Feature Film
Article: Back In Black
For diehard Men in Black fans, it's been a long, hard decade of cold turkey—no Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) in their trademark sharp suits and shades, no nifty neuralyzers, no wry banter as they battled illegal aliens and casually s...
Article: Digitally Destined
As a cinematographer, Brett Pawlak is a product of digital.
Article: Birthing An Indie Film
While a woman who has given birth may not agree, there seems to be something birth-like about a film that you put your whole heart and soul into.
Article: Martian Chronicles
Epic sci-fi tales never come cheap, with Walt Disney Pictures reportedly spending $250 million on John Carter, the new Martian odyssey set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and based on a classic novel by Tarzan creator...
Article: Indie Maverick Alex Cox
Check the Wikipedia page for director Alex Cox, and some of the categories that show up at the bottom of the page are, "1954 Births, Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford, English anarchists, English film directors, University of...
Article: Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Under pressure to share his technologies with the military, Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle), faces new enemies as he struggles to keep his technology out of the hands of...
Article: Identity Crisis
Bradford Young is all about pushing the boundaries. In his latest efforts to keep pushing, he's currently off in Sri Lanka with Tibetan director Khyentse Norbu filming a feature about class struggle in India.
Article: Winter Light
With its suspenseful, violent and downright creepy tale of a crusading Swedish journalist (played by James Bond star Daniel Craig) and messed-up, but brilliant, hacker (Rooney Mara) as an odd couple who team up to solve an old mystery.
Article: Depot Of Lost Dreams
Writer/illustrator Brian Selznick's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret employs a blend of artwork and text to tell the story of an orphan (Asa Butterfield) living in the walls of a 1931 Paris train station.
Article: Like Crazy
What do Wally Pfister, ASC, and Chris Nolan; Emmanuel Lubezki, AMC, ASC, and Terrence Malick; and Matthew Libatique, ASC, and Darren Aronofsky all have in common
Article: A Boy And His Car
While Gosling handled all the driving for which he could be insured, there were still instances when other methods were required. ...
Article: Wizard Wars
The Harry Potter phenomenon has diversified from its literary origin to include its own amusement park and uncountable merchandising spinoffs, but the feature films derived from author J.K. Rowling's seven novels have done the most to make the brand a...
Article: A Democratized Culture
It seems only fitting that a documentary about the unconventional digital and artistic revolution our world has seen come to fruition these last few years would be shot, directed and funded in a most untraditional way.
Article: 3D Sheets To The Wind
Over the centuries, there has been a lot of speculation about pirates and their booty, and where much of that stolen treasure was hidden. ...
Article: Aliens Invade Tinseltown
Pitched as Black Hawk Down meets Aliens, Columbia Pictures’ Battle: Los Angeles is a deliberate hybrid à la Predator, appealing to lovers of distinctly separate genres.
Article: Dynamic Duo
Trailers for the Warner Bros. July release of Inception have generated a Matrix-like buzz among viewers. ...
Article: Ultra Sonic
In the creative world of sound design, Frank Serafine has earned an enviable reputation within Hollywood as one of the most talented proponents of that art.
Article: The Lion's Share
Based on the third in the series of seven fantasy novels by C.S. Lewis, the new FOX 3D/2D release, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, follows the much darker Prince Caspian episode, which was released by Disney in 2008.
Article: Technologic
The 1982 feature TRON, written and directed by animation pioneer Steven Lisberger for Disney, represents a kind of nexus in the development of computer graphics for movies.
Article: Shoot From The Hip
For many, HD DSLRs have brought freedom in producing quality, cinematic images without the need for a massive crew or an inflated budget. ...
Article: Boot Camp
The call time was 6:30 a.m. Come again? Although quite the norm for film crews, this was strictly foreign territory for a journalist, especially for a camera workshop.
