It’s OK to Cry: Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go

28 Sep 2010

Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go haunted Mark Romanek so powerfully that he couldn’t shake it for weeks. Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Sunshine), who was a friend of Ishiguro, read the galley, and then quickly wrote the screenplay. The director muses, “When I had the same emotional reaction to the script as I had to the book, I knew that it was a very successful adaptation, and felt more confident that it was possible to make a film out of such an unusual and delicate book.”

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TEDWomen, Washington D.C.

27 Sep 2010

[ 7 Dec 2010 10:00 am to 8 Dec 2010 11:00 pm. ]

How are women and girls reshaping the future? The first-ever TEDWomen invites men and women to explore this question in depth. From the developing world, where a single microloan to a single girl can transform a village, to the West, where generations of educated women are transforming entire industries, women are powerful change agents, intellectual […]

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Protoclip Music Video Festival, Paris

[ 25 Nov 2010 4:00 pm to 27 Nov 2010 11:00 pm. ]

PROTOCLIP, one of the world’s only festivals dedicated to independent music video, celebrates its 5th edition. PROTOCLIP has a twofold purpose: first to bring to light the artistic vision and creation of the video clip and also to discover and make public the work of emergent/rising independent directors.

This year’s regional spotlight highlights music videos […]

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24/7 2010: The State of the Art in DIY Video, Los Angeles

[ 5 Oct 2010; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] A/V mashup maestro Mike Relm will perform during the 24/7 after-party.

The celebrated 24/7 DIY Video Summit returns with a new feature-length program of the latest in anime music videos, political remixes, fan vids, videoblogs, and the YouTube scene, curated to highlight the most recent trends and techniques emerging from the DIY and amateur online video […]

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Flux Screening Series at the Hammer, Los Angeles

[ 15 Dec 2010; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Sumo Science’s dot, the world’s smallest stop motion film screening at the December 15th Flux Screening at the Hammer

Join us in celebrating the holidays with the Flux Screening Series at the Hammer Museum!

We have a stellar program featuring special guests: NYC’s Neistat Brothers, the very talented Vincent Haycock, the always animated Angela + Ithyle and […]

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Who is Daniels

24 Sep 2010

When you visit Daniels’ homepage, you’re greeted with clean design and cheerful, yet sarcastic nudges in statements like, “Your internet is broken. Go outside and play.”

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About last night… September Flux Screening

16 Sep 2010

On Wednesday night, as hundreds of guests filed out of the Billy Wilder Theater for the Flux Screening Series after party, one line was on everyone’s lips…

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Anatomy of a Music Video: Arcade Fire’s The Wilderness Downtown

14 Sep 2010

Arcade Fire’s The Wilderness Downtown, one the most remarkable music videos of the year, is unlike any music video we’ve seen before.

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Minimalist Music Video Posters

1 Sep 2010

Federico Mancosu’s poster for Anton Corbijn’s Depeche Mode video Enjoy the Silence
Some of the more interesting feature films are made by directors who got their start in music videos (Anton Corbijn’s new feature film The American opens today and Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go follows a couple weeks later). Italian graphic designer Federico Mancosu […]

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Flux Screening Series at the Hammer, Los Angeles

25 Aug 2010

[ 15 Sep 2010; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]

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