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What is the best television series in the world? No, it’s not a prestige drama like House of the Dragon, an Emmy-winning juggernaut like The Bear, or even Netflix’s all-conquering thriller Squid Game. The honor, according to The Guardian, rests squarely with the Australian animated children's show, Bluey.
»POSTED on February 3, 2025
What is the best television series in the world? No, it’s not a prestige drama like House of the Dragon, an Emmy-winning juggernaut like The Bear, or even Netflix’s all-conquering thriller Squid Game. The honor, according to The Guardian, rests squarely with the Australian animated children's show, Bluey. The cartoon, which follows the adventures... //READ MORE

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In director Gia Coppola’s feature film, The Last Showgirl, Pamela Anderson stars as Shelly, a veteran Las Vegas dancer suddenly facing an unknown future when her long-running show comes to an abrupt end. The production reunited Coppola with her longtime collaborator Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC following their previous collaborations on projects that include the features Palo Alto and Mainstream. Shooting The Last Showgirl
»POSTED on February 3, 2025
In director Gia Coppola’s feature film, The Last Showgirl, Pamela Anderson stars as Shelly, a veteran Las Vegas dancer suddenly facing an unknown future when her long-running show comes to an abrupt end. The production reunited Coppola with her longtime collaborator Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC following their previous collaborations on projects that include the features Palo Alto and Mainstream. For their intimate portrait of Anderson’s character in The Last Showgirl, Coppola and Durald Arkapaw embraced the super 16mm film format, working with Panavision Woodland Hills for their lens and camera package. The cinematographer recently shared her reflections on the production for the following Q&A.
Directed by RaMell Ross and adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Nickel Boys offers a poignant exploration of friendship, resilience and injustice. The feature dives into the lives of Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), two African American boys navigating the harrowing realities of a segregated reform school, Nickel Academy, in the Jim Crow South. Creating Nickel Boys’ Special Look
»POSTED on January 27, 2025
Directed by RaMell Ross and adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Nickel Boys offers a poignant exploration of friendship, resilience and injustice. The feature dives into the lives of Elwood Curtis (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), two African American boys navigating the harrowing realities of a segregated reform school, Nickel Academy, in the Jim Crow South. Through its evocative storytelling and immersive visual approach, the movie captures the intensity of their experiences with both intimacy and immediacy. Central to achieving the feature’s distinct aesthetic was cinematographer Jomo Fray, whose collaboration with Ross brought a unique perspective to the project.
Artificial intelligence fully blending into our daily lives is no longer a dream of science fiction. Director Scott Dale’s recent Netflix thriller Subservience stars Megan Fox as a lifelike robot housekeeper named Alice. Subservience and AI in the Real World
»POSTED on January 27, 2025
Artificial intelligence fully blending into our daily lives is no longer a dream of science fiction. Director Scott Dale’s recent Netflix thriller Subservience stars Megan Fox as a lifelike robot housekeeper named Alice. The film dives deep into the worries many harbor about sharing our homes and workplaces with ultra-capable machine
Watching The Fire Inside, the directorial debut of Mudbound’s Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison, ASC, you may feel like you’re leafing through a family photo album of a hometown hero who went on to shake the world. For their film, Morrison and director of photography Rina Yang, BSC have crafted a look that is both down-to-earth yet also larger-than-life. Making The Fire Inside
»POSTED on January 20, 2025
Watching The Fire Inside, the directorial debut of Mudbound’s Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison, ASC, you may feel like you’re leafing through a family photo album of a hometown hero who went on to shake the world. For their film, Morrison and director of photography Rina Yang, BSC have crafted a look that is both down-to-earth yet also larger-than-life. Each scene strives to capture the intimacy of a snapshot while simultaneously amplifying the mythology of a young woman who overcomes all obstacles to make history at the Olympics. The movie is based on the documentary T-Rex, which tells the real-life story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields (portrayed in The Fire Inside by Ryan Destiny), a young Black boxer from Flint, Michigan, who fought her way to winning consecutive gold medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Numerous boxing matches give the film its kinetic energy, but at its heart, the movie is about family. Despite shooting primarily in Toronto, Morrison desired that Shields’ hometown of Flint be genuinely portrayed on the screen and personally led the second unit — dubbed the “Flint Unit” in the credits — to capture the city that in 2014 was plagued by a water crisis when lead and bacteria contaminated its water supply. Claressa’s rise to Olympic glory during this fractious time demonstrates the human potential to ascend difficult conditions and inspire everyone around her. Here is a conversation with the makers of The Fire Inside.
Film First and Gary Hustwit, director of what they call the first-ever generative feature film Eno, have announced the innovative livestreaming event 24 Hours of Eno on January 24 at noon EST.  The date marks the one-year anniversary of the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. Film First, Gary Hustwit Releasing 24 Hours of Eno
»POSTED on January 13, 2025
Film First and Gary Hustwit, director of what they call the first-ever generative feature film Eno, have announced the innovative livestreaming event 24 Hours of Eno on January 24 at noon EST. The date marks the one-year anniversary of the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024.
According to Mark Welton, president of Imax Theatres, the appeal of the premium large format is the impact it has on movies. "We event-asize movies," he said. "People want to shoot their movies in Imax because it means that it's a quality movie. It's a big blockbuster." But the Imax brand's jump into the mainstream film space didn’t happen overnight. How Imax Became a Leading Cinema Brand
»POSTED on December 30, 2024
According to Mark Welton, president of Imax Theatres, the appeal of the premium large format is the impact it has on movies. "We event-asize movies," he said. "People want to shoot their movies in Imax because it means that it's a quality movie. It's a big blockbuster." But the Imax brand's jump into the mainstream film space didn’t happen overnight.

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