Avatar is back after a long layoff since it changed the game. What can it offer filmmaking and audiences now? In this episode, we talk…
Sony Electronics has unveiled the Xperia 1 IV smartphone, powered by Android. It features the world’s first true optical zoom lens at 85-125mm and films…
David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson are incredibly important to film history. If you’ve been to film school, you’ve spent money on a Bordwell and Thompson…
60W LED lights are becoming more and more popular these days, and Nanlite hopes to capture some of ARRI’s magic to beat the competition. Small,…
Here’s a scene you can’t refuse. It’s hard to imagine a movie with more acclaim than The Godfather. The whole movie is filled with lessons.…
The great Mike Myers classic we almost never saw… I love Mike Myers. Maybe it has to do with seeing Austin Powers as a kid…
Go into a new storytelling land with Robert Eggers. There are few writer/directors who tread into history like Robert Eggers. His films are a fantastical…
Tarantino knows how to write a villain. From the first scene in Inglourious Basterds, I think we all understood we had an all-time villain in…
Color grading has boomed in the last few years, so Film Riot has gone back to basics to give filmmakers a necessary (re)introduction. Since the…
The Aviary writers Jennifer Raite and Chris Cullari explain how a prior interview from the No Film School Podcast helped them connect with their lead…