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Justice League Reel
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Hiro Murai Is the Filmmaker of the Year
Hiro Murai is having a moment. We’re nearing the halfway point of 2018 and you could make the case that the Tokyo-born director is the filmmaker of the year, and he hasn’t even made a feature. Between several exceptional episodes of Atlanta—including the haunting, beguiling “Teddy Perkins”—a couple of solid outings orchestrating the increasingly violent action on Barry, and the starkly confrontational video for Childish Gambino’s new single...
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South African filmmaker killed by giraffe in safari lodge accident
An award-winning South African filmmaker has died after being head-butted by a giraffe while filming at a safari lodge.
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Netflix banned from competing at Cannes Film Festival
Netflix has been banned from competing in the Cannes Film Festival, according to a report from The Hollywood Reporter. Theirry Fremaux, the head of Cannes, told THR last week the ban is because Netflix refuses to release its films in theaters, choosing instead to debut them on its streaming service and, in some rare cases, do day-and-date releases so the film can be seen both online and off.
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'Black Panther' Director Ryan Coogler Pens Heartfelt Letter After Landmark Opening
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is feeling grateful. His Marvel Studios film is enjoying a historic run, with it earning $242 million at the Presidents Day box office, the second-best four-day showing ever in the U.S. It has become the best reviewed live-action superhero movie ever, and is being haled as an important cultural moment thanks to its diverse cast and themes of African pride.
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Korean mirror world
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J.J. Abrams to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episode IX
J.J. Abrams, who launched a new era of Star Wars with The Force Awakens in 2015, is returning to complete the sequel trilogy as writer and director of Star Wars: Episode IX. Abrams will co-write the film with Chris Terrio. Star Wars: Episode IX will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Abrams, Bad Robot, and Lucasfilm. “With The Force Awakens, J.J. delivered everything we could have possibly hoped for, and I am so excited that he is coming back to close out this trilogy,” said Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy.
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Moon Landings Faked? Filmmaker Says Not!
Writer/director S G Collins of Postwar Media debunks every theory that the Apollo Moon landings could have been faked in a studio. The filmmaker takes a look at the video technology of the late 1960's, showing alleged fraud was simply not possible.
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Behind the ’Alien’ chest-bursting scene that freaked out a generation
All the script said was "This thing emerges."
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The Intrusion Artist
The director Robert Bresson used his camera to observe humans so nakedly that the resulting films can seem cruel. Yet Bresson’s gamble was to turn these acts of theft and violation into a way of conferring power on the models themselves. By Max Nelson.
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Cairo Without End
In his quiet film In the Last Days of the City, Tamer El Said brilliantly captures a struggle I’ve had for years: how to pin down what it is about Cairo that leaves us feeling as if we exist in a no man’s land, somewhere between past and present, constantly searching, never quite there. By Yasmine El Rashidi.
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Walt Disney's MultiPlane Camera (Filmed: Feb. 13, 1957)
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Watch How ILM Brought Back Tarkin and Leia for Rogue One
By now, we’ve talked our heads off about the ILM recreations of 1977 Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher in Rogue One. We’ve talked ethics, quality, and even the process. The last piece is to simply watch how it was done, and now you can.
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How the screens inside movies build fictional worlds
Cinematic worlds don't just happen. Vox's Phil Edwards spoke with Todd Marks about how they actually make the TVs and computers in movies.
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Over 150 filmmakers and photojournalists call on major camera manufacturers to build encryption into their cameras
Camera manufacturers need to build in Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation is publishing an open letter to the world’s leading camera manufacturers—including Nikon, Sony, Canon, Olympus, and Fuji—urging them to build encryption into their still photo and video cameras to help protect the filmmakers and photojournalists who use them. The letter is signed by over 150 documentary filmmakers and photojournalists from around the world, including fifteen Academy Award nominees and winners, such as Laura Poitras, Alex Gibney, Joshua Oppenheimer, and many more. You can read the full text below.to protect filmmakers and photojournalists.
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AKIRA: How To Animate Light
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John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’
One of the Best Ghost Stories and Its Clever Warning to Us All
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Think Travis Rice’s snowboarding is insane? Try filming it
Digital Trends spoke with Travis Rice and cinematographer Greg Wheeler about the challenges, tech, and passion that went into making ‘The Fourth Phase.’
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Seven Samurai - Drama Through Action
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Screw Groot: The Talking Tree in 'A Monster Calls' Was Real*
Director J.A. Bayona told us about the unique visual effects used to create his stunning new film.
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