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
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
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
Hella-yeah! You, yes YOU! can download all our MiniMovies (that’s SubmarineChannel’s series of delightful digital documentaries for those in the don’t-know) to your smart mobile device, via iTunes! And as if that wasn’t enough excitement for one day, they are all FREE of charge. What’s not to like?
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
Aah the sweet naïveté of vintage commercials! A time when copywriters were poets, creative directors humble homebodies, and consumers preferred their consumables frozen and laden with E numbers. This digital archive of vintage television commercials is a fun way to reflect on the grandiose growth of the advertising industry – and it’ll whisk you into … Continued
Sundance Channel pays tribute to the great fashion photographer and filmmaker with an online exhibition titled ‘Gone Fishing – A little Journey in my Back Yard’. Some really nice stuff here! Watch clips from Bruce Weber‘s documentary film ‘Let’s Get Lost’ (1988) that introduced jazz legend Chet Baker to new audiences. Or watch his sexy … Continued
Not even the crustiest cynic can ignore MJ’s monumental influence on music and popular culture anymore. One of the dance moves that defines the King of Pop is, of course, the Backslide, a breakdance move which he famously renamed and immortalized as The Moonwalk. Millions of fans (including some of us here at Submarine) have … Continued
TheOneMinutes is… a collection of one-minute videos! But it’s more than that, otherwise we wouldn’t mention it now would we. It’s a well-designed online platform for cross-cultural content sharing where the contrasts and parallels of our vast, complex humanity can be glimpsed upon, in little one-minute chunks. From documentary-style insights into remote Albanian village life, … Continued
Stemming from the Internet Dark Ages of 1996, UbuWeb started as an experimental platform for “Concrete and Sound Poetry” (don’t ask), and has since expanded to become the go-to site for all things rare and avant-garde. From recordings of Frank O’Hara reading some New York poems, to video paintings by Brian Eno (image), the site … Continued
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