Who knew that Kickstarter fosters collaborative creative processes between artists and supporters of projects? Two-frame pictogram movie posters is an interesting project by Viktor Hertz resulted as a collaboration between his Kickstarter supporters, who were involved in his idea right from the beginning. Viktor Hertz, a graphic designer from Sweden wanted to tell the story…

Here’s something that is going to make a lot of people reading this feel old: the movie directors and writers that you grew up idolizing are now considered “Old Hollywood.” That’s right: the Spielbergs, the Burtons, the Scorseses, the Reiners, and yes, even the Tarantinos. Sure they’re still making movies but for all of their…

1. Bill Murray plays a Vietnam War Veteran, grumpy alcoholic who smokes and gambles regularly and reminds us a lot of the late Walter Matthau, while still definitely being himself. Murray hopped on the train of grumpiness and does it so credible you’d really think he’s the kind of guy that shouts at children to…

A dark, amorphous figure stands by a blackened pewter cauldron and is more like a ghost than a homogeneous form. It stares into the black pit that endlessly snaps and crackles like Meg and Mog’s breakfast, eternally bubbling whilst a figure slowly evolves, getting clearer and clearer. The form comes up to the top of…

A young woman cackles to herself and moves around a flat somewhere in New York City with a lump for mankind in her heart. This kind of figure is straight out of a Batman film and indeed the capital of the United States has its own Gotham, but Manhattan has its own negative connotations as…

Movember first began as a phenomenon to raise awareness for men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and other male cancers, but now it looks a bit like it’s becoming more of a facial hair mass growing festival all around the world. Most of the people can’t even remember what Movember was about, they just…

Photo from cinemamadness on tumblr After a busy month of filming in Chicago, director Michael Bay and the large cast and crew of Transformers 4 appear ready to move on. During their time in the city, the movies entourage has torched cars, blown up buildings and flown helicopters under downtown bridges. However, that wasn’t the…

We’ve all arrived at the time of year when acceptance comes before style: no more ghastly Speedo briefs. The vows of good folks who want to abstain from chocolate and exercise after work are largely forgotten in nights that set in fast and children must now face algebra in school again. The attributes of courage…

For film fans around the globe, all eyes have been on Venice lately as we take in all the news and reviews coming from the 70th International Venice Film Festival. The name on everyone’s lips this year is that of the hardworking heartthrob, James Franco. The Hollywood actor made famous through his on screen roles…

The creative realms of Spanish born film-maker, Guillermo Barreira, have included director, producer and writer. His career began in 2006 with the short film The Son And The Daughter. Currently based in New York, Barreira works with Codebreaker Productions and his new film, Aquelarre – whose title means an assembly of witches in Spanish, represents…

Great ideas don’t come from an empty mind. They are built upon previous knowledge or actions. Since it’s been a while since Skyfall is out there for the public, you should also take a look at Herring&Haggis campaign. 23 posters presenting a short visual summary of the 23 Bond films were released: one each day,…

With the movie scene feeding the public with the same commercial movies on and on, stumbling across some interesting movie projects is more and more rare. Recently I’ve had the pleasure to discover  three short movies which deal with themes we’re not really used to see in films: Crestfallen, Contact and Drool, three powerful stories…