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TodoMovies: The must-have movie app for movie lovers

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 24th, 2013)

Taphive's TodoMovies (US$1.99) app for iPhone has recently been updated to version 2.0. I'd not seen or used TodoMovies before, but as a huge movie enthusiast, I knew I had to check it out. At its heart, TodoMovie is an app that keeps track of movies you want to watch, but it's supercharged ...

Film buffs will want the free Kubrick app for iOS

by Mel Martin (Nov 30th, 2012)

I love film history and the classic films from the 1960s and '70s. I had some interest in seeing the Stanley Kubrick exhibit currently at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, but I didn't wind up making the trip. Fortunately, there is a new free app that gives me a terrific taste of what's on ...

Apple to offer filmmaker workshops for Tribeca Film Festival

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 17th, 2012)

Filmmakers in New York will want to be sure to stop by the West 14th Street and Soho Apple stores beginning April 20th through April 28th. The company is offering a series of filmmaking talks and workshops at the two locations in honor of the Tribeca Film Festival. The Apple Store, West ...

The Criterion Collection comes to iTunes

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 9th, 2011)

With virtually no fanfare -- or even a press release -- The Criterion Collection has made 46 of its 680 films available on iTunes. Among the films released are art house classics any lovers of cinema will recognize, including The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman, Seven Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, ...

Oldboy director Chan-wook Park shoots new movie on iPhone 4

by Keith M (Jan 11th, 2011)

Last year, I caught a top 10 list somewhere that listed the top movies ever with twist endings. All but one of them I'd already seen, that one being the critically acclaimed Korean film Oldboy, directed by Chan-wook Park. Seeing as it was available for streaming on Netflix, I pulled it up that ...

Is the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide app ready for its closeup?

by David Winograd (Dec 9th, 2009)

Long before people went to the Internet for film information, movie buffs annually bought the latest revisions of huge paperback books like The Leonard Maltin Movie Guide and Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever. These were, and are, massive reference books; the current version of Maltin comes in at ...

The Departed: 'Made by a Mac' gets new meaning

by David Chartier (Jun 15th, 2007)

The Departed finally netted Martin Scorsese an Academy Award that many felt was long overdue. I personally haven't seen it yet (I know, I know), but the film has just become notable for another reason: Scorsese used iChat to direct one of its final shots. As the monstrous Macenstein tells the ...

yFlicks: the 'iPhoto for your movies' is 40% off at MacZOT today only

by David Chartier (Jun 14th, 2007)

Geeze, those MacZOT guys either have strangely coincidental timing, or I need to consider changing the locks on my house. This is either the second or third time that I discovered and thoroughly enjoyed an app, only to find it go on sale at MacZOT the next day (i.e. - I'm buying a license as I ...

Apple founders film released as DRM-free download

by Erica Sadun (Feb 26th, 2007)

TUAW reader Steve pointed us to this article about "In Search of Silicon Valley". It's a film about a trio (Steve O'Hear, Fleeta Siegel and Selwyn George) who travels from London to Silicon Valley, tracks down Apple pioneers Woz, Hertzfeld, Raskin, and Kawasaki as well as other net luminaries like ...

iTunes to sell Sundance films

by Erica Sadun (Jan 12th, 2007)

MSN movies reports that under a new deal, iTunes will sell many of the short films premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. The films will also be available via streaming at the Sundance website. The article says this deal is nonexclusive so filmmakers will be able to make their own deals with ...