Asian Actors in Hollywood on the Books and Films That Inspired Them
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COMMENTARY: How Crazy Rich Asians Changed Hollywood
[caption id="attachment_41896" align="aligncenter" width="696"] In the months leading up to its release and even in the weeks after, there was plenty...
COMMENTARY: Bong Joon-ho on Making First Full Korean Film in 10 Years With ‘Parasite’
The Korean auteur, back in Cannes for the sixth time, discusses turning the issue of income inequality into a thriller with...
COMMENTARY: What Pros Think About Visual Effects in Film and TV
Writer and producer Jason Hellerman writes: Visual effects: when they're good, they're invisible. When they're bad, they're all you can see....
COMMENTARY: Are We Really Ready for Vertical TV?
As TV manufacturers search for something — anything — to differentiate their sets, Samsung has hit on the novel idea of...
COMMENTARY: The History and Power of Sound Design in the Film Industry
Last week at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, Making Waves: The Art Of Cinematic Sound premiered after nine years in production. Director Midge Costin takes...
COMMENTARY: Endgame’s Cultural Dominance Makes It Deserving of an Oscar
Independent filmmaker Alex Ross Perry writes: I would like to see Avengers: Endgame win Best Picture at the 2020 Oscars. Not...
COMMENTARY: I Have to Refute this YouTube Video About Faster Editing With a Panel
I got into a bit of a comment argument with a creator on YouTube the other day. Armando Ferreira has a ton of...
COMMENTARY: Underrated Filmmaking Tools and Accessories Worth Trying
Sometimes we dwell a lot when it comes to the tools of our work, in the gear we use instead of...
COMMENTARY: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and the Problem with a Cinematic Universe That Never Stops Expanding
The following article contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame. Of the two major characters who die in “Avengers: Endgame,” one already has a standalone...
COMMENTARY: An Ode to Colourists and Their Often Underappreciated Art Form
Every role in a film production is important to the success of the project, from the director to the cinematographer to...
COMMENTARY: Why Has Tarantino Turned The Hateful Eight into a Netflix Miniseries?
A chill was felt on the strange, slightly obsessive corner of social media known as film Twitter. First a breeze, then...