By
Loren Lankford
on November 5, 2008 12:05 PM|Permalink
photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures
After playing at some festivals both here and abroad (including Telluride and Toronto), Wayne Wang's The Princess of Nebraska skipped a theatrical run and went straight to YouTube, where it premiered in early October. The film is a companion piece to A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, currently playing in select theaters.
By
Mary Kate Varnau
on October 1, 2008 11:54 AM|Permalink
Elle MacPherson, Kristin Davis, Bono, Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, economist Jeffrey Sachs and musician Angelique Kidjo convened outside the UN on Thursday. They participated in a call-to-action style event, promoting the In My Name program, which has pledged to cut global poverty in half by the year 2015.
By
Loren Lankford
on September 25, 2008 11:27 AM|Permalink
[Above: One of Hulu's many streams, The Daily Show]
In the battle to obtain the most prized online video content, YouTube is far and away the winner. So much so that it seems pointless that any contenders would even worry too much about where they fall underneath, right? Wrong. It seems nothing will stop Hulu, which boasts 900 film and TV titles, from inching its way, ever so slowly, from obscurity (and away from competitor Joost).
By
Henry Freedland
on August 27, 2008 9:42 AM|Permalink
It's almost too much, really. As anticipationbuilds for The Stand Ins, Okkervil River's follow-up to last year's The Stage Names, the Austin band has begun to fan its fans' desires by opening up a YouTube channel with covers of all the album's songs. Covers, that is, before the Sept. 9 official release of the originals—crazy.
What happens when a now-copyright-conservative artist covers
a blockbuster from a copyright-radical artist at one of the biggest music
festivals of the summer? In this case, the video goes up on YouTube, and is then promptly
removed. To add insult to injury, the clip of Prince’s seven-minute rendition
of “Creep” was replaced with a snore-worthy clip of two birds preening. We tell
no lies.
By
Cristina Martin
on March 27, 2008 1:32 PM|Permalink
Tired of the bored, snobby, passionless mindset of the hipster generation? Well, so were filmmakers Adam Browne and Brendan Choisnet, so much so that they were inspired to create The Cult of Sincerity. Don’t worry, there are no Kool-Aid drinkers or matching uniforms in this movie. Instead, The Cult of Sincerity is a film that chronicles a twentysomething named Joseph in his quest to stop being cynical and start giving back to the world around him.
Still, what makes this movie different from any other is the nature of its release. Set to come out April 8, you’ll be able to enjoy The Cult of Sincerity over and over again via YouTube. This will be the first time ever that the video sharing site has teamed up with filmmakers to premier a film.
Considering the film's release, it will naturally be available for free, but this doesn’t mean that its makers won't get paid. Teaming up with Amie St. Music, when viewers sign up through the music site, the filmmakers get compensated.
The Cult of Sincerity will also be available for portable download for a nominal fee of $3. Over half of the funds raised will be given to Fount of Mercy, a charity that raises money for children in Africa.
For time being, check out the film’s trailer, courtesy of YouTube, of course:
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