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Ten Documentary Films
Written by David Tames on August 27, 2006
Filed Under Documentary, Films, Media Literacy, Sticky
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I was reading a post tonight on DVXuser that asked: What’s the best documentary you’ve ever seen? and I was inspired by the challenge and made a list of 10 documentary films to watch that are worthy of both viewing and analysis. I can’t begin to rank what I would consider...  Continue Reading...

Art Film Talk: Kleiler’s theory of film festivals
Written by David Tames on August 22, 2006
Filed Under Events & Screenings, Filmmaking, General, The Media
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In Episode 15 of Art Film Talk I talk with David Kleiler about his theory of what makes for a good film festival, it was a fun conversation on a stoop outside of the closing night party and award ceremony at the 15th Woods Hole Film Festival.  Read More →

Renting movies from the iTunes movie store?
Written by David Tames on August 20, 2006
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It looks like Jon Feltheimer, Chief Executive Officer of Lions Gate Entertainment made a pre-annoucement of things to come from the iTunes Music Store when he said during a Q1 2007 Earnings Conference Call, “We also have digital delivery deals in place with Cinema Now, MovieLink, and...  Continue Reading...

Art Film Talk: Who Killed the Electric Car?
Written by David Tames on August 9, 2006
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After a long hiatus I’ve relaunched and renamed my audio podcast. Under the new name of Art Film Talk the podcast will feature conversations on the art, craft, business, and technology of filmmaking. This week’s episode is an interview with Chris Paine, director of Who Killed The Electric...  Continue Reading...

Film or video? It depends on what you mean.
Written by David Tames on August 2, 2006
Filed Under Filmmaking, Media Literacy
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The tools, techniques, grammar, and cultural practices surrounding the production, distribution, and viewing of “video” and “film” have been converging for a long time. Film has adopted much of the grammar of the “video” while video can now be used to shoot...  Continue Reading...

Woods Hole Film Festival
Written by David Tames on August 2, 2006
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On Sunday Alice and I attended the Filmmaker’s Brunch and met many of the filmmakers attending the Woods Hole Film Festival, after catching up with some friends, we attended the tribute to Ricky Leacock. The festival continues through Saturday night. If you live in New England and you...  Continue Reading...

Beyond Theatrical: Handout
Written by David Tames on August 1, 2006
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On Saturday during the “Beyond Theatrical: New Opportunities for Distribution” panel at the Roxbury Film Festival I promised I’d post a handout and here’s a link to the document: Macro-Trends-v2.pdf (PDF, 164KB). I welcome any comments or crtiticism you might have of the piece....  Continue Reading...