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March 28, 2007
Dispatch #177 pursues happy/iness
In This Dispatch:
* What's New: Children of Men, Sean, and much more.
* What We're Watching: (Dark stuff) Bloody, Bergman and Fish.
* Explore: Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Posted by cphillips at 5:36 PM
March 21, 2007
Newsletter Finds Religion: Dispatch #176
In This Dispatch:
* Religion and Spirituality in Film
* What's New: Naked City, Addiction, Oblivion and more.
* What We're Watching: Soviet 'toons, Shogun Assassin and Bridesmaid.
* Explore: Hong Sang-Soo, D.A. Pennebaker and more.
* Reports from SXSW.
Posted by cphillips at 12:58 PM
March 20, 2007
GreenCine in New York Times
Little Films on Little Screens (but Both Seem Set to Grow)
by Noah Robischon
New York Times, March 18, 2007
Excerpt:
GreenCine (greencine.com), the five-year-old grand dame of the online indie film scene, has the quirky documentary “24 Hours on Craigslist� alongside such classics as the 1961 Marlon Brando film “One-Eyed Jacks�...."[GreenCine's] video-on-demand catalog of 12,000 titles is huge compared with the 400 or so movies now available from Apple’s iTunes store."
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Also see:
The Revolution Will Be Downloaded (if You’re Patient)
By Manhola Dargis
March 18, 2007
Posted by cphillips at 5:30 PM
March 16, 2007
Dispatch #175
You may have lost an hour this week with the time change, but with that extra hour of sunlight there's no excuse to not read the latest issue of the GreenCine newsletter.
In This Dispatch:
* What's New: Casino Royale, Crimen Ferpecto, Shortbus and more.
* What We're Watching: Harp, Mendy and Speed Grapher.
* Explore: Joe Swanberg, Mira Nair, and more.
* Reports from SXSW.
Posted by cphillips at 10:53 AM
March 8, 2007
GreenCine Represented at SXSW Panels
GreenCine's David Hudson and Jonathan Marlow will both be speaking at Austin's SXSW next week. Or to put it more accurately, they'll both be moderating panel discussions. All panels are at the Austin Convention Center. Here are the details:
Lonelygirl15: A Case Study
Sunday, March 11th
Room 12AB
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
For months, thousands of people around the world were captivated by the daily video diary from an unknown teen-age girl. There was drama, romance, and comedy. But, in the early Fall of 2006, it was revealed that these video diaries were all a fabrication from the imagination of three artists. From obscurity to popularity on YouTube, the people behind LonelyGirl15 talk publicly for the first time, about their experiences with online filmmaking and the swirling questions of what's real and what's staged.
Moderator: David Hudson Editor, GreenCine
Greg Goodfried Producer, Lonelygirl15
Miles Beckett Producer, Lonelygirl15
Mesh Flinders Producer, Lonelygirl15
The Future of DVDs
Monday, March 12th
Room 12AB
10:00 am - 11:00 am
With direct-to-DVD releases and unrated copies of the latest Hollywood blockbusters, DVDs are a stable presence and an ever-growing means for studios to get their films to the public. Extra footage, commentary tracks and other bonus materials entice fans to spend their money on owning copies of their favorite movies. Where is it all headed for the big studios and the indie filmmaker? Plus, how is the DVD medium evolving to better suit the needs of both the industry and the audience?
Moderator: Jonathan Marlow VP Content: Dev & Acquisitions, GreenCine
Joseph Amodei Pres, Hart Sharp Video
Brent Hoff Editor, Wholphin
Scott Shooman Exec Dir of Acquisitions and Production, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Kevin Collins Dir HD DVD Evangelism, Microsoft
Posted by cphillips at 2:47 PM
GreenCine's David Hudson Interviewed in Austin Chronicle
GreenCine editor David Hudson, in Austin now for the SXSW festival, is interviewed by the Austin Chronicle's Spencer Hudson on "cyber cinephilia."
"What I try to do at GreenCine Daily (daily.greencine.com) is keep track of it all, to whatever extent that's actually possible," David Hudson tells me via e-mail. "People don't turn to the Daily for insight; they turn to the Daily to see where to turn for insight." For the addicted, it lives up to its billing as a daily destination, and the communities it helps to connect give the lie to rumors you might have heard about the death of serious film writing. On the evidence of what Hudson pulls together, and through his own contributions, it actually becomes clear that cinephilia is alive and well and living on the World Wide Web. Hudson will moderate the panel LonelyGirl15: A Case Study on Sunday, March 11, 11:30am, Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB.
Read the whole interview: New Joy: David Hudson on cyber cinephilia >>
Posted by cphillips at 9:13 AM
March 7, 2007
Dispatch #174: Very nice!
This edition of our newsletter plugs Michael J. Nelson's Rifftrax:
Also in This Dispatch:
* What's New: Borat, Fast Food, and more.
* What We're Watching: Half-Cocked, Comet and Confessions.
* Explore: Douglas Sirk, Black Sun, Polish Brothers and more..
* The Guatamalan Handshake: This week!
Read on:
GreenCine Dispatch #174 >>
Posted by cphillips at 2:02 PM
March 1, 2007
GreenCine Presents: SF Premiere! Guatemalan Handshake at the YBCA
GreenCine presents
The Guatemalan Handshake
by Todd Rohal (2006, 96 min , 35mm )
Wed, Mar 7, 7:30 pm
$8 regular, $6 GreenCine members, seniors, students & teachers, $6 YBCA Members
This award-winning debut is an exceptional exploration of unusual human behavior. The film opens with the mysterious disappearance of Donald Turnupseed (Will Oldham) but this odd occurrence merely serves as a catalyst for a number of delightful digressions and reflections (including an appearance from Billy Nayer Show's Cory McAbee). This is the San Francisco premiere and currently the only SF screening slated, so don't miss it!
TRAILER >>
Posted by cphillips at 1:03 PM
Dispatch #173: Adios to February Edition
In the latest Dispatch newsletter:
What's New: Tideland, Heart of the Game, and much more.
What We're Watching: R.u.d.y., C.R.A.Z.Y. and more.
Explore: Oscars post-mortem.
The Guatemalan Handshake
Posted by cphillips at 12:51 PM