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Rundown: Our Regina King Cover; Captain America Blindsided; R.I.P Joanne Rogers

Regina King Breaks Through (Again) With One Night in Miami, Her Directorial Debut

MLK/FBI Director Sam Pollard and Editor Laura Tomaselli on Building a Fruitful Working Relationship

Wisdom: Sol Negrin on Teaching Cinematography

Veteran cinematographer Sol Negrin, ASC understands the challenges of bringing cinematography from the set to the...
Best Of: The Most Bodacious Surfing Movies

Much like an ocean wave, the surfing movie subgenre has seen its share of peaks and...
Ray Harryhausen: The Golden Voyage

Visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen passed away last week at the age of 92. Long before the days...
Decoding Annie Parker: Veteran DP Steven Bernstein Takes the Helm

Decoding Annie Parker marks the feature film directing debut of long-time indie cinematographer Steven Bernstein, ASC, who...
The Face of the Prophet: Vittorio Storaro Photographs The Life of Mohammad

Vittoria Storaro’s ambitious new project is a collaboration with Iranian director Majid Majidi (Children of Heaven,...
American Film Showcase: Harrison Engle reminesces South Korea

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs launched the American Film Showcase...
Shooting The Kitchen: Keeping one location visually interesting

In early 2011, my longtime friend and collaborator, director Ishai Setton, told me about a (very)...
A 3-D Journey Back to the Future: Behind Robert Richardson’s Work on Hugo

Martin Scorsese’s Hugo takes audiences on a 3-D journey inside an underground train station in Paris...
Dressing Up Shakespeare: Mark Friedberg Designs The Tempest

Mark Friedberg has a knack for creating worlds. As a production designer, it is his responsibility...
Drawing from the Classics: Tarsem Singh’s Immortals

Tarsem Singh is on a roll. With his new film Immortals—in which Theseus (Henry Cavill) is...
Craig Brewer & Amy Vincent Cut Loose for Footloose

When director Craig Brewer took on a re-imagining of the 1984 dance classic, Footloose, he turned...
Jim Whitaker Chronicles Post-September 11th Rebirth

When Jim Whitaker, at the time an executive at Imagine Entertainment, visited New York City a...
Sol Negrin Finds a Home at Five Towns College

We’ve all heard the saying, “You have to crawl before you can walk.” For future moviemakers...
Panasonic Introduces AG-AC7PJ Camcorder

Great news, techies: Panasonic has just introduced its newest camera, the AG-AC7PJ. This lightweight, low-cost, professional...
Best Apps for Moviemakers 2011

Ah, how things have changed in just one short year. When we published our first list...
Ron and Bryce Dallas Howard Partner with Canon

Moviemakers, it’s time to use your imagination. Canon, a leading brand in digital imaging equipment, has...
Industry Expert Tim Caldwell Joining Fletcher Camera & Lenses

Fletcher Camera & Lenses, the Midwest’s leader in high-end camera and lens rentals for the television,...
Digging for Deep Gold with Michael Gleissner

In the new action-thriller Deep Gold, a champion free-diver and her sister (played by Bebe Pham...
Sony Invites Students Behind the Lens

Sony is putting the power of HD in students’ hands. The company just announced its three-month...
Indies (and Colin Firth) Reign At the Oscars

At last night’s Academy Awards, indies were king. Seven of the major awards, including Best Picture,...
Inception’s Wally Pfister Earns Top Honors at ASC Awards

Renowned DP Wally Pfister (The Prestige; The Italian Job) has a reason to celebrate this week—over...
The King’s Speech Reigns Supreme at BAFTAs

Winners of the 2011 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards were announced yesterday,...
King Rules 2011 Oscar Nominations

The nominees for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning—shortly thereafter followed the inevitable...
Roger Deakins Show True Grit

With more than 30 features under his belt, Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC is one of the...