Always a popular topic in our discussions...digital cameras and better pictures: Less Cursing, Better Pictures: 10 Suggestions View full entry

Harrison S. Fraker Jr., dean of College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley has said, "The Phoenix Library is one of the most important American buildings of the end of the 20th century." We couldn't agree more. Indeed, we were delighted to honor its 10th anniversary by producing the short... View full entry

And in entertainment news ... Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) wants to be an Architect. I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking about studying architecture instead. | digitalspy View full entry

“Watching the downfall of Enron is like staring at a car crash on the highway -- it‘s ugly, but you can‘t take you eyes off of it.” Obvious News reviews this latest documentary on the fall... View full entry

oh in the my - it is in my brain ' Sony, has patented an idea for transmitting data directly into the brain, with the goal of enabling a person to see films and play video games in which they smell, taste and perhaps even feel things, New Scientist magazine says. View full entry

Motion pictures of RNC protests turn-up that disprove police testimony or reveal "flaws" in those submitted by cops & prosecutors to court. NYT. This would seem to flip over the Orwellian paranoia of a Big Brother technology, or does it? Miss Representation comments. View full entry

"Zizek!" a documentry on the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek is due to release this Fall. View full entry

Canadian museums are going through a 60's thing. In Montréal, Ottawa, and in Toronto. See the Event Calendar. Also, CBC archives has released some old-time architectural footage. See the Pavilions of the Superpowers caught on color film as well as Moshe Safdie describing... View full entry

If you are in San Francisco tonight, the U.S. premiere of this documentary recounts the massive rebellion in Bolivia against the privatization of Colombia's natural gas industry in 2003. Details | Article View full entry

After four years of work, long time friend Sydney Pollack has completed a documentary on the life of architect Frank Gehry. Sydney Pollack has taken a cue from Michael Moore and has made a feature-length documentary called Sketches of Frank Gehry. He's just finished production after working four... View full entry

How do you make an interesting movie about urban sprawl? Jessica Winter meets director Jem Cohen. From the Guardian. Tipped off by e-rizzy » discuss View full entry

Don't let the Oscars get in the way of seeing some great films. If you get the chance: The End of Suburbia, and The Take. View full entry

Chain : a film about sameness throughout the landscape (oddly enough, was shot in seven countries and 11 American states) by Jem Cohen of Brooklyn, NY. Cohen states that an experience of running into problems with homeland security agents while shooting, "has the effect of politicising this... View full entry

'Today, the real has become the new avant-garde.' According to a new essay on CTheory by Nicholas Rombes. View full entry

Mos Def gets the Terri Gross treatment on his new film and LP. NPR View full entry