16mm

  • Movie News

The Academy Museum Celebrates Film’s History — and Survival

It's a rough time for film, but reinforcements arrive today: Los Angeles' Academy Museum opens it doors with plans to celebrate…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Paul Schrader Says Shooting The Card Counter Digitally Helped Him Retain Final Cut

The Card Counter writer-director Paul Schrader has been making classic films since the 1970s — but he still embraces digital…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Strawberry Mansion Used a 16mm Film-Out, Meaning It Shot Digitally and Transferred to Film Stock in Post

Strawberry Mansion takes inspiration from '80s children's movies of the co-directors' youths, and in order to accurately capture that VHS…

3 years ago
  • Cinematography

Little Women, Uncut Gems, Marriage Story, and 6 Other New Movies Shot on Film

Moviegoers might be surprised to learn that despite its expensive VFX de-aging process, Martin Scorsese's latest crime epic, The Irishman,…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

How They Did It: Director Joanna Hogg Drew from her Memory to Craft the Sets for The Souvenir

Resurrecting momentous events in her personal history—including the physical spaces where they occurred—deftly-introspective British moviemaker Joanna Hogg created The Souvenir,…

5 years ago
  • Winter 2019

Shooting on Film in the Digital Age: What You Need to Know If You’re Still Taking Stock in Film Stock

When director Yen Tan and I first started talking about his new feature, 1985, we knew immediately that we wanted to shoot on Super 16mm…

5 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Singapore Plays Itself: In Sandi Tan’s Shirkers, a Nation (and its Daughter) Come of Age Onscreen

Beautiful Convergence When it opened in 1930, Singapore’s Capitol Theatre was a glittering picture palace, the crown jewel of Southeast…

6 years ago
  • Cinematography

Looks That Kill: DP Haris Zambarloukos Talks Shooting Murder On the Orient Express in Glorious 65MM

Haris Zambarloukos began collaborating with acclaimed director Kenneth Branagh in 2007 on the Michael Caine vehicle Sleuth. The duo continued to…

6 years ago
  • Directing

“Darkness on the Beach”: Writer-Director Eliza Hittman Chose 16mm to Help Create the Eerie New York of Beach Rats

In her second feature Beach Rats, writer-director Eliza Hittman has once again crafted an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in her…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Threads of Melancholy: In Ensemble Piece Person to Person, Dustin Guy Defa Proves a Tonal Prowess

With his new ensemble comedy, Person to Person, Dustin Guy Defa seems poised to break through to a wider cultural…

7 years ago
  • Documentary

Mixed Media: How Documentary God Knows Where I Am Used 35mm, 16mm, Super-16 and Digital For Its Haunting Story

When Linda Bishop's body was found in an empty farmhouse in New Hampshire, her death seemed pointless and puzzling. Then…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Foreign Contenders: Sparrows Explores Modern Icelandic Masculinity on Beautiful 16mm

MovieMaker’s weekly series “Foreign Contenders” features interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Foreign Contenders: Finland’s The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki Revives 16mm Reversal Film

MovieMaker's weekly series "Foreign Contenders" will feature interviews with the heavyweight helmers behind their respective countries’ entries for the Academy Award for…

7 years ago
  • Directing
  • Interviews

Need Funding? Sell Christmas Trees: Charles Poekel Lived Christmas, Again Before He Shot It (on Super-16)

Behind the colorful lights, snowy days and decorative displays that mark that arrival of the holiday season in New York…

8 years ago
  • Cinematography
  • Eye Piece
  • Fall 2015
  • Inside MM - Cinematography

Eye Piece: Alex Ross Perry’s Queen of Earth Wages Stare Wars in Super 16

Wielding old grudges and fierce regrets as sharpened weapons, two women reassess their friendship in Queen of Earth, an intense…

9 years ago
  • Cinematography
  • Producing
  • Summer 2015

Film vs. Digital: Is the Expense of Shooting on Film a Misconception?

You know the reasons you want to shoot your next film on film. Film looks better. Film gets crews and…

9 years ago