When JMM met 007…

Very possibly the unlikely exchange of the year took place at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Sunday 19 June: The setting: A gala screening of John Huston’s classic, The Man Who Would Be King Cast: Memphis-based director John Michael McCarthy (JMM) and Sir Sean Connery The script: JMM: “Hi, I’m Mike McCarthy from Memphis, [...]

Cigarette Girl — European premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival

Stop (Word) Press! Mike McCarthy’s excellent slice of totally independently-made, dystopian big screen noir, Cigarette Girl, as previously blogged about on We Love Creative, is set to receive its European premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Tuesday 22 June.

Cigarette Girl — truly great independent film-making

Cigarette Girl is the latest big screen slice of rock’n’roll-infused, dystopian noir from prolific, Memphis-based filmmaker, cartoonist and musician Mike McCarthy. He’s worked with rising director Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan) on such projects as MTV’s Emmy Award-winning Five Dollar Cover series; brought the world a host of lowbrow epics (including Elvis [...]