Jack Thompson in Under Milk Wood

Jack Thompson in Under Milk Wood

By Renee Krosch (for Richard Glover) Jack Thompson delights 702Sydney with a reading from the world’s most famous radio play – Under Milk Wood! The World’s most famous radio play – Dylan Thomas’s ‘Under Milk Wood’ is playing...
Prelude to a hit

Prelude to a hit

Forget watching trailers before a feature film – previews are now the main event. The online video touted an epic unveiling from one of Hollywood’s most revered filmmakers: ”In three days, Ridley Scott returns to the genre he redefined.” For...
Virtual cash to bankroll young filmmakers in Brazil

Virtual cash to bankroll young filmmakers in Brazil

A new “virtual” fund has been set up in São Paulo to fund educational and cultural projects, including several film productions, Carolina Matos reports for Folha De S.Paulo. At the University of São Paulo, a project has been launched to develop so-called...
Martin Scorsese & 3-D

Martin Scorsese & 3-D

By CRISTINA SILVA LAS VEGAS — Martin Scorsese has become so enamored with 3-D filmmaking that he expects to use the technology in all his future projects. The Academy Award-winning director of “The Departed” told a crowd of theater owners at the CinemaCon...
Machinima 2012

Machinima 2012

ma.chin.i.ma [muh-shee-nuh-muh] noun The word MACHINIMA is a combination of 2 words: cinema and machine. It is making movies in virtual platforms where 3D-filmmaking techniques are applied within computer generated games. What is Machinima? Machinima is a new form of...