David Cronenberg Directing Robert Ludlum's Matarese Circle (1)
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Filmmaker David Cronenberg has lined up his next project - an adaptation of Robert Ludlum's political thriller The Matarese Circle. Denzel Washington is already attached to play CIA frontrunner Bradley Scofield in the film. The book, first published in 1979, follows two rival agents from the CIA and KGB who find themselves working together to ferret out and vanquish members of a mysterious group of criminals called the Matarese that has infiltrated the highest levels ...
Hulu Streams Feature-Length Bush Documentary, Crawford (1)
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Online video hub Hulu is breaking into feature-length-for-free territory by streaming Crawford, a documentary about the Texas town President George W. Bush calls home. Running one hour and 15 minutes, Crawford will be featured on Hulu's front page for seven days. Shot in high def, the movie follows a variety of citizens as they experience mixed feelings about the town's most famous resident. Producer-director David Modigliani said in a statement: "When I learned Bush moved ...
Crawford's premiere: on Hulu (1)
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Rather than spend a lot of money on a theatrical release that would almost certainly leave him further in debt, Crawford director David Modigliani and indie distribution company B-Side (my employer) has released the film on Hulu, betting that the exposure of free views on the web (combined with the timing of the upcoming election and the publicity of being the first film ever to debut on Hulu) will drive DVD sales. I'm hoping he's ...
Hamsters Can Fly (1)
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A tale of intrepid risk-taking plays out in Hamsters Can Fly, a short film about a kid smuggling a hamster from Tokyo to Beirut as a gift for his grandmother via a slap-shod plan involving multiple containers and tighty whities. An amateur film by Japanese college student Naotomo Umewaka, the flick has simple charm and utilizes a respectable and eclectic mix of music.
5 Ways To Optimize Your Blog and Capture More Repeat Visitors (14)
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Today Rich Page shares five tips on how to optimize websites to capture repeat readers. You may be a blogger that thinks they have a pretty popular and well created blog - if so, well done. But remember every blog is a work a progress, and there is always room for improvement. Here are 5 great ways to help optimize and improve your website, and inspire new visitors to become repeat visitors: 1: Track your ...
TALKING 'BOUT OUR GENERATION (1)
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New models, new forms of storytelling, convergence, how we will make money, how we will make art -- being an independent filmmaker or investor or producer right now is all about talking. Being part of the dialogue. Taking part in the conversation. Appropriately, then, Scott Kirsner of the CinemaTech blog, Ken Goldberg, Tiffany Shlain and Lance Weiler are co-hosting The Conversation/The Future
Tiffany Shlain on Self-Distribution & The Conversation (1)
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FreshDV just posted a podcast with filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, who is part of the team putting on The Conversation later this month in the Bay Area. She talks about the event, and also her own approach to self-distribution with 'The Tribe' and her current project, 'Connected: A Declaration of Interdependence.' (Video preview below...)
Empire Magazine’s 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time (11)
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Empire Magazine has just published their 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, the result of “the biggest movie poll of all time. The films were chosen by readers, a panel of Hollywood insiders (including Quentin Tarantino, Sam Mendes, Mike Leigh, Guillermo Del Toro, Pedro Almodovar and Cameron Crowe), and I was somehow included in their sample of 50 “key film critics”. Empire’s weblisting is rather hard to navigate, so I’ve included the top 10% (50 ...
Podcast Conversation with Me & Peter Broderick (1)
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To help SXSW launch a new podcast series, Studio SX Online, distribution consultant Peter Broderick and I recorded a conversation last month... focusing mainly on my book Inventing the Movies, but also discussing the broader topic of technological change in the movies -- and the opportunities it creates for filmmakers.The SXSW site has a 17-minute version of the chat. I've also posted the full, 28-minute conversation (in MP3 form).Here's the description:In our first podcast Indie ...
How to keep your company from looking stupid on Twitter [Silicon Valley Users Guide] (12)
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San Francisco-expat turned LA PR pro Jeremy Pepper wrote a long post documenting his exploration of Twitter as a company communications channel with the outside world. The advent of Twitter hasn't changed this much: I can still get paid to take a two page long, rambling essay by an expert and rewrite it to fit on a Post-It slapped to your monitor: DO appear on Twitter as a real person. Be like comcastcares, not Wachovia. ...
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The Pixelated History of Computing (2)
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Check out this slow but funny movie by Canadian animators SUPERBROTHERS and Jim Guthrie. From the SUPERBROTHERS site: SUPERBROTHERS is super pleased to announce the world premiere of the DOT MATRIX REVOLUTION, the second pixel film by SUPERBROTHERS, featuring a musical composition by legendary indie songsmith Jim Guthrie, with additional sounds courtesy of Arthur Zaragoza. Plug in your headphones, turn up the volume, close the door and turn off the lights… and be sure to ...
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It’s hard to define design. We have a broad range of definitions to choose from: design refers not only to graphic design, but to design strategy, too. It is used in a variety of industries, such as engineering, architecture and Web design. This means that design is not just graphical in nature (which is a form of visual artistic representation), but also the planning of processes to achieve certain goals. Large corporations clearly understand this ...Shared by AJ (254) Alex (82) Alex Mitchell (5) AmyVernon (677) ani625 (87) Ben Rowe (7) Ben Z (3) bittin (296) Bob Hazlett (22) bodzasfanta (166) Carlos M (26) Chip Ashby (31) Chris Papadopoulos (26) Chris Ryall (21) CineVegas (24) Damien Pascoe (3) Dani McDaniel (47) Deborah Petersen (990) Derek (3) Dobi (22) Dragos Pirvu (665) DrBaher (21) dryan (27) Eoin (20) fabiano (30) Giorgio Marandola (4) Gus (9) Jarrod Trainque (7) Jeff (159) Juan Amorós (2) Karan (24) Karol F (41) kenmat (24) kepp (92) Leyla Bonilla (105) LouCypher (76) Marcin (33) Matt (19) Melissa Leon (7) Mike F (671) Mox Folder (20) netman (52) ngszehin (5) Nicholas Barone (15) novon (37) Paul Edwards (60) pearl (67) phaithful (12) playahater (10) renganathan (98) Ricardo Giesta (41) Ritu (651) rony john (422) Rubi Torres (14) Russell Heimlich (13) s_a_m_u_e_l (25) Samuel (85) sean carter (41) Sebastian (6) shaun mclane (3) Skellie (78) StudentMfri (24) Tad Chef (217) Techboy (22) thomas (32) TO-Double-D (53) tomohiro naito (12) Travis Wright (53) Uzair (60) William Clifford (14) Yamil Gonzales (93) York (113) youdots (3) Zak M. (763)Contribute commentWooster Collective (230) permalink
