Film Review: ‘The Leap Years’
Director Jean Yeo's debut feature is a shining example of a film done right. It all started with a strong and...
OPINION
Review: ‘881’
"881" is Royston Tan's latest feature film, as of course you will have heard by now. An all-singing, all-dancing carnival with...
Fooism: The Great Leap Forward
The year 2008 has started with film projects abuzz. We are at the cusp of our first quarter of the year,...
The Torch: Reflections on ‘4:30’ by Royston Tan
Early on, basically right after seeing 4:30 for the first time, I decided not to review this one. And so it...
Panasonic announces two new camcorders – AG-HMC72 & AG-HMC150
Panasonic Broadcast has unveiled two new AVCHD camcorders, the AG-HMC72 and the HMC150, both of which will be available this year....
The yield of it all — A look back at the 1st Asian Hot Shots Berlin
Among the many lessons life apparently wants us to learn is the undeniable fact that one cannot import sunlight to where...
The Torch: Commercial Independence
Sometime last year, when the project hadn't even been completed but barely entered into post-production, a friend of mine dismissed 881...
The Torch: The art of reviewing
Everybody' s making movies nowadays; it's become so easy of late to put together something with friends, or even on your...
The Torch: On documentaries — to capture or to recreate?
Let's face it, the world's a mess. You switch on your TV and with the news you get nothing but upset...
The Torch: In the crux — poetry in a movie
A good film is like a swift vessel, with no leaks and a clear sense of direction. It takes you on...
Intra transcoder now available
A little while back I wrote about the new AVC-Intra codec and the support now available on Final Cut Pro 6.0.2,...
Seeing double?
For the film Anna & Anna, Iceberg Design was given the task to create the illusion of a person who has...