The ASC announces the award receivers.
By tonycosta100@gmail.com (Tony Costa) The ASC has announced the award receivers for 2016 in the ceremony to take place in February 4, 2017, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.The...
View Article8 Reasons Why “Dunkirk” Could Be Christopher Nolan’s First Oscar
By Jack Books Since his directional debut in 1998, Christopher Nolan has steadily entered the lexicon as one of the greatest living directors of the 21st century. Alongside the likes of Steven...
View ArticleWatch: Discover the Secrets Behind the Stunning Cinematography of ‘The Eagle...
By Christopher Boone Learn how Otto Bell and his team trekked across Mongolia in extreme weather to capture the visuals for this amazing story. Here at NFS, we’ve been big fans of the documentary The...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Exciting Actors Working in Hollywood Today
By David Zou There are plenty of veteran actors still working today, but there are also new faces from the past couple of decades that have shown tremendous talent, and may likely be remembered years...
View ArticleThe Cameras and Lenses Behind 2017 Oscar-Nominated Films
By Michael Maher Take a look at the gear and glass behind this year’s Academy Award nominated films and get the behind-the-scenes scoop from the filmmaker’s themselves. continue… From:: Premium Beat...
View ArticleWhich Cameras Were Used on the Oscar-Nominated Films of 2017?
By V Renée Find out which cameras captured all of the Academy Award nominated films for Best Picture and Cinematography this year. The Oscar nominations were finally announced this morning, which, for...
View Article10 Snubs, Surprises & New Records in the 89th Oscar Nominations
By Ryan Jamison The nominations are in, and as always there is much to discuss involving fun statistics, shocking omissions and inclusions which nobody saw coming. Before we get to the Top 10, here are...
View ArticleSundance 2017: The Good, The Bad, and The Weird [PODCAST]
By Liz Nord This episode of Indie Film Weekly brings reports from the ground on the movies, the acquisitions, and the suspected Russian hacking of independent cinema’s beating heart. Co-hosts Jon...
View ArticleWatch: Every Best Cinematography Oscar Winner Ever
By Emily Buder This gorgeous supercut shows every winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, from 1927 to this year’s nominees. The technology of cinematography has come a long way since...
View ArticleContender – Sound Mixing, Star Wars: A Rogue One Story
By Mun Kang As the 89th Academy Award nominations have been selected, the latest edition to the Star Wars franchise, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is once again represented in the Best Sound Mixing...
View Article2016’s Best Directors Named at the Directors Guild of America Awards
By Jon Fusco Damien Chazelle and Garth Davis were among the big winners of the night. Last night, the Directors Guild of America held its annual award show in Los Angeles to highlight the best...
View Article10 Great Movies You Won’t Believe Didn’t Receive A Single Oscar Nomination
By Mike Gray The film industry in the United States is a massive one: on average, there are 600 films produced here each year alone, and since there are only about five open slots in each category, not...
View ArticleRED cameras at the USC School of Cinematic Arts
By Jose Antunes The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts is going RED, with cinema-style camera systems provided by RED Digital Cinema. The University of Southern California’s...
View Article10 Oscar Winners Who Urgently Need a Good Role
By David Zou As made clear by all the articles and think-pieces on the “Oscar curse”, winning an Academy Award doesn’t guarantee that Hollywood will treat an actor with more respect or opportunities....
View ArticleContender – Makeup Artist Joel Harlow, Star Trek Beyond
By Scott Essman For any below-the-line craftsperson, being nominated for an Academy Award represents the culmination of a career’s worth of relentless, diligent, pinnacle-level work. In Joel Harlow’s...
View ArticleWatch: Behind the Scenes Videos from ‘La La Land’ Show How Memorable...
By V Renée These four exclusive BTS videos reveal how Damien Chazelle and his team shot ‘La La Land.’ It’s difficult not to get excited when a really good musical comes to town. Such is the case for...
View Article1950s Best Picture Oscar Winners Ranked From Worst To Best
By Andreas Babiolakis This is our second look at every Academy Award for Best Picture winner. In this instalment, we have entered the ‘50s. To compare to the previous winners, this portion will feature...
View Article1970s Best Picture Oscar Winners Ranked From Worst To Best
By Andreas Babiolakis This is the fourth entry in this series, where every Academy Award for Best Picture winner gets ranked. This is the greatest decade in the history of the Academy. While the most...
View Article1980s Best Picture Oscar Winners Ranked From Worst To Best
By David Zou This is the fifth examination at every Academy Award for Best Picture winner, and this is where the history of winners really starts to slow down. After the blazing experimentations of the...
View ArticleMeet the Team Behind Zucchini, the Blue-Haired, Swiss Boy That’s Stolen...
By Carlos Aguilar If comforting hugs could be delivered in visual form, My Life as a Zucchini would be the warmest of them all. Kindhearted but not sugarcoated, Claude Barras’ first animated feature...
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