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01/30/2025

Idaho director Michael Hoffman has a new TV show in the works:

Kevin Kline and Jon Tenney will star in a new half-hour comedy called 'American Classic,' which has been picked up to series by MGM+.

01/25/2025

How David Lynch‘s childhood experiences in Boise may have informed his filmmaking…

David Lynch, the director of cult classics such as Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead passed away last week. Known for his cryptic storytelling, surrealist imagery, and eerie moodiness, the filmmaker’s career was defined by a distinct visual style, perhaps shaped by his childhood in subur...

04/18/2024

Sundance Film Festival could be moving:

Sundance will launch a process to consider host cities other than Park City, Utah, for the 2027 festival and beyond.

02/22/2024

Budget cuts for University Television Production at Boise State University…

Boise State’s UTP is facing a funding cut that will reduce the impact UTP has on campus and in the community.

02/16/2024

Sounds interesting!

02/10/2024

Could the river valley in The Walt Disney Company’s animated logo be based on the view from the Lewiston, Idaho hill? This story reveals a surprising Idaho connection to Walt Disney Studios. https://www.khq.com/news/is-disneys-iconic-opening-based-on-the-view-from-lewiston-hill-john-webb-investigates/article_80e1a700-c6bc-11ee-adc3-1f88b9241947.html

01/25/2024

The Napoleon Dynamite Legacy Lives On 20 Years Later

Editor's note: Boise Weekly Sundance Correspondent Daisy Bautista is boots on the ground at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, taking place in Sundance, Utah, Jan. 18 to 28. She is

06/11/2023

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i48 Film Festival is celebrating its 20th year of showcasing local short film makers. More than 23 short films will be shown in The Flicks theater this year.

04/13/2023

Help coming for Idaho’s historic theaters.

02/08/2023

02/02/2023

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/community/boise/article271520902.html

Werenka told the Statesman he wants Boise residents to know they have a right to film police.

01/31/2023

Don’t miss an evening lecture with media historian and digital archeologist, Dr. Erkki Huhtamo. He is a collector of old optical devices, as well as the author of a number of books on Media Archaeology and the prehistory of the cinema.

He will be talking about his forthcoming book on the early history of screen technologies.

Thursday, Feb. 2: 6 p.m. Reception in the Boise State University Center for the Visual Arts Atrium and the Stein Luminary • 7 p.m. Public Lecture, "Screenology - A Media Archaeology of the Screen," Skaggs Hall (MBEB 1301)

This public lecture and student engagement is provided by the Stein Luminary's Digital Media in Arts and Sciences Series.

Images on paper strips blur into moving sequences as DESMA Professor Erkki Huhtamo spins a zoetrope from 1870 and peeks through the slits on the side of the ...