The Life and Times of Writer/Director Sofia Coppola – Indie Film Hustle
By Jonathan Roberts The Life and Times of Writer/Director Sofia Coppola Sofia Coppola who lives in Paris, France is an American. She was born in New York City, New York and attended the California...
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By tonycosta100@gmail.com (Tony Costa) Giuseppe Rotunno AIC ASC better known by his colleagues by the nick name Pepinno will be deservedly honoured at the oldest festival dedicated to cinematographers....
View ArticleThe 10 Worst Movie Performances by Academy Award Winning Actors
By Zach Wee The Academy Award has long been the ultimate recognition for almost every aspect of cinema, especially when it comes to acting. Throughout the years, despite there being many controversial...
View ArticleWatch: Techniques Every Cinematographer Can Learn from Roger Deakins
By Max Winter Oscar or not, filmmakers have much to learn from Blade Runner 2049‘s master DP Roger Deakins. Given that films are ultimately collaborative efforts, requiring that the skills of each...
View ArticleRIP Walter Lassally: Oscar-Winning DP of the Free Cinema Movement Left a...
By Liz Nord With over 100 camera credits, Walter Lassally made a global mark on cinema history. Many cinematographers choose to remain behind the camera, speaking to the public through images and...
View Article“My Approach is More Novelistic than Journalistic”: Director Frederick...
By Tiffany Pritchard Frederick Wiseman, now 87, is showing no signs of slowing down. His most recent documentary Ex Libris: New York Public Library, which gives an inside look at the esteemed...
View ArticleDP Zak Mulligan on Shooting Sundance Drama We the Animals on Super 16mm
By Filmmaker Staff Cinematographer Zak Mulligan has worked on roughly 30 shorts, features, documentaries and TV series over the past decade. Mulligan served as DP on We the Animals, which premieres at...
View ArticleSociety of Camera Operators Lifetime Achievement Awards Announces President’s...
By Staff L The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) announced the Lifetime Achievement Awards President’s Award Honoree, Meryl Streep. The Society is honored to be presenting the President’s Award to...
View Article5 Reasons Why “Frances Ha” is One of The Best Indie Movies of The 2010s
By Hannah Sayer Greta Gerwig has had quite a year. Her solo directorial debut Lady Bird (2017) became the best reviewed movie in Rotten Tomatoes history while passing last year’s Best Picture winner...
View Article2018 Scientific and Technical Awards
By Eli Williams Scientific and Technical Awards – February 10, 2018 The Sci-Tech Awards presentation has become a highlight of the Academy’s Award season. This awards show honors the men, women, and...
View ArticleTop 10 Failed Oscar-Bait Movies of 2017
By Cara McWilliam-Richardson There used to be a time when you could spot a Best Picture nominee from a mile off. Big studios, big names and big dramas were usually a shoe in, and yet in recent years...
View ArticleMUAHS Guild Awards Feb. 24, 2018
By Olivia Gleichauf The MUAHS Guild returns to the NOVO by Microsoft in L.A. Live for the Annual Awards Gala. Hosting this black-tie event is comedienne Loni Love. This will be her third year in a row...
View Article10 Great 2010s Movies That Received No Oscar Or Golden Globe Nominations
By Greg Smith There are only so many Oscar and Golden Globe nominations to go around, meaning that each year there are exceptional films that go completely unrecognized regarding major awards. Below...
View ArticleThe Cameras and Lenses Behind 2018 Oscar-Nominated Films
By Michael Maher Dive into the cameras and gear used to capture all of the 2018 Academy Award nominees for Best Picture and Best Cinematography. → continue… From:: Premium Beat More from my site2...
View Article5 Reasons Why “The Florida Project” Should Have Been Nominated For Best Picture
By Conor Lochrie Each year the nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture are announced and invariably each year people decry the exclusions. This list will do this very thing, for it’s easy to...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Powerful Movie Performances of All Time
By Andreas Babiolakis A performance needs everything from subtlety to command. That is true, because a flat, one-dimensional performance just will not cut it when it comes to being believable and...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Epic Romantic Movies of All Time
By Shane Scott-Travis The following list is one not just for cineastes, but for those who delight in being swept up in a large-scale whirlwind of melodrama, star-crossed lovers, inescapable...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Documentaries of 2017
By Vlad Albescu As with every year, feature films have managed to gather a lot more attention than documentaries in 2017. Take “Icarus,” for example. It just won the Academy Award for Best Documentary...
View Article10 Great Movies That Should Have Won The Palme d’Or
By Conor Lochrie Cannes is a prestigious film festival and the Palme d’Or its most prized award; perhaps the most coveted award in world cinema, for those not of an Academy Award persuasion. Each year,...
View Article10 Directors Who Made Two Great Films In The Same Year
By Nathan Quick For most directors, releasing one great film in a year is an ambitious enough feat. Here are ten directors who were not satisfied with that accomplishment and released not one but two...
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