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STARING AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN

I’m on the Narrative Feature jury at South by Southwest, so I can’t really write about the movies I’m seeing down here. (Or, at least, I can’t until after Tuesday night when we give the awards.) But I’ll try to post on some of the panels and other events I’m attending. Yesterday I checked out Cinematech’s Scott Kirsner and his New Media and Film panel. If you read this blog you’ll know I’m a fan of Kirsner’s reporting on the business and technology of new media. In addition to Kirsner, the panel consisted of David Gale, exec. V.P. at MTV […]

by Scott Macaulay on Mar 12, 2007

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

I’ve run into my old friend, colleague and Filmmaker co-founder Karol Martesko-Fenster at my favorite Tribeca coffee spot several times recently, and each time he’s been holding meetings at a large table filled with stacks of spreadsheets. Today, Indiewire confirms what he’s been up to: the launch of Tomorrow Unlimited. Writes Indiewire: Touting a plan to create “a network of global multi-platform properties,” Robert DeNiro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff’s Tribeca Enterprises (parent of the Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca Cinemas) has announced the formation of Tomorrow Unlimited LLC with former principals of RES Media Group. The new division is […]

by Scott Macaulay on Mar 11, 2007

STAIR MASTER

Joe Swanberg’s latest picture, Hannah Takes the Stairs, premiered here at SXSW tonight (it’s not in Competition, so I missed it — I’m on the jury and was watching another film at the time) — and Ray Pride has a mammoth interview up with the director. Here Swanberg talks about how he developed the film and got it produced following a meeting with producer Anish Savjanti here at the festival last year. [Anish] is from Austin. He saw LOL [at SxSW] and he came to the LOL party that night, said, “I like it, let’s talk.” I think three weeks […]

by Scott Macaulay on Mar 11, 2007

GIFTS GIVEN AND RECEIVED

Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude) has a new novel out (You Don’t Love Me Yet, reviewed here in the Village Voice), a brilliant essay in Harper’s entitled The Ecstasy of Influence, and, on his website,, a provocatively intentioned yet wonderfully generous gift for young filmmakers. Before we get that incredible offer, I want to talk about the essay. I won’t spoil the astonishing reveal contained within its afterward — and I must insist you read it until the end — but even without clueing you in to the entirety of Lethem’s conception, I can say that the […]

by Scott Macaulay on Mar 9, 2007

Battle Tested

300 COURTESY WARNER BROS. Zack Snyder brings Frank Miller’s ultraviolent graphic novel, 300, to life with amazing special effects and non-stop action. It’s been two years since Sin City introduced audiences to the world of Frank Miller. Under the direction of Robert Rodriguez, who shot actors using blue screen technology and then added the computer-generated backgrounds in post, Miller’s graphic novel made it to celluloid as a depraved trio of vignettes that both updated film noir and pointed towards a new way of making motion pictures. Now director Zack Snyder (2004’s Dawn of the Dead), employing the same production method […]

by Jason Guerrasio on Mar 9, 2007

GUIDE TO SXSW

For those on their way to SXSW, indieWIRE has compiled an excellent Insiders Guide to the in-things to do while you’re in Austin. My mouth’s watering just thinking of the great BBQ.

by Jason Guerrasio on Mar 9, 2007

RUBIK’S PART DEUX

I’m a bit late in posting this, but here’s Michel Gondry’s latest puzzle posting in which solves a Rubik’s cube with his nose.

by Scott Macaulay on Mar 6, 2007

THE FUTURE OF DISTRIBUTION?

This past weekend I was in San Jose for Cinequest, which is known for being on the forefront of technology, and came across what may become the newest answer for indie filmmakers who can’t find traditional means of distribution. The site is called Jaman and along with being a social network it’s also an online distribution site. Currently with over 1,000 shorts and features in its library from all over the world, you can rent ($1.99) or buy ($4.99) the films and with their peer-to-peer network can deliver movies that are — their site boasts — better than DVD quality […]

by Jason Guerrasio on Mar 6, 2007

RECOMMENDED READING, PART TWO

I want to bump producer Ted Hope’s response to the “Recommended Reading” post, below, to the main blog because he expanded upon the concept of the list by naming three non-film books (and one other non-obvious selection) that challenge us to think about cinema and image-making in new ways. Here’s what Ted wrote: When I think of the books that meant the most to me during my initial forays into film production, four you don’t yet have listed there really stand out. All the books listed are about the doing, not the thought process beforehand, which to me, still remains […]

by Scott Macaulay on Mar 6, 2007

POLITICAL MASH UP

Possibly the first of what will be countless political 2008 campaign mash-ups has appeared on YouTube. And even with its subject transposed, Ridley Scott’s famous “1984” Apple Super Bowl ad — here, retooled by a Barack Obama supporter — packs a punch.

by Scott Macaulay on Mar 5, 2007

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