Written by Thomas Cross It’s October 2022, and I’m hiking Runyon Canyon with Jim. We’ve been doing this a lot recently, and Jim won’t shut…
I was sitting in an IMAX theater this weekend, watching fremen summon and ride sandworms across the desert. The scope and scale of the shots,…
The best screenplays in the world completely absorb you into the story. You get so deep into what’s happening on the page (or on the…
In many ways, there’s no bigger—or perhaps more important—conversation going on in the film and video world right now than the ongoing one about AI.…
Technology has brought about unprecedented advances in our way of life, but what happens when it becomes too powerful? Enter tech noir, a subgenre of…
Who doesn’t love a good starter camera? And these days, there’s more of them now than ever before. And what’s great about that is that…
While there were a lot of highlights from this past year’s Sundance Film Festival (as well as plenty of camera insights and inspirations), one of…
The cultural impact of Godzilla is undeniable. Godzilla is a total baddie, sometimes sweetie, always ready to rumble. And, lest we forget, a deep rooted…
How do you build a career as a cinematographer when the odds are against you? How do you create opportunities for yourself, when dealing with…
The Fox is a film that belongs in the class of gorgeous contemporary historical dramas that observe the horrors of war from a new perspective,…
