Not dissimilar to the aforementioned Panic Attack home-made sci-fi short which propelled a Venezuelan unknown to instant Hollywood gazillionaire status (almost), this very slick YouTube-premiered movie makes your eyes boggle in a “they NEVER made this with a 5k budget” stylee. A dashing young fellow known as The Raven utters just one word (the ever-pertinent … Continued
A couple of successful L.A-based filmmakers, both Tribeca / Sundance-successful in their own right, have teamed up to bring us their Sparrow Songs series of cinematic, non-fiction web movies. One per month, every month for a whole year. Hey thanksch guysch, that’s kind of a big commitment!
In the chaotic Cambodian capital making an exceptionally exciting web project called Boomtown Babylon with the French filmmaker Vincent Moon (of Blogotheque fame). We’re spreading these small, Flip-like Kodak video recorders in the charred slum of Boeung Kak and the dusty neo-slum of “Peace City” (an hour’s Mad Max ride out of town where evicted … Continued
Well isn’t this something! A website streaming free, full-length and only the finest documentaries. We’ve been waiting on this for like EVER, and at long last someone’s found the secret formula to make it happen. From hot-off-the-press blockbusters like Michael Moore’s SiCKO (as well as his other greatest hits), to the soul-sucking horrors of The … Continued
Spike Jonze unveiled his first ever love story this week, a 30-minute romance between two robots living and loving in Los Angeles. Those of us who couldn’t make it to the first-ever Opening Night’s Shorts Program at Sundance due to prior engagements however, must make do with the (albeit tasty) trailer until March, when the … Continued
WOWZAH! A Uruguyan director / super-bot made this CGI-tastic short sci-fi gem about giant monster robots demolishing the city of Montevideo in a glorious frenzy of unbridled brimstone and fire. Having spent a mere 300 bucks making it, he uploaded to YouTube on the Thursday and by Monday he had been offered a 300 million … Continued
It’s the brainchild of Jeffrey Shaw (geek Jesus) and Peter Weibel: a 360° panoramic virtual interface which you can navigate and remix using your bare hands! For its third ever appearance, the complete 3-dimensional T_Visionarium experience is installed in one of Amsterdam’s oldest and most glorious churches for two weeks only – starting now. A … Continued
Oh my, what a fun discovery (thank frag for Twitter)! Fuelled by the appalling quality of multiplex curatorship and the need for personalized, portable cinema, some canny Angelinos came up with The Auteurs. It’s an online community of leftfield film lovers (i.e. you), where membership is free, you pay just a little to select from … Continued
Exceptional photography and compelling mini-narratives make this web documentary about the everyday hardships of life in rural Iowa, a very special treat of the brain-candy kind. As agriculture collapses, and drink and drugs battle Christian fundamentalism for the souls of bored youngsters, photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier weaves together a variety of poignant tales in monochrome … Continued
Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator is a documentary shot entirely in Second Life. After a viral start on the net, the American network HBO acquired the TV rights for the US for this SubmarineChannel production. It is amazing to see how a story about a California guy named Molotov Alva, who leaves … Continued
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