Helicon Arts Cooperative

Helicon Arts Cooperative cinematic arts foundation and production company (made possible in part by a grant from The Roddenberry Foundation)

Named after the source of poetic inspiration in Greek mythology, Helicon is dedicated to the production of intelligent cinema with an emphasis on artistic merit. Helicon Arts Cooperative was founded to present unique, original, and entertaining productions to the community, exploring and advancing intellectual, psychological, philosophical, scientific, historical, and literary themes. The producer

s behind Helicon have a rich and successful track record of creating award-winning and critically acclaimed films and plays over the past two decades. It is our objective to continue this tradition. Helicon Arts Cooperative (tax ID #20-1223928) is a GuideStar/Candid platinum-certified nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Today, August 17, marks "National Nonprofit Day"! And Helicon — the cinematic arts foundation behind thought-provoking f...
08/17/2025

Today, August 17, marks "National Nonprofit Day"! And Helicon — the cinematic arts foundation behind thought-provoking films like YESTERDAY WAS A LIE and the upcoming NONLOCALITY — is one of only 1% of nonprofit organizations in the United States which have earned GuideStar's "Platinum" rating. A very big "thank you" to all our supporters, donors, and viewers!

https://www.heliconarts.com

08/15/2025

Precisely 15(!) years ago, the inimitable Kristopher Carter — along with Chase and myself — began assembling the final master tracks for La-La Land Records' YESTERDAY WAS A LIE soundtrack album… a release facilitated by the one-and-only Jeff Bond. Whether you’re into “sci-fi noir” or not, I encourage you to take a moment to appreciate Kris’ gorgeous, melancholy fusion of sultry jazz and modern, heart-wrenching ambient beds, heralding times long past. Directing niche/cult/forgotten films is both a blessing and a curse, of course… but the opportunity to work with these artists was incomparable.

And yes — the album is still out there! Listen to it on your preferred digital service… or — better yet — snag the physical CD (no conflict here; I make nothing from it).

It’s a trip; a bittersweet one. Just keep your ears to the ground.

08/10/2025

Just over 15 years ago, we completed post-production on a feature I directed for eOne (now Lionsgate). In those ancient days, the process of shooting films on cards or drives wasn’t yet widespread. So although our physical footage has long-since been dumped onto (redundantly backed up) HDDs, our original digital camera “negatives” (HDCAM) and final delivery digital “prints” (D5) have been stored for years. But they’re bulky, heavy, and subject to binder hydrolysis… and, even in the best conditions, they degrade over time. And while magnetic platter storage has its own long-term viability issues, archiving movies in physical formats which are essentially obsolete is probably both unwise and wasteful. They say “film is forever”… but it really isn’t.

So… the time has come to destroy and recycle — in the most environmentally friendly manner possible — these reels. It’s bittersweet; I feel like part of me will be gone. But it’s the responsible thing to do. “Energy never dies; it just transforms.” Goodbye, my lovelies.

And here’s to many more movies to come.

07/27/2025
"It was officially the wildest idea he’d had yet. A universe made not of matter, not of space-time, not of stuff at all,...
02/22/2025

"It was officially the wildest idea he’d had yet. A universe made not of matter, not of space-time, not of stuff at all, but of our choices. It wasn’t what he’d hoped to find; the physics had led him there."

Until his dying days, the giant of 20th-century physics obsessed over the underpinnings of space and time, and how we can all share the same version of them.

01/17/2025

Podcast Episode · The Science in The Fiction · 01/16/2025 · 47m

To all who celebrate
08/18/2024

To all who celebrate

We've lost one of the greats.
04/09/2024

We've lost one of the greats.

The renowned scientist came up with revolutionary ideas in the 1960s, sparking a 50-year search for evidence.

03/03/2024

We finally know what brought light to the dark and formless void of the early Universe.

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