'Before the shooting, people were asking me all the time in which studio I would be filming, assuming that most of the film would be shot in front of green screens. The reality is very different. Out of the 30 days of shooting, we shot only one day in a green screen studio.'
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LAFF Movie Review: ‘Opening Night’ – A Screenwriting School in Ninety Minutes
The LA Film Festival 'Opening Night' world premiere was Screenwriting 101 in 90 minutes. Filmmakers did everything right in this film, which stars Topher Grace as a failed Broadway star.
Read More »LAFF Film Review: ‘Girl Flu’ – A Movie About Firsts that Gives New Meaning to the Phrase ‘Period Piece’
In Hollywood parlance, a “period piece” is a script or film that takes place in the past. 'Girl Flu', a film written and directed by Dorie Barton, gave a new meaning to that phrase. It's a film about firsts. Without a doubt, it is the only film you'll ever call charming, funny and heartwarming that has menstruation as its focus.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘High-Rise’ Takes You to the Roof and Throws You Off with Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons
It's not difficult to be immersed in the world of "High-Rise".
Read More »NAB Show 2016: ‘In a World…’ – The Secrets Behind Successful Film Trailers
Murphy's approach is to treat the trailer project like a mini-movie with its own three-act structure.
Read More »NAB Show 2016: Ang Lee on Pushing the Limits of Cinema
Ang Lee's last film was created in High Dynamic Range, 4K, at 120 frames per second and in 3-D. In English that means that, compared to your big-screen HD TV, the film has more colors, four times the definition, four times the frame rate, and depth. This is the most technologically advanced feature film ever made.
Read More »NAB Show 2016: Batman Versus HDR – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
Eighty-nine years ago, Al Jolson said to the audience watching his film 'The Jazz Singer,' the first film with synchronized dialog, “You ain't heard nothin’ yet.” After viewing the demo of High Dynamic Range (HDR) video and Dolby ATMOS sound at the Future of Cinema Conference in Las Vegas, I can confidently say, “You ain't seen nothin’ yet.”
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘The Waiting’ – James Caan is Haunted and Blood Spills
A film must have strong characters to be remembered. I will remember 'The Waiting' for a long time, not only because of its characters, but because of how well they were used to explore human depravity,
Read More »SXSW: Rami Malek and Christian Slater Get Authentic on ‘Mr. Robot’
Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek and Christian Slater joined series creator Sam Esmail at SXSW film panel “Coding on Camera: MR. ROBOT and Authenticity on TV.” SXSW was the site of the show’s premiere last year. This year, participants in the Golden Globe Award-winning series came back to celebrate and discuss the show’s success.
Read More »SXSW Film Review: ‘Baby Bump’
In the twilight zone between childhood and puberty, nothing and everything matters and what is surreal is the greatest reality of all.
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