Here's a little preview from Cliff Mack of some of the topics we'll be covering 2 weeks from now at The Urban Media Festival in Austin, TX. Not unlike Down and Dirty DV's sold out Indie Film Bootcamp event this past Spring, Urban Media Festival will be geared towards only the most practical of topi...read more
Here's a funny-ass trailer for the new film, The Goon, produced by David Fincher (Fight Club) and based on the comic by Eric Powell. It was unveiled at Comic-con earlier this summer and looks a little like an animated version of Zombieland if you ask me. And that's not a bad thing at all in my eyes...read more
Are full episodes of current hit HBO shows and movies coming to cell phones and iPads near you?...Engadget thinks so.The new media landscape (earthquake?) continues to shift beneath our feet and only the sure-footed may still be on their feet when all the shaking stops. Based on past moves, I'll be...read more
Blu-Ray and Star Wars fans alike can now rejoice in the release of all 6 Star Wars films in Hi-Def on Blu-Ray DVD.(I know I recently declared the Blu-Ray DVD to be dead - and it's on it's way. But to be clear, it is still alive and well at the moment. I was just giving an early "terminal" diagnosi...read more
Official Brooklyn Screening of "Precious" that Gabby's Attending! PROMO from Ephraim Fetti Benton on Vimeo....read more
In case you never visited our Livestream channel, here's some of the Best of Down and Dirty DV free content from the last few years...Watch live streaming video from downanddirtydv at livestream.com...read more
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about Apple's reported move to revamp Apple TV to bring streaming content to our living rooms. Well, yesterday the diligent reporters at Engadget dug up some new details.Most prominent are the price point - reportedly now $99.00 and the revelation that it will on...read more
This week Netflix announced a new $1 Billion deal to further cement their leading role in the rapidly changing new media landscape. They signed a deal with a company called Epix that will allow them to add new movies from Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate and MGM to its online subscription service.(*i...read more
Since I first wrote a blog post a few months back about apps for filmmakers, there have been a number of new apps released and some of the previous ones have been updated with new features.See my original Filmmaker Apps post with links HERE.Movie Maker Magazine recently put out their list of 25 Must...read more
I know I'm way late on this one, but in case anyone missed it here's a clever and funny-ass video from my man, Snoop Dogg, about a mutual passion we share for Sookie Stackhouse (played by Anna Paquin) of the HBO Series, True Blood.Moreso than other series of it's type, HBO has been producing little...read more