Film Stock

  • 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
  • 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

An Artist Archaeologist’s Palette: Ghostly, Decaying Film Stock is Bill Morrison’s Raw Found-Footage Doc Material

As of 2016, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, which inducts 25 new titles each year “showcasing…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Canoa Revisited: Felipe Cazals on His 1976 Masterpiece, Mexican History, Horror Storytelling and Politics in Filmmaking

In the interim between a Golden Age bogged down with melodramas, stereotypical treatments of masculine and pastoral glorification, and the…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2017

Film Preservation 101: A Brief Guide to Keeping Your Films Alive Indefinitely (Part One)

This is the first part of our “Playing for Keeps” series on film and digital preservation. Read the second part,…

7 years ago
  • Other
  • Summer 2015

Archiving Anarchy: No One Will Save Your Film But You

What’s the most important moviemaking step you’re completely forgetting? Maybe it’s saving your film. If you’re a filmmaker reading this,…

9 years ago