Way back when film was recorded on tape and digital avant-garde alluded to a Casio calculator watch, a French luminary called Michel Auder started filming his life and his surroundings with his Sony Portapack. Being French and poetic he soon found himself hobnobbing with the likes of Philip Glass and Andy Warhol, and finally filtered … Continued
With hipster Vice and nerdy Intel as it’s unlikely parents (opposites attract!), the just-launched Creators Project is a new giant, mega-platform which profiles the cream of the creative crop, in this crazy, digitally mish-mashed up world of ours. Spearheaded by Williamsburger extraordinaire Mark Ronson, it’s a constant stream of fresh n tasty goodness, encompassing everything … Continued
Playing on the frankly ridiculous moniker given to American-led military actions since the 90s, Coalition of the Willing is a damn goodlookin’ collaborative animation that venerates the potential power of the swarm offensive (a.k.a collaborative, open source, tech-hippy-type activism) as the answer to all our “we all gonna die of over-consumption” issues. Written and directed … Continued
They rose like a phoenix from the ashes! Equipped with some trashy old cameras and iMac DV 1.0 way back in 1999, the Neistat Brothers started making hundreds of gloriously shabby real-life vignettes which made people laugh, finally finding interweb fame in 2003 with the YouTube hit iPod’s Dirty Little Secret. Fast forward to 2010 … Continued
Well that was a long time coming! Spearheaded by the Hollywoodian anomaly of intelligence and grace that is Natalie Portman, MakingOf.com streams video from behind the glitzy scenes of movie-making, offers insider interviews with scary but nevertheless stratospherically successful Xenu warriors like Tom Cruise (as well as cool folk like Gondry), and a chance for … Continued
Sean Dunne, The New York filmmaker who brought us one of our fave Vimeo nuggets ever – the Archive – just posted another brilliant self-shot short doc. And this time our fallen hero is Rocky Salemmo, a fascinating fireball of hyperactive energy who found his destiny (a.k.a. gambling, broads n booze) in the bowling alleys … Continued
Not one but TWO of our very favorite 2Pause music video heartthrobs, are releasing movies in the near future – and we’re doggone excited about it! Our Day Will Come will be the first feature by Romain Gavras, the only trailblazer of cinematic music video amazingness that make us buckle at the knees… and Kris … Continued
Tussilago, the latest short by pride of Sweden Jonas Odell (hero worship-worthy by Rolling Stones association!) is going to be L.A-premiering this week as part of the lovely Flux Screening Series at the Hammer, LA, (where, may we mention, we show-cased our Forget the Film, Watch the Titles screening last year – but we digress)… … Continued
The Guggenheim want a piece of YouTube’s digitally democratic ass! And what with the creative cool posse all migrating to Vimeo, YouTube seems only too happy to oblige. Together these unlikely lovers have come up with YouTube Play: a creative video callout which invites everyone – and that means YOU – to submit a short, … Continued
Did you know that in Japan the size of your Koi carp is directly indicative of the size of your willy? This and many more compelling pescarian factoids are revealed in Being A Fish in Japan, the sushilicious new web doc series we just dropped on our MiniMovies sista site. It’s a jaunty trip through … Continued
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