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Web Videos and Isabella Rossellini, Together at Last

June 5, 2008 – 10:28 am

It’s Internet Week in New York City! That means all my Twitter friends are going to three parties a night and texting from each about about how bored/drunk/drowning in nerdy masculinity they are. Because they keep going back night after night, I have to assume that either the NY tech community is full of self-destructive [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Technology & Web, Video | Comments (1)

Speed Racer’s Suggestion: BlogNosh 05/06/08

May 6, 2008 – 4:06 pm

At the Risky Biz blog, Steven Zeitchik accuses the Wachowskis of “insidious” product placement in Speed Racer, altering the design of Speed’s helmet and the Mach 5 to subliminally invoke corporate partner McDonalds. “It may not be brand placement. It’s something much newer and trickier: brand suggestion.”
FILMMAKER Magazine’s website has published the essay by David [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Film marketing and distribution | Comments (1)

Cinema Eye Honors, Tonight in NYC

March 18, 2008 – 5:50 pm

The new alternative documentary awards launch tonight at the IFC Center. I’ll be there, reporting back in 140-character segments.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Awards, Documentary | Comments (2)

Michel Gondry @ The Apple Store, Via Twitter

January 8, 2008 – 12:31 pm

Audiences are using personal technology to share events with their virtual communities in real time. Cue hand wringing: What does it all mean?!?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Technology & Web | Comments (0)

State of the Indies, Part 2

December 20, 2007 – 1:33 pm

Art house producers and distributors don’t know why you’re not showing up for their films, but they know you have an iPod. That’s progress, right?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film marketing and distribution, Indies, Technology & Web | Comments (4)

Get The SpoutBlog Widget

December 10, 2007 – 11:05 am

SpoutBlog loves you. Now you can show the world you feel the same.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Business, Spout.com, Technology & Web | Comments (0)

Hope is Missing. Clip of the Day.

October 15, 2007 – 12:09 pm

HOPE is missing

Add to My Profile | More VideosLance Weiler of Head Trauma fame has launched a new web series on MySpace called Hope is Missing. Loosely intended as a companion to Head Trauma, which is being released on VOD on October 23, the series is a true cross-platform event unfolding over MySpace, Twitter, and [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Clip of the Day, Horror, Indies | Comments (0)

There Will Be Blood IS Screening at Fantastic Fest

September 27, 2007 – 2:51 pm

This just in from Matt Dentler, via Twitter: the final secret screening on the final night of Fantastic Fest is, as rumored, Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood. We’ll post reactions here on SpoutBlog as soon as they start flying in.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community, Film festivals | Comments (0)

Comic-con 2007 Roundup, 07/25/07

July 25, 2007 – 7:13 am

The annual nerd bachanal that is Comic-con begins today in San Diego. Here’s a look at some of the chatter going into the comic/horror/sci-fi/fantasy fan’s biggest weekend of the year.

David Poland got an email from a friend who has a friend who is a director who was told by someone at Comic-con that he won’t [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Community | Comments (0)