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Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005 |
The Envelope Please Through their own productions and those of their grantees, foundations are helping to tell rich, evocative stories that bring critical issues to life. Here are the 2005-2006 Film & Video Festival Winners. Born Into Brothels... Let's Get Real... Reading Your Rights... etc.   |
Lucire
February 24, 2013 |
Lights on Park City Sundance is a great opportunity for many independent filmmakers to receive recognition for their artistic ideas on the silver screen. |
Fast Company
Ayana Byrd |
How Filmmaker Erik Parker Is Reigniting Nas's Illmatic On Its 20th Anniversary A documentary called Time is Illmatic, which Erik Parker wrote and produced over the course of 10 years, premieres in the coveted position of opening night at the Tribeca Film festival, and the screening will be followed by Nas himself performing the album. |
Lucire
March 15, 2014 |
Star-struck at Sundance Lola Saab looks back at this year's Sundance Film Festival, from the premieres to the celebrity lounges and parties |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011 |
Institute Launches Documentary Film Unit At a meeting in February that brought together scientists, educators, and entertainment industry professionals, HHMI announced the launch of a $60 million documentary film initiative that aims to bring engaging science features to television. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Mark Anderson |
The World's Largest Film Festival Is Online With 80 000 submissions, YouTube's "Your Film Festival" is 50 times the size of Sundance |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2004
Kasper, Nielsen & Chao |
Democracy in Action Focus funds, the next wave of community philanthropy, are responding to the needs of both marginalized groups and new donor bases. |
HHMI Bulletin
Aug 2011 |
Rosenfeld to Lead HHMI Documentary Initiative HHMI's $60 million documentary film initiative, announced in February, aims to bring high-quality, compelling science features to television. The initiative will extend the Institute's science education outreach to a global TV viewership. |
Outside
November 2008
Alex Crevar |
A Brief History of Mountain Film The Banff Mountain Film Festival returns for its 33rd edition, with some 500 screenings in 30 countries. Here's a look at how high-altitude cinema arose from low-rent beginnings. |
Reason
December 2007
Jesse Walker |
Let the Viewer Decide Indy documentarian Frederick Wiseman on free speech, complexity, and the trouble with Michael Moore. |
CRM
December 2011
Eric Barkin |
The Monday Morning Numbers on Movie Marketing How international growth, social media, and a decline in DVD sales are changing the film industry's marketing strategies. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006 |
Off the Cuff, On the Record As grantmakers, we think we know what can be done and our boards are so very anxious to be able to do our thing consistently and coherently, we don't look to see whether or not all of the work that we're doing adds up to an infrastructure for change. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006
Root & Hallen |
Rocking the Cradle of Modern Philanthropy In Pittsburgh, the city where captains of industry once reigned over a smoke-filled landscape, a foundation-led quality-of-life revolution is under way. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Allan R. Clyde |
Rien van Gendt The first international winner of the Council on Foundations' Distinguished Grantmaker Award discusses his cross-sector approach. |
Information Today
May 2, 2013 |
Alexander Street Debuts Contemporary Documentary Collection Alexander Street Press's newest collection Filmakers Library Online: Volume II will feature 100 issue-based documentaries produced from 2009 to the present, adding perspective to virtually any academic program. |
Salon.com
January 23, 2002
Jean Tang |
To hell with happy endings A sober, toned-down Sundance Film Festival delivers a crop of dramas dour even by indie standards... |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2005
Paula J. Kelly |
Generosity & Integrity: Values for Leadership in Philanthropy The theme of the Council on Foundations' 56th Annual Conference underscores the values that sustain grantmakers throughout the year. |
Real Travel Adventures
August 2010
Barbara Singer |
Exciting LABRFF 2010 Stirred Up Recollections of Brazil Just watching a Brazilian film causes your heart to beat faster. LABRIFF was a five-day whirlwind of over 6 films. My own visit to Brazil was quite a whirlwind, and it was set up by my travel agent cousin in Mexico. |
Information Today
August 16, 2012 |
Alexander Street Press Expands Its Film Collections Alexander Street Press expanded its visual arts offerings with the release of two streaming video collections, Silent Film Online and New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Steven Cherry |
Video-Game Music: Better Than Film Scores? An interview with video-game music composer John Debney. |
IDB America
November 2007
Anne Vena |
Art and Culture at the IDB Highlights of events organized by the IDB Cultural Center during the latter half of 2007. |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Film to watch as we engage in war Despite strict censorship and a paucity of funds, Middle Eastern cinema illuminates the political and personal lives of people we now battle or befriend in the region... |
Real Travel Adventures
April 2009
Barbara Singer |
The American Rivera Film Festival Between the mountains and the sea of Santa Barbara lies one of the greatest film festivals in the nation with top-of-the-moment celebrities honored for their outstanding and recognizable work. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006 |
