Since September 29th 2008, Polish-American film-maker Lech Kowalski has been posting new video segments each and every Monday, taking a multilateral approach to the complex issues currently making the world a nervous place. Accompanied by unsettling audio by Mimetic, the segments range from the abstract (The Eye) to the hard-hitting Fuck 911, show-casing a new … Continued
Good old Canadialand! Always at the forefront of digital democratization, their National Film Board has just put over 700 full-length films, trailers and clips online for free home viewing worldwide. From a 1969 documentary about Mohawk land disputes in rural Canada, to a heart-wrenching animation that follows the downward spiral of drug-addled Canadian animator Ryan … Continued
This blindingly ugly website is the perfect setting for Trailers From Hell, an ever-growing collection of classic-era previews of the “It bites! It stings!” movie genre that are, more often than not, better than the films themselves. Grindhouse Gurus such as Joe Dante (Gremlins), Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead) and Alison Anders (The Fastest … Continued
Time for a slow, high-art treat after yesterday’s machinima/live action hybrid snack. Animate Projects (one of our fav 10 curated video platforms) just released online a new film by the acclaimed visual artists duo Jane and Louise Wilson. ‘Unfolding the Aryan Papers‘ tells the story of Stanley Kubrick‘s abandoned film project about the Holocaust ‘Aryan … Continued
The web is the perfect digital shoebox for archiving obsolete, ephemeral web phenomena like the Preloader. In pre-broadband days, the preloader replaced the boring old progress bar for something more original, creative and funny. Its function was of course to keep our eyes focused firmly on our screens, while we waited for those flash-heavy websites … Continued
The UK Film Council has launched a film search engine that covers everything from A Barrel Full of Dollars (1971 spaghetti Western) to Zizek! (obscure cultural theory documentary). Part of a push to steer the masses away from peer-to-peer file-sharing and towards the legal alternatives, the website contains 30 000 films – that’s roughly 7 … Continued
Having heard nice things about the DVD’s from Stash, we ordered some copies from their backlist to check out for ourselves. We were especially curious, because on two of their latest issues work from creative studios based in our hometown Amsterdam is featured: Buro Knapzak and PostPanic. With high expectations, disappointment lurks, but the contrary … Continued
A conglomerate of attention-seeking individuals both amateur and professional, gathers for Youtube’s first ever live streaming event where superstars like Katy Perry and Akon rub shoulders with bedroom vlogging supremos like teen comedy sensation Fred Figglehorn and Chocolate Rain star, Tay Zonday. San Francisco plays host to the live event which showcases in a much-hyped … Continued
Kaltura has cemented its place firmly on the Collaborative Media map, as the world’s first (legal) open source video platform. Promoting active collaboration, sharing and remixing amongst its users, the tools offered by this pioneering startup, boil down to 3 main strands. First, enrichment of video and rich-media features to existing sites; second, user-friendly creation … Continued
Have you ever been gripped by the urge to watch an army of kilted, bagpiping Scotsmen circa 1899? How about some 1940s erotica seductively named The Apple-Knockers and the Coke? We’re guessing no on both counts, but with 70% of footage shot in the first fifty years of cinema now lost forever, this user-friendly collection … Continued
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