When you see a truly great film in a movie theater, if you’re anything like me, you’re simultaneously hyper-engaged and reduced to a kind of sentient sponge.
Where better to laud Steven Spielberg, an artist who has defined and redefined the theater experience throughout his career, than at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of theater owners and studios to celebrate the cinematic experience?
In this episode of Industry Spotlight with Creative First, Tyrone Estephan, Managing Director of the Alt Group at Alt.vfx, joined Lohita Sujith, Sr. Director, Copyright & Digital Economy, Motion Picture Association, to reflect on his journey into visual storytelling and the evolving intersection of technology, creativity, and production in the visual effects industry.
In this Industry Spotlight with Creative First, Ashish Pherwani, Partner – Media and Entertainment at EY, joined Lohita Sujith, Sr. Director, Copyright & Digital Economy, Motion Picture Association to discuss key insights from the latest FICCI-EY report and the evolving dynamics of India’s media and entertainment landscape.
The Motion Picture Association, Inc. (MPA) and Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) have reached a resolution relating to Meta’s use of the MPA’s trademarked PG-13 film rating in connection with Instagram Teen Accounts.
With the Oscars this Sunday, March 15, we’re continuing our series of conversations with this year’s nominees. Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso earned his first Oscar nomination for his breathtaking work on Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams — shooting entirely on location across Washington State with natural light, a boxy aspect ratio drawn from Depression-era photography, and an instinct for getting out of nature’s way.
With the Oscars coming up this Sunday, March 15 —we’re resharing some of our interviews with this year’s nominees. Among them is casting director Cassandra Kulukundis, one of five nominees in the first-ever Oscar casting category, whose work on Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another helped unlock four extraordinary performances — all nominated: Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, and Teyana Taylor.
Few literary crime characters have endured quite like Dr. Kay Scarpetta. For more than three decades, readers around the world have followed the astute and nuanced chief medical examiner through the pages of Patricia Cornwell’s bestselling novels.
The adage “better late than never” could not be more apropos when it comes to the newest category in the Oscars. Starting with the 100th Academy Awards in 2028, there will finally be recognition of the blood, sweat, bruises, burns, and broken bones of generations of stunt performers, dating back to the daring exploits of Buster Keaton.
With nine Oscar nominations — including four acting nods and one for Danish editor Olivier Bugge Coutté – Joachim Trier’s Norwegian-English feature has had an amazing awards season thus far.