A belated thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the holidays with Down and Dirty DV and Double 7 Film just before the Christmas break. (I took a break from posting as well.)My apologies to those of you who braved the cold, but were not able to get in later in the night. We moved the party a...read more
Just came across this interesting happening in Brooklyn this week...A spot called Monkeytown is hosting it's 5th Annual Porn Week starting December 20th. (And, no, you may NOT spank your monkey there. It ain't that kind of party.) According to the description it's “erotic film for people who l...read more
Apparently some of the major media outlets have taken note of my recent rants about how old media needs to transform itself into new media and retool their models or perish.No doubt due in large part to this blog's massive influence on Hollywood taste and decision-makers, HBO has fired off a bold ne...read more
One of the things I try to do with Down and Dirty DV is try to talk and school filmmakers about the things that no one really told me about, but yet are still critical to the filmmaking process like building business relationships, self-promotion, managing your own head, etc.There’s a lot of infor...read more
Game Changer: "The What the Buck Show" generates $100,000 in online advertising on YouTube for it's creator, Michael Buckley. ...read more
Photo: Christopher Capozziello for The New York TimesOnly several hours after I posted yet another sermon on the coming changes in the media landscape and how we all need to be exploiting them, I just read this New York Times article on how Michael Buckley along with a small group of saavy new-age m...read more
Back during the writer's strike, bored TV wonder boy, Joss Whedon (creator of such modern cult classics as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and "Firefly") created a whole new show while he waited for the writers, producers, and studios to get their acts together. The end result is the quirky new property ...read more
This Friday night December 5, 2008 - 7:30pm I will be returning to one of my favorite filmmaking establishments in New York City - DCTV a.k.a. Downtown Community Television (DCTVNY.org). If you are anywhere near NYC and in the documentary scene…you need to get down with DCTV if you aren't alread...read more