Highlights of the Council on Foundations' 2006 Annual Conference The Keynotes: Teresa Heinz... Richard Florida... Max Baucus... Local Site Sessions... Program Highlights... Philanthropic Leadership... etc. |
Outside
July 2008
Thayer Walker |
A Long Way for a Short Film Think adventure filmmaking sounds glamorous? Then watch the author get schooled on Kilimanjaro. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Farnoosh Torabi |
Investor's Cut Get your shot at the silver screen without setting a foot in Hollywood. |
Home Theater
April 2008
Kris Deering |
Juno -- 20th Century Fox (Blu-ray) This Oscar nominated film gives a solid performance, but is not novel or different from many other independent films. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2004
Dorothy S. Ridings |
Hope for the Future Seeing democracy in action makes the future look brighter and underscores the need for programs aimed at emerging leaders, many of which are started and funded by foundations and grantmakers. |
Lucire
September 3, 2014 |
Hands across the ocean Some celebrity philanthropists go public to clear the air on their causes. Actress Tanna Frederick, meanwhile, wants to clear the water, writes Elyse Glickman |
Popular Mechanics
January 27, 2010
Erin McCarthy |
Asimo Headlines at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival (With Video!) Q&A with Honda's Barbara Ponce asks: Why did Honda decide to do a short about robots? |
Information Today
January 5, 2016 |
Alexander Street Offers New Round of Film Scripts This second volume is composed of 500 scripts and coincides with a platform upgrade for the original American Film Scripts Online Series. |
D-Lib
Sep/Oct 2008
P. Toby Graham |
Civil Rights Digital Library The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) is the most ambitious and comprehensive initiative to date to deliver educational content on the Civil Rights Movement via the Web. |
Financial Advisor
February 2010
Eric Rasmussen |
Movie Mania A new company called IndieVest hopes it can make independent films turn a profit for investors. Will the model work? |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
David Kushner |
Inside the Academy's Science and Technology Council A report from a meeting of the renaissance engineers responsible for setting the technical standards of the motion picture industry. |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
Paranoid Park--Tartan Video (Blu-ray Import) "Paranoid Park" is an effective character drama from Gus Van Sant. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2008
Matt Bolch |
Show and Tell Students are using cutting-edge visual technologies to bring the age-old art of storytelling from the spoken and written tradition into the digital age. |
Salon.com
January 23, 2002
Alan Deutschman |
Doing the Sundance shuffle Our intrepid reporter went to the ridiculously famous indie film festival, hobnobbed with Mariah and Mira, breathed the same air as Brad and Parker and uncovered one dirty little secret... |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Sonia Zjawinski |
Streaming Hard-to-Find Films for Cinephiles TheAuteurs.com delivers video-on-demand specifically for film buffs. |
AskMen.com
David Nusair |
Top 10: Ridley Scott Movies Since kicking off his film career in 1977 with The Duellists, Ridley Scott has amassed an eclectic resume that's impressive in both its variety and its audacity. |
Home Theater
May 2008
Kris Deering |
The Other Boleyn Girl--Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray) In "The Other Boleyn Girl" the acting is excellent and the production values are strong. |
InternetNews
January 31, 2006
David Miller |
From Spam to Sundance Unspam Technologies uses Bayesian software to pick the winners at the Sundance Film Festival. |
Salon.com
February 3, 2000
Daniel Kraus |
Show me your indies Think it's hard getting into Sundance? Try getting into any of the multitude of Park City, Utah, film festivals that have sprouted up to feed off, protest, or parody the granddaddy of all indie film festivals... |
AskMen.com
October 13, 2000 |
Movie Review: The Contender A solid political film which to my surprise, moved along at a speedy pace, offered many strong performances (especially the incomparable Gary Oldman), and provided great entertainment... |
Fast Company
December 2008
Lucas Conley |
IndieVest Attracts Indie-Film Investors With Reduced-Risk Model Investing in independent cinema is usually just for those with money to burn. IndieVest promises both Hollywood-worthy perks and a relatively safe haven. |
Popular Mechanics
April 20, 2009
Lindsey Pinkerton |
Three Science Films at The Tribeca Film Fest The documentary Transcendent Man... TiMER, a science-fiction film disguised as a romantic comedy ... 1960's Inherit the Wind... |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005 |
Community Knowledge at Work A preview of the Council on Foundations' Fall Conference for Community Foundations. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2009
Eric Bleeker |
Will "Avatar" Change Filmmaking? Will this expensive 3-D extravaganza change the film industry? |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
Jumper--20th Century Fox (Blu-ray) The supporting cast and the premise had a lot of promise but overall "Jumper" falls short. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Roger M. Williams |
Sustaining Ideas on the Right An interview with James Piereson in which the 20-year head of the Olin foundation reflects upon the foundation's efforts and achievements. |
Home Theater
August 2008
Kris Deering |
Redbelt--Sony Pictures (Blu-ray) Sony has done a great job with its Blu-ray release of "Redbelt." It is recommended for anyone who blinked and missed it in theaters. |
