Michel Hazanavicius’ new film, The Artist, brings audiences back to the freewheeling world of silent films in the roaring twenties. Without question, this black-and-white period film about movies themselves required close attention to detail in all departments including cinematography, costume design and art direction. But the makeup department had to work just... »

Oftentimes, high-quality work in smaller-budgeted films is less recognized come awards season than those films’ older brothers, the big-budget studio tentpoles.  Case in point this year might be Albert Nobbs, both a period and foreign-produced film which manages to create a visceral world onto itself inside of an $8-million budget.  This film is a... »

A renowned student of film history and craftsmanship, director Martin Scorsese was eager to acknowledge his many collaborators, both present and in name only, for his new fantasy film, Hugo at a special event in Los Angeles on Nov. 5. Flanked by cinematographer Robert Richardson, composer Howard Shore, production designer Dante Ferