Category: Film & TV
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Rick Smolan’s Trek with TRACKS, from Australian Outback to Silver Screen | PROOF
Rick Smolan’s Trek with TRACKS, from Australian Outback to Silver Screen In 1977 photographer Rick Smolan was traveling in Australia on assignment for Time magazine when he encountered an angry woman in the small town of Alice Springs. Little did he know that 37 years later their story would be dramatized by movie stars. “I…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Made You Look: A Film about Creativity in the Digital Age
Juxtapoz Magazine – Made You Look: A Film about Creativity in the Digital Age As an independent print publication in 2014 who has seen similar trends, the trailer for this documentary makes us happy. Made You Look is a… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/design/made-you-look-a-film-about-creativity-in-the-digital-age Made You Look is a documentary about the UK DIY graphic arts scene of the 21st…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Banksy “Better Out Than In—The Movie” Trailer
Juxtapoz Magazine – Banksy “Better Out Than In—The Movie” Trailer If you remember, Banksy just won the 2014 Webby for Person of the Year, basically because for one month in NYC, he took over the Internet with his bra… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/street-art/banksy-better-out-than-in-the-movie-trailer Banksy just released a trailer for “Better Out Than In—The Movie,” which could just…
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Sebastian Junger’s Self-Financed and Self-Released Film Korengal | A Photo Editor
Sebastian Junger’s Self-Financed and Self-Released Film Korengal – A Photo Editor CLICK to purchase tickets a note from Sebastian Junger I’m writing to let you know that my next film, KORENGAL, is about to come out on May 30th in New York. Tim and I had planned to make a follow-up to Restrepo, but a few…
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‘Hornet’s Nest’: Memorial Day war movie by father and son journalists opens | Poynter.
‘Hornet’s Nest’: Memorial Day war movie by father and son journalists opens The trailer for Mike and Carlos Boettcher’s new movie “The Hornet’s Nest” that opens in theaters nationwide today says right up front the film is “Not based on a true story.” Then a second message appears on the screen, “This is the true…
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Cannes 2014: The Salt of the Earth review – photographer Sebastião Salgado is a magnetic subject | Film | theguardian.com
Cannes 2014: The Salt of the Earth review – photographer Sebastião Salgado is a magnetic subject A documentary portrait of the renowned Brazilian photographer by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado manages to be both illuminating and uplifting via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/20/cannes-2014-the-salt-of-the-earth-film-review-sebastiao-salgado?CMP=twt_gu A documentary portrait of the renowned Brazilian photographer by Wim Wenders and Juliano…
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More thoughts on Maier
More thoughts on Maier I finally got a chance to see Finding Vivian Maier recently. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Going in I wasn’t sure what to ex… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2014/05/more-thoughts-on-maier.html I finally got a chance to see Finding Vivian Maier recently. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Going in I wasn’t…
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Organic Rising
ORGANIC RISING Demystifying the organic food movement in the U.S. directed by Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Suau. | Check out ‘ORGANIC RISING’ on Indiegogo. via Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/organic-rising#home Anthony SUAU has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, an Emmy, and two World Press Photos of the Year for his photography. He has twice received an International Center…
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See Photos from the Mad Men Set
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/03/27/mad-men-set-photos/#1 “The whole shoot was fascinating,” Majoli told Lightbox. “[The show’s creator] Matthew Weiner is so meticulous in his job that you want to be equally diligent. It’s all about trust — the more trust you receive, the more responsible you feel…
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Street Life
Link: Street Life | PDN Photo of the Day Filmmaker and photographer Cheryl Dunn shines a light on New York City street photography in her new documentary “Everybody Street.” The film features interviews with renowned street shooters, including Elliott Erwitt, Rebecca Lepkoff, Joel Meyerowitz, Ricky Powell and Jamel Shabazz, who discuss everything from how they…
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Move over, ‘The Room’, there’s a new kid in town…
Link: Move over, ‘The Room’, there’s a new kid in town…
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Creators of a documentary that highlights photojournalism in Afghanistan raises more than $70,000
Link: Creators of a documentary that highlights photojournalism in Afghanistan raises more than $70,000 | Poynter. Frame By Frame, a documentary that originated as a Kickstarter project, aimed to raise $40,000 by Aug. 28. As of today, it has raised $70,301.
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Landscape Photographer Edward Burtynsky Explores Another Endangered Resource: Water
Landscape Photographer Edward Burtynsky Explores Another Endangered Resource: Water | PDNPulse Edward Burtynsky, the photographer renowned for his monumental photographs that explore how human activity alters the landscape, has spent the last five years investigating our exploitation of a precious natural resource: Water. Spanning ten countries, “W via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2013/08/landscape-photographer-edward-burtynsky-explores-another-endangered-resource-water.html The film was shot in…
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Documentary Follows Four Afghan Photojournalists Determined to Build Free Press
Link: Documentary Follows Four Afghan Photojournalists Determined to Build Free Press | Feature Shoot
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Worth a look: Everybody Street
Link: Worth a look: Everybody Street | dvafoto I just caught up with the trailer above, and I’ve got to say I’m excited about Everybody Street. It’s a look at street photographers who’ve been working in New York over the past few decades, long before Humans Of New York or street style blogs such as…
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SeaWorld’s Unusual Retort to a Critical Documentary
SeaWorld’s Unusual Retort to a Critical Documentary SeaWorld Entertainment began an aggressive public pushback against the new documentary “Blackfish,” which makes the case that orca whales in captivity suffer physical and mental distress. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/business/media/seaworlds-unusual-retort-to-a-critical-documentary.html?partner=rss&emc=rss SeaWorld Entertainment startled the film world last weekend by sending a detailed critique of the movie to about 50 critics…
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A Photographic Memory by Rachel Elizabeth Seed
A Photographic Memory A personal documentary film about a daughter’s search for the mother she never knew through their shared love of photography. via Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1774742582/a-photographic-memory This project began when I uncovered some boxes of short films at my dad’s house about the photographic icons Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Cornell Capa, Lisette Model, W. Eugene…
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And Now, Deep Thoughts About ‘Deep Thoughts’
And Now, Deep Thoughts About ‘Deep Thoughts’ Jack Handey’s absurdist affirmations were sharp, surreal and hilarious. Is it possible he influenced a generation of serious poets? Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/14/magazine/and-now-deep-thoughts-about-deep-thoughts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 “Deep Thoughts,” which were later collected in a series of popular volumes, were designed to satirize the genre of the feel-good affirmation. Examples include: “If trees could…
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New Movie Explores Life and Work of Tim Hetherington Through His Family and Friends
New Movie Explores Life and Work of Tim Hetherington Through His Family and Friends | PDNPulse There’s a long moment of dread near the beginning of Sebastian Junger’s new film about the life and death of Tim Hetherington. A video camera pans around a car full of journalists covering the uprising in Libya in April…