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1990s Best Picture Oscar Winners Ranked From Worst To Best
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By David Zou Most actors wait a lifetime for the opportunity to win an Oscar. They work hard throughout decades of their careers, picking good and bad parts alike, until they luck out and an affluence...
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By Staff The 2017 DCS Cinema Lighting Expo took place at the IATSE Grip’s Local 80 stage in Burbank on March 4th. The annual event included a full day of presentations from some of the industry’s most...
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Watch: ‘The Cube’, Jim Henson’s Trippy, Existential Short Film
By Justin Morrow The Cube, a rarely-seen (and kind of disturbing) film by beloved Muppets creator Jim Henson foreshadows his later work. Before The Muppets took over the world, Jim Henson had already...
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O.J.: Made in America continues to win awards
By Jose Antunes O.J.: Made in America was shot primarily with the Canon EOS C300 Digital Cinema Camera, as Nick Higgins needed a small form factor for the movie. With a “small kit” based essentially...
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8 Reasons Why “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Wes Anderson’s Best Movie
By David Zou Gossamer-like, lovely and wistful, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) thrums with the dual dispositions of the sublime Golden Age director Ernst Lubitsch and the jam-packed chapter and verse...
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8 Reasons Why “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Wes Anderson’s Best Movie
By David Zou Gossamer-like, lovely and wistful, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) thrums with the dual dispositions of the sublime Golden Age director Ernst Lubitsch and the jam-packed chapter and verse...
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8 Reasons Why “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Wes Anderson’s Best Movie
By Shane Scott-Travis Gossamer-like, lovely and wistful, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) thrums with the dual dispositions of the sublime Golden Age director Ernst Lubitsch and the jam-packed chapter...
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8 Reasons Why “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is Wes Anderson’s Best Movie
By Shane Scott-Travis Gossamer-like, lovely and wistful, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) thrums with the dual dispositions of the sublime Golden Age director Ernst Lubitsch and the jam-packed chapter...
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4 Reasons Why “Whiplash” is a Modern Masterpiece of American Cinema
By David Zou Warning: This article may contain spoilers. Furious. Visceral. Insane. These are only some of the many ways to describe Damien Chazelle’s 2014 tour de force, Whiplash. The masterpiece...
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8 Reasons Why “The Proposition” is a Modern Classic of Western Cinema
By David Zou Throughout much of the middle of the 20th Century that made up the Golden Age of Hollywood, the most popular and financially successful film genre was the Western. In this time, John Wayne...
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10 Critically Acclaimed Movies from The 21st Century That Are Already Forgotten
By David Zou It is not unusual for viewers to assume that films that stay memorable are those that earn critical acclaim and win numerous awards, if not the Oscar for Best Picture. However, there are...
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10 Underestimated Movie Actresses Who Found Great Roles On TV
By Caio Coletti The film business isn’t always the easiest to navigate. While both actors and actresses have it considerably easier than most of us mere mortals, attaining and maintaining success in...
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The Must-Have Tools of the 360 VR Trade
By Al Caudullo Over the past year, the tools of the 360 trade have been emerging, developing and creating new terms in video production. Terminology like LatLong, Rotate sphere, HMD, FOV, stitching...
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Watch: A Visual Love Letter to 3-Time Oscar Winner Emmanuel Lubezki
By Emily Buder Emmanuel Lubezki, known fondly as ‘Chivo,’ is one of the greatest living cinematographers. Emmanuel Lubezki is a living legend. His work as a cinematographer on Gravity, Birdman, and The...
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7 Reasons Why “Crash” Is Better Than Its Reputation
By Chad Durham Leading up to the 2006 Academy Award ceremony, only two films were legitimately given a shot to take home the Best Picture award: Paul Haggis’ Crash and Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain. The...
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10 Famous Movies You Probably Didn’t Know Were Remakes
By Luka Simić Every once in a while, you watch a great movie and notice this little thing in the opening credits – “Based On”, or maybe “Inspired By”, and in some rarer cases, nothing at all. These are...
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DP Roger Deakins Reveals ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tech Challenges in Jaw-Dropping...
By Liz Nord Revered cinematographer Roger Deakins has ‘never worked on a film with so many different sets and lighting challenges’ as ‘Blade Runner 2049.’ We put Blade Runner 2049 in the number one...
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Learn from Some of the World’s Best Directors and DPs with These New...
By Emily Buder Get access to hundreds of film education courses with MZed Pro. If you’re looking to give yourself a practical film education, MZed Pro might just be the place to start. Much like its...
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7 Reasons Why “Heat” is a Modern Masterpiece of American Cinema
By David Zou There is no Academy Award, or any other type of cinematic award outside some of the more fanciful film festivals, given for a certain type of style. This is too bad, for if this were ever...
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