalle Paris which pledges to support local basketball teams in the city. For its first initiative in the project, Pigalle, a boutique clothing store, … Continue reading
Photo Friday #1
Photo Friday #1
Meandbepictures are the London based creative duo responsible for the recent photo & video shoot of our fashion collection. They dropped their latest shoot in our inbox so we decided to give them some love. Its for Irish fashion designer Stephanie … Continue reading
Hells Bells
Hells Bells
The lovely and talented friends of This Greedy Pig Arveene & Misk got in touch over the weekend with the new video for their release on Gung Ho! Records and we thought we’d share it with you guys Hells … Continue reading
Do The Right Thing
Do The Right Thing
“Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavours known to humankind. Straight up and down, film work is hard shit.”- Spike Lee. Twenty two years ago a film was released that got people talking, it was controversial, … Continue reading
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Woody Allen: A Documentary
The last few days the internet has been gushing over the recent American Masters episode profiling Woody Allen. And to be honest, with good reason. The American Masters series has been creating biographies on the PBS network since 1986, always with an … Continue reading
Adventures In Thought
Adventures In Thought
Check out these great animations created by Open University. Narrated by David Mitchell each of the six episodes focuses on a famous thought experiment, breaking down theories from the minds of the ancient Greeks through to Einstein. Covering everything from quantum theory to the … Continue reading
Mourir Auprès de Toi
Mourir Auprès de Toi
Spike Jonze: Mourir Auprès de Toi on Nowness.com. Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side), unveiled last week on nowness.com, is a beautiful new short film from the legendary Spike Jonze. Following on from the Absolut sponsored I’m … Continue reading
Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers
Beautiful Losers is a 2008 documentary exploring the genesis of probably one of the most significant art movements of recent years. In the early 90′s, a loose knit group of New York City artists came together, finding common ground through … Continue reading
Pencilhead
PRESS PAUSE PLAY
PRESS PAUSE PLAY
“The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead … Continue reading
Ready for the fight
Ready for the fight
Awesome, awesome video from Wookid. Say no more.
Drama and Shadows
Drama and Shadows
“To make a film entirely by yourself, which initially I did, you may not have to know very much about anything else, but you must know about photography.” – Stanley Kubrick. The majority of the world knows of Kubrick the … Continue reading
June 17th, 1994
June 17th, 1994
June 17th 1994, the New York Knicks faced the Houston Jet’s in game 5 of the NBA Finals, Spain drew 2-2 with South Korea in the World Cup, New York held a parade for the Rangers after winning the Stanley … Continue reading
Hill Street
Hill Street
This film about the history of skateboarding in Ireland came across our desks, it’s nearly done and when it is well have a full write up on it but in the mean time heres a little look at the trailer…