Is The 5D Cage A Factor?

The new Contineo 5D MKII powered cage from View Factor Studios seeks to remedy the problems associated with 5D productions.

Early Motion Picture Color Tests

Here is a beautiful Two-Color Kodachrome test (the earliest known color film footage) from 1922, featuring actress Mae Murray.

The return of an Indie Maverick

One of the great unsung heroes of independant cinema, Monte Hellman, returns to feature directing after a twenty year absence.

Levi’s – Go Work

Here is a really terrific commercial for Levi’s, directed by Australian filmmaker, John Hillcoat.

Dig it!

I just got done watching one of the strangest and most surreal movies I have seen in a while…

Film Preservation

I stumbled accross this terrific article about the incredibly important task of film preservation…

RIP Dede Allen (1923-2010)

As a true lover of cinema, but especially being that I am an editor myself, I must bid a sad farewell to the great film editor Dede Allen, who died saturday at the age of 86.

Cloud Time-lapse

Not much action on the ground today, but check out the clouds in this time-lapse: