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Digital Hollywood- that’s a mouthful

You might find the title daunting, "Transmedia Production - Inventing the Language of Cross-Platform, Non-Linear Narration," but the topic of yesterday’s Digital Hollywood panel addressed a...

INTERVIEW: The Human Experience Filmmakers

Michael Campo, writer of the film THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, and Jeffrey Azize, one of the brothers who traveled the world in this film to live in suffering communities, speak about the experience of...

Fly Away bows at SXSW

Janet Grillo's latest film "Fly Away" premiered at the SXSW - a soulful look at a mother raising her daughter with autism, it debuts on Flatiron Film Company label on April 26th. Pictured here,...

Photos with Oscar

The Oscar nominees continue their momentum, with GASLAND activists fighting to end hydraulic fracking before members of Congress, and WASTE LAND's breakout character, Brazilian garbage collector...

Oscar-Land: 3 outta 5 Ain’t Bad

Oscar nominees were announced early this week and New Video is honored to distribute 3 selections for Best Documentary Feature: GASLAND, RESTREPO, and WASTE LAND. GASLAND filmmaker Josh Fox...

Movies while you wait for the snowplow

Hopefully you are not trapped in a strange connecting city due to stormy weather, but if you are rounding that third hour in terminal B while east coast snowstorms wreak havoc, may we suggest you...

Mark Ruffalo and Sheila Nevins at GASLAND release party

Last night Docurama Films feted the DVD release of Oscar short-lister GASLAND in snowy midtown Manhattan. Actor Mark Ruffalo, HBO's Sheila Nevins, and New Video's Susan Margolin joined filmmaker...

Wild and Wonderful and in L.A.

Tribeca Film threw a kick-ass DVD release party last Thursday night at LA’s Smog Shoppe, in Culver City. Executive producer Johnny Knoxville, along with American Express, helped to host a...

IDA Award Noms: THE OATH and WASTE LAND

Congrats to Laura Poitras's THE OATH and Lucy Walker's WASTE LAND, each tapped as feature nominees by the International Documentary Association! IDA winners will be announced during an awards...

Horrors-R-Us

From the classic horror flick NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, to the super kitch cult PUPPET MASTER I & ll , not to mention the terrifying tales of Halloween night LATE FEE and DEATH ON DEMAND,...

This Weekend: Meet Tomm at Comic-Con, Lennon in the Park

Our friends at the New York International Children’s Film Festival (@NYICFF) remind comic & animation fans to “Come meet Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart of @SecretOfKells at NY Comic-Con this...

INTERVIEW: Tomm Moore, The Secret of Kells

April Benavides speaks with Tomm Moore, the creator of the 2010 Academy Award Nominee "The Secret of Kells" (Best Animated Feature). In this vivid and exquisite work, young Brendan discovers a master...

INTERVIEW: Rooster Teeth, Red vs. Blue

Halo: Reach has quickly become the highest grossing game Microsoft has ever released. Loyal fans of the game know and love the "machinima" sci-fi comedy series RED VS. BLUE, which uses Halo...

THIS WEEK: Gertrude Berg, Pete Postlethwaite, and Tigers

The countdown ticks down to the 62nd Annual Emmy Awards this evening. Host Jimmy Fallon is reaching out to the Twitter community to help introduce the night’s presenters in many of the top...

A Comic-Con for Gamers

In the midst of massive graphic novel franchises, sci-fi empires and classic and irreverent animation of all breeds, this Comic-Con welcomed two comedic series made by and for devoted gamers, hosting...

New This Week: The Zombies, Mozart & Beethoven

In December 1967, two weeks after the English rock band, The Zombies, completed their misspelled album ‘Odessey and Oracle,’ the band broke up. Columbia Records’ then-boss Clive Davis...

Reporting the future, as it happens

We love to look into the future. While there are no Na'vi or replicants in The Onion's newscast from 2137, America's Finest News Source goes toe to toe with CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News - using wormhole...

This Week: Woody Harrelson on The Most Dangerous Man in America

Check out what Woody Harrelson has to say about The Most Dangerous Man in America, in this podcast on iTunes. The Oscar-nominated film is now available for preorder. Most Dangerous Man in America:...

This Week: Africa’s World Cup, a WWI legend, Dennis Hopper

The documentary World Cup Soccer in Africa: Who Really Wins?, new on iTunes, exposes the impact of the 2010 World Cup soccer tournament on South Africa. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, construction...

Goings on: Celebrity Dogs, Ice Cream Cones and Awards

The stars came out May 9th to celebrate their furry and faithful friends in Daryl Roth's documentary, 'My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story,' at the Directors Guild Theater and The Oak Room. The...

This Week: Know Your Mushrooms, Hammerin’ Hank and He-Man

If you plan to be in the great outdoors anytime soon, you may just want to Know Your Mushrooms, and this trip of a film from Ron Mann is the perfect starter. Appropriately, the film is 100% Fresh...

This Week: Billy the Kid, Room With a View

When you hear the name Billy the Kid, you might think of a gun slinging hero from the Wild West. What you probably would not imagine is a skinny, teenage boy from rural Maine. The documentary by...

Frank Frazetta’s Fire Goes Out

This week, the creative world mourns the passing of fantasy and science fiction artist, Frank Frazetta, following his death from a stroke on Monday at the age of 82. Frazetta's work ranged from comic...

Babies: Have We Met?

To coincide with the release of their documentary, 'Babies,' Focus Features asked filmmakers who are new parents to make short films about their... babies. Sascha Paladino, director of 'Bela Fleck:...

Interview: Sarah Kunstler and Emily Kunstler, Disturbing the Universe

Filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler spoke with indieWIRE’s Eugene Hernandez about their film, WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE, as part of the “Meet the Filmmaker” series...

Interview: Awkward Comedians, Victor Varnado and Marina Franklin

April Benavides talks to Victor Varnado and Marina Franklin of 'The Awkward Comedy Show,' now available on iTunes and DVD. If you prefer to read, here's the transcript: “Comedy, plus blackness,...

SAMO Still Radiant: Basquiat Brings a Mean Party

Tuesday's MoMA screening of Tamra Davis' 'Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child' drew a dazzling crowd of talent to witness Tamra's storytelling, including video footage she recorded months before...

This Week: Kunstlers at Apple SoHo, Horse Boy in Mongolia

The daughters of William Kunstler have created a compelling portrait of their controversial "radical lawyer" father in the doc, 'William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe,' released this week on...

This Week: Aaron Arkaway, Bruce Dern and Nicholson on Bikes

Though you might recognize Turk Pipkin as Aaron Arkaway, the narcoleptic boyfriend of Tony Sopranos' sister, Janice, Pipkin's résumé goes well beyond TV and film. His days of stand-up comedy found...

This Week: The Dirt on Dirt & Country, Deaf Percussion

Earth Day turns 40 on April 22. Recent films 'The Cove' and 'The End of the Line' shine a critical light on the state of fish collapse, while the upcoming theatrical release of 'Oceans' offers an...

Interview: The Yes Men, on FIXING THE WORLD

April Benavides speaks with The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, about their inspiration and purpose in staging pranks on the world, and their movie, THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD. You...

April’s Highlander Fan Competition

Calling all true and faithful Highlander fans: Help create and be part of the bonus features on the upcoming DVD and win a trip for 2 to LA to have lunch with producer Peter Davis, and possibly...

Interview: James Mottern, TRUCKER

Stephanie Bruder speaks to writer and director James Mottern, whose film TRUCKER stars Michelle Monaghan as a long-haul trucker. Monaghan received Oscar buzz for the role, and TRUCKER has been called...

Tweeting for Haiti

We are honored to deliver this pioneering Tweetathon event to iTunes, with celebs of all stripes performing their tweets, and raising funds to rebuild Haitian schools. Ben Stiller, Ashton Kutcher,...

You’re only as Irish as your iTunes

As many don green clothing, drink green beer and make pub crawl arrangements this Saint Patrick's Day, we recommend some movies on iTunes to you: 1. ST. PATRICK: APOSTLE OF IRELAND looks at an...

Oscar has left the building

Following the wonder that was Friday night's Independent Spirit Awards, the Academy showered the indie community with impressive wins in major categories. Among the underdogs, 'The Hurt Locker'...

Amreeka gets Independent Spirit Nod, Best Feature

In advance of the glitz and glamor of Sunday's Academy Awards, Hollywood's and Indywood's best and brightest are watching tonight's Independent Spirit Awards hosted by the incomparable Eddie Izzard....

Ask Your Questions: Joe Berlinger

Following in the success of his previous films, which include the acclaimed documentaries "Brother's Keeper" (1992), "Paradise Lost" (1996) and "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" (2004), filmmaker Joe...

This Week: Overdrilling, Overfishing, Don Dohler, and a Treehouse

Released this week, Joe Berlinger's "Crude" unearths the effects of Chevron's oil exploration of the Ecuadorean Amazon in a high stakes legal drama. This cinéma-vérité feature exposes of one of...

Interview: Charles Clover, THE END OF THE LINE

April Benavides speaks to journalist and author Charles Clover about his book The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat, now the basis for a documentary film of the...

Olympic Cinema

As the Winter Games unfold in Vancouver, here's a countdown of our fave winter (and summer) Olympic films: 5. "Prefontaine" (1997) / "Without Limits" (1998): Hailing from the running mecca of...

Happy Chinese New Year, Mr. President

This week we are are giving away some flicks on prezzes we have loved, including these docs on iTunes, 'Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived', 'Senator Obama Goes to Africa', and 'Crisis: Behind...

The Guild takes names on iTunes

Felicia Day's THE GUILD outpaced shows like Glee, Weeds, Caprica, Madmen and Lost during it's launch this week. If you haven't heard of this award-winning web series, Felicia Day of "Dr. Horrible"...

The Internet in your hands

Apple presented the iPad moments ago in San Francisco – much described as a merging of devices, and a rebuttal to e-readers at a very compelling price point. Starting at $499 for 16GBs, the first...

An Interview with Dorothy Vogel: Herb & Dorothy

Reknowned art collectors Dorothy and Herb Vogel amassed one of the most important collections of contemporary art on a librarian and postal clerk's salary, and then donated the entirety to the...

Happy Holidays

New Video Digital would like to add something other than coal to your stocking with some fun giveaways. Fans of Highlander know There Can Be Only One. Our friends at Davis-Panzer Productions are now...

Jon Reiss on Digital Film Distro

Director and producer Jon Reiss (Bomb It!) talks to Millimeter about the ideas in his new book on distributing and marketing film in today's marketplace. His thoughts on free content and the...

Interview: Enlighten Up!

Director Kate Churchill and Nick Rosen talk about their collaboration in a grand yoga experiment captured in the documentary, "Enlighten Up!" Q: How did the two of you come in contact with one...

Hulu'd for the Holidays: Greatest American Hero

Believe it or not, it's 1980s TV, You can watch it on your PC... Believe it or not, Hulu's free. And while we stroll down memory lane:...

Chuck Close up close

In 1993 Marion Cajori had just won the prestigious Pratt-Whitney Grand Prize at the International Film Festival for Films on Art in Montreal. The filmmaker had plans for a documentary about painter...

"2012" Twitter Contest

New Video Digital is launching a Twitter retweet contest to promote the documentary “2012: Science or Superstition”, now available on iTunes. Here are the contest details to enter: Prize: $300...

The many faces of Veterans

As we honor those who fought in wars past and those who now serve in the armed forces, we remember the awesome impact that these fine men and women in uniform have had upon the world and not solely...

World Wide War

A few weeks ago, France declared war... against Internet piracy. By adopting a three-strike law that could ultimately disconnect Internet access for its violators, the French government took an...

Musical Deliverance

It's been a great year for movies about music, encompassing the funny, the ironic and the tragic: filmmakers are finding plenty to say when the subject is the musicians they love. The unexpected...

Pay Per Views?

Last month, when News Corp. deputy chairman Chase Carey suggested that Hulu might begin to charge for its online streaming, shock waves hit the online community faster than a leaked trailer for a new...

Election countdown

Tomorrow's off-year election should shake up plenty of seats, with Republicans united under a common purpose of regaining some power, and Democrats both complacent from their successes and divided...

On your marks

Good luck to all those running on Sunday! We were inspired to hear about Ed Norton running to raise funds and awareness for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. He'll be running with 3 Maasai,...

Air Guitar Hero

Paramount Pictures is producing a film based on the doc "Air Guitar Nation" & the book "To Air Is Human" for 2011. Cue extended electric riff with reverb... Justin Theroux has great...

Yes Men get a No?

A law suit filed today against the Yes Men for their climate stunt this week - a faux press conference declaring the Chamber of Commerce's support for environmental legislation - argues they...

DIY: what those kids are up to now

The 2010 DIY Film Festival is now accepting entries for its year-round program that celebrates independent and self-produced films. The spirit and history behind the “do-it-yourself” movement is...

Disney unveils the keys to the cloud kingdom

DVD lifespan speculation heats up today with lively discussion on the Wall Street Journal on Disney's "Keychest" technology announcement, which puts a single price on access to a movie or show...

Get your spook started

Paranormal Activity recently became "the first-ever major film release decided by YOU" after over 1 million fans asked for it in theaters near them. Kudos to Paramount for scaling this micro-budget...

Dr. Bronner, of sudsy fame, arrested

Update: Here's a YouTube video of the arrest today of hemp farmers at DEA headquarters. The DEA has arrested David Bronner, maker of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap, for planting industrial hemp,...

Inside the life of the Rocket Man

Just a standard news week for Sir Elton John: he may be allowed to adopt a 14-month-old Ukrainian boy if he buys his murdering father a shoe store; he commented on the tragic death of Boyzone star...

Want To Know a Secret?

The arrest of Elliot Madison for creating a virtual GPS on the police at the G-20 summit publicly marks an era of growing government unease with new technologies and security. From police to...

Birthday Peace of Cake

September's International Day of Peace led up to Mahatma Gandhi’s 140th birthday last Friday, recognized as the International Day of Non-Violence. Among the torchbearers of Ghandiji's...

Natural disaster, then and now

Southeast Asia suffered massive earthquakes, landslides and typhoons this week, with the death toll in the Philippines, South India and Vietnam rising. For Americans with memories...

Gary Hustwit on “Objectified”

New Video's Stephanie Bruder speaks with director Gary Hustwit about his film "Objectified" - the latest in a trilogy of documentaries on design. With Objectified, Hustwit unveils the world of...

Remembering Charlie's Angel

Farrah Fawcett passed away 3 months ago from a long, brave battle with cancer. While best known for her role in Charlie’s Angels, she also took on roles in films like Silk Hope, playing a free...

The Fugitive

Polanski's arrest this past Sunday by Swiss officials provides a stirring reminder to everyone, including the Zurich Film Festival, that he is a fugitive from justice. Polanski may be ruminating on...

Vinyl on your iPod

"Plastics." Uttered in the 1967 film classic "The Graduate," the quote was a memorable token of advice given to Dustin Hoffman's character on how to invest in his future. Today's graduate navigates a...

Women of Docs, plus honorary guest

By far our favorite pic, thanks to Stranger Than Fiction of Tuesday's...

Docurama Films turns 10

This fall marks ten years of distributing documentary films on the Docurama Films label. New Video co-presidents Steve Savage and Susan Margolin feted this proud anniversary Tuesday night with a...

Shakespeare for all

Dame Judi Dench has donated the set of the film "Shakespeare In Love" to be turned into a replica Rose Theatre in the north of England for the British Shakespeare Company. Dame Judi was given the...

A Painterly Film, Digitally

The art world scuffle between representational and non-representational art may have cooled long ago, but the dust still settles in the vividly captured film Local Color, now in iTunes. An...

Anime Nation

Animation in Japan began around 1917, as the film industry in the West was in its infant stage. Techniques in drawing and filmmaking would evolve over time, but anime remains rooted in manga (comic...

American Cult(ure)

As "We Live In Public" rolls out in select theaters following its Grand Jury Prize win (U.S. Documentary) at Sundance, another doc from director Ondi Timoner, "Join Us," has hit iTunes. The...

Punk spirit: alive and kicking

Jim Carroll, poet and punk rocker, died of a heart attack in his Manhattan apartment on Friday at the age of 60. Best known for his punk group, The Jim Carroll Band, he also authored The Basketball...

Eight years later, still seeking answers

Last Friday marked the 8th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As a result of legislation signed by President Obama this past April, the 11th of September is now recognized as a National Day...

Something is Killing Tate

According to the Walk To Action website, over 10,500 children are reported abused or neglected every day in America. That’s one child every 11 seconds. The aftermath of child abuse is deftly...

Bottomless Cup of Da Vinci

A few months ago Ron Howard's "Angels & Demons" kicked off summer blockbuster season with Tom Hanks as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon. Dan Brown will soon have yet another payday when his...

Docurama Films Celebrates a Decade of Great Documentaries

Screening Series and Private Reception for Filmmakers and the Documentary Community on Tap Partners include IFC Center and Stranger Than Fiction NEW YORK, Sept. 2 -- New York-based Entertainment...

Are You Ready For Some Football?

As the dog days of summer begin to wind down, so too does another season of Major League Baseball. With the wild-card chase developing and the Fall Classic on the horizon, the usual chatter...

Q&A: Peter Rosen on Garrison Keillor

On a muggy afternoon in New York, April Benavides of Docurama Films caught up with Peter Rosen about making "Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes," now on DVD and iTunes. Here's...

Mind Meld: Shatner and Nimoy

On a recent weekend in Las Vegas, the Hilton hosted one of the largest Star Trek conventions of all time. A legion of new Trekkies and Trekkers emerged to make their presence felt in the wake of the...

Lonely Street: Making The King

What would The King look like, had he lived into his 70s practicing karate and drinking health shakes? In "Lonely Street," Robert Patrick transforms into a well-aged Elvis under masterful prosthetic...

Goodbye to a passionate, curious filmmaker

Our most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Christian Bauer, the German producer and versatile director of "The Ritchie Boys," "Missing Allen" and countless inspired...

Comic Con Mania: Felicia, Farscape & Dr. Horrible

Congrats to Felicia Day for ranking #5 in the geekdom's popularity contest at Comic Con. She beat James Cameron's movie handily for most buzz. We are thrilled to hear Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: Next...

The New Route to Hollywood

Think way back to 2006 – when Time Magazine’s Person of the Year was ‘You’ – this was perhaps the dawn of the digital era, and a new page for Hollywood. YouTube was the new darling of the...

Happy Birthday, Mandiba

Nelson Mandela’s 91st birthday was feted at Radio City Music Hall with a performance by Carla Bruni, the first since she became first lady of France, as well as Lil’Kim and Cyndi Lauper. In...

N.Y.C. Prep: Baby Edition

The lifestyles of New York’s privileged kids has been under the spotlight of late, from Bravo’s NYC Prep to Real Housewives of New York' to the CW’s Gossip Girl. This week on iTunes, Nursery...

In defense of collectability: Michael Jackson style

Much has been written of late on the success of Netflix and Redbox--with speculation on the demise of the DVD within 4 to 9 years. ‘Dead,’ and ‘obsolete,’ are hot-button words when...

Fiendish Heritage

The blood-thirsty genre is alive and well – so to speak, in the similarly vampiric world of entertainment. Enjoying a second year of feasting, franchises like the ‘Twilight’ sequel and HBO’s...

Pinball Wizards

The endless launch of new cell phone models and gaming platforms in the battle royal for your leisure hours leaves a consumer to play Simon Cowell to the auditioning product du jour. In the quest...

E3 Reverb: Video Downloads for all

At this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, consoles began showing signs of serious momentum as video pipelines into the living room. Sony has a new technology that downloads movies and TV directly...

The Next Generation & Final Frontier of Harlan

As the worthiness of the new “Star Trek” sparks debate – in Klingon and Vulcan - one consensus among fans of the original series is veneration for the episode ‘The City on the Edge of...

People who watch people who watch on their iPhones…exaggerate

Where are viewers going these days? According to this chart courtesy of our esteemed colleagues at Silicon Alley Insider, it appears that watching TV at home is dead in the water and people are glued...

Some very rare WWII trial footage, on your iPod

Over the past year, Hollywood has revisited Nazi Germany with hero stories grounded in fact (see Tom Cruise’s “Valkyrie”) and outrageous fiction (see Quentin Tarantino's “Inglorious...

What we're watching: Life goes on…

Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without oil? While that is an eventuality, how about a world without people? You can stretch your imagination this week with two new iTunes...

Star Warp'd: May the 4th be with you

It's very official: "May the Fourth" is Star Wars Day! Celebrate with the surreal clay-mation event that is: STAR WARP'd on...