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Watching movies outdoors is appealing for the nostalgia and novelty. But if you throw too much money at it, the novelty can quickly overpower everything else. (read more)
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Is Hollywood going to profit off the snacking craze, go hungry, or find opportunities to blend meaningful art and technology? (read more)
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Spout's Rick DeVos tells an Austin Chronicle reporter how community, non-Hollywood style, works. (read more)
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A nostalgia for silent films is growing, but so is a whole paradigm shift for bringing together silent filmmaking and new technology. (read more)
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Making what could be called a "Long Tail movie" calls for a small budget, which calls for the kind of practical, doable advice found in The DV Rebel's Guide. (read more)
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Even if you hate the idea of watching video content on your cellphone, the medium could have some interesting creative benefits. (read more)
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When we asked spout.com experts to tell us what they considered "essential" films, they gladly shared their wealth of information and opinions. That's the Spout community at its best. (read more)
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Is it possible to create a formula to predict which movies will really resonate with audiences? (read more)
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Many young filmmakers, like Swanberg, are playing in an exciting place between essay, documentary, and drama. (read more)
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YouTube apparently does more than provide some laughs for free. It's starting to help big entertainment executives connect to what real people want. (read more)
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SpoutBlog is back. We missed the stimulation of ideas generated here. We missed hearing from all of you. And the issues are out there, buzzing around, looking for somewhere to land. (read more)
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So the film world is crackling with anticipation over how we'll get our films in the future. Caveh Zahedi wrote an eloquent manifesto for self-distribution in Filmmaker Magazine. Withoutabox.com, Myspace.com, and Yahoo! My Movies all want to make some type... (read more)
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This year, Park City, among other things, is abuzz with what the Internet will do to make films accessible that weren't accessible before. For instance, in the Queer Lounge at Sundance, withoutabox.com announced some basic community tools on their website... (read more)
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I just came across this article in the LA Times from Novemember. I'm glad I didn't see it until now because I've been thinking lately about how the Information Age is providing more than a way for me to access... (read more)
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Most people have heard and experienced in some way shape or form that going to the movies is not nearly as popular as it once was. Industry analysts say sophisticated Home Entertainment systems, DVDs, gasoline price hikes and popcorn price... (read more)
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So if you haven't yet read the latest issue of Fast Company, you should. Alan Deutschman and Scott Kirsner cover the changing, bomb-shelled landscape of movie distribution. ("Hollywood's New Wave" and "Maverick Mogul" only available in print right now) Of... (read more)
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I really love this quote from Ray Carney's book, Cassavetes on Cassavetes, when John Cassavetes in 1963 came up with the idea (out of frustration with the movie industry) to shoot a film paid for out of his own pocket:... (read more)
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So with the Weinstein's leaving Miramax to truly fill their movie Mogul ambitions, people like Mark Cuban are stepping in to fill the void in filmmaking that Miramax seemingly used to. With the film Bubble he is executing his plan... (read more)
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Every day seems to bring yet another story regarding the different companies lining up into the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray DVD camp. Personally, I'm thinking that Blu-Ray will win out in the end, due to a combination of adoption by many... (read more)
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I feel the winds of change. At the Chicago International Film Festival I encountered a remarkable new film called Kissing on the Mouth. It is carrying the same torch as Susan Buice and Arin Crumley's Four-Eyed Monsters, which I... (read more)
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Link: The Reeler > Page Six Breaks its Abacus in Soderbergh Broadside.   So a lot of folks are feeling the sting of change with the upcoming release of Steven Soderbergh's new film Bubble, his first of six features he'll... (read more)
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When I was six years old I got lost in the grocery store. I went off to look at toys or something and suddenly it felt like I was in that giant military warehouse in the closing shot of... (read more)
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Link: PSFK: The Future Of Entertainment. There are some very interesting insights on the next 75 years of Hollywood here. My problem with these insights is they all come from the inside. Seems to me that Hollywood has gotten itself... (read more)
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A little over a year ago, my friends and I were tossing around thoughts about how lately films and filmmaking seem to be going in an interesting direction. These thoughts started turning into ideas. Then we got together to work... (read more)
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