‘We’ll be watching movies first on tablets and phones within months, not years,’ says film executive

New lease of life for Olive, the first feature-length film shot on a smartphone

Friday, September 7, 2012 11:23

At the beginning of the year Olive, the first feature-length film shot on a smartphone, played at a couple of cinemas in San Francisco, a feat that the producers hoped would be followed by a wider theatre release. That plan did not quite come off, with co-director Hooman Khalili telling Techcrunch website that a low budget,  independently-produced movie made on a mobile phone [...]

Review: Fog City Mavericks – on Vimeo

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 17:57

Gary Leva’s 2007 documentary Fog City Mavericks, about cinema pioneers in the 1970s, is released on Vimeo in five installments, making it accessible to today’s digital generation of filmmakers

Friday, July 20, 2012 17:45

iTunes in the Cloud service gives Apple a head start over rivals Google and Amazon

Sunday, July 8, 2012 9:09

Homemade tributes to Hollywood classics turn blockbusters into folk cinema. The studios can’t decide whether they are terrified or charmed by the trend