Clinton Stark

Film festival season will soon be here, and news and details have begun to emerge about one of our favorites, the Mill Valley Film Festival. Today organizers announced that Jeff Nichol's Loving (Focus Features) will close out the 39th edition of MVFF. Stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga are scheduled to attend....

Android 7.0 is just around the corner. What should we expect from Google's next major release, code-named Nougat, when it drops in the next few weeks? For one, don't expect earth-shattering updates. Android, like iOS, is a mature mobile operating system and platform with broad support, including massive development community....

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Mr. Badii drives randomly across the Tehran countryside looking for someone -- anyone -- who would do him one simple job. And pay well it will. A handsome sum he promises. But, despite the widespread poverty that seemingly consumes every facet of his surroundings he's unable to convince the strangers he...

What is the best lens for shooting video with the Canon EOS 80D (or 70D) DSLR camera? It seems that's one of the most pressing questions of our time. Given the 80D uses Canon's famous EF mount -- which seems like it's been around forever -- there's a seemingly never ending...

The beauty of filmmaking, film culture, and film history is that it is an interdisciplinary study. And, it requires you to read. A lot. And not books about filmmaking -- rather creative fiction, pages filled with visual story-telling. I'm learning this in earnest thanks to the online filmmaking class I'm taking...

It's official. I'm now "studying under" famed filmmaker Werner Herzog. Well, actually we all are... A few months ago I enrolled in the German director's MasterClass. You've probably seen ads for the web site -- most notably the ones by Ron Howard on directing and others on writing, comedy, and various...

Radiohead has a new album out, A Moon Shaped Pool, and that can only mean one thing: Time for a viral video marketing campaign! I'm guessing this isn't the first time that an artist has leveraged social media to get the word out. And I'm quite certain it won't be the...

If a movie is defined by its look, its mood, then Blade Runner is one of the industry's most famous, celebrated examples. Ridley Scott's 1982 masterpiece is getting the sequel treatment. Canadian Denis Villeneuve (Sciario, Enemy, Prisoners) directs, Ryan Gosling, Robing Wright, Ana de Armas and, yes, Harrison Ford, star....

Shooting video on a Canon EOS 80D camera? Here's 5 tips to help you get the most out of your new DSLR.