Congratulations to the producers, cast, crew, and the hard-working-director-auteur Tallulah H. Schwab on the upcoming “Mr. K” premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. I look forward to seeing everyone there on Saturday, September 7, and Sunday September 8, 2024. Thank you! Crispin

Just rewatched one of my favourite horror films, Phantom of the Opera (1925) with Lon Chaney. For a b&w it has great colours! And scared me to hell as a kid. The face is still so effective, but with some funny stuff too. Like this weird little finger wagging gem. #horrorfam

This applies to things outside PhDs as well. AI doesn't replace human endeavors, it just vastly expands how ambitious those endeavors can be.

This is already proving invaluable. Excellent speakers. #FilmLondon #Producers #Film #IndyFilm

Also Runway and Lionsgate plan to license their model to other studios #generativeAI wsj.com/business/media…

Considering the news today and what I know is dropping Friday.. my advice is you better get your ass in gear and hammer down on those skills. Make them undeniable. And exercise them beyond what everyone else is doing, standing out now is more important than posting content that

I've read this book, and it's terrific.

Google's NotebookLM is the current best "wow this is amazing & useful" demo of AI Here I gave it the entire text of my book, it turned it into a podcast, a study guide, FAQ, timeline & quite accurate chat Listen to the first few minutes of the "podcast." Seriously, just listen.

And yes, it is unnerving, too.

To answer questions: The podcast is entirely AI generated, it just has the text of my book, it came up with the entire storyline and anecdotes, along with voices. It was able to pull from deep in text. I didn't spot hallucinations, here but it will definitely still hallucinate.

In Irish folklore, the tradition of carving turnips into lanterns goes way back to the 19th century. The original Jack-o-Lanterns were made from turnips or beets and were intended to ward off unwanted visitors in the form of spooky spirits

Rerelease of Venice Cult Horror Film 'Tumbbad' Scares Up Repeat Business at India Box Office, as Sequel Is Confirmed (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2024/film/news…

"Scared already? We haven't even begun yet". #Tumbbad

With Gen-3 Alpha you can now use an existing video as a guide to generate new outputs with text prompts. This new level of control allows you to maintain the shapes and movements of your input video while transforming its style.

Runway The v2v tool has been so much fun to experiment with so many practical time-saving applications. It's so flexible, it needs a better name than "video-to-video" — maybe the "magic" tool.

Succumb to the darkness. NOSFERATU is only in theaters this Christmas.

Shelley Duvall talking about Stanley Kubrick and The Shining

‘28 YEARS LATER’ was filmed on an iPhone 15 Pro Max with some attachments. Will be the biggest film ever shot on a phone. (Source: wired.com/story/28-years…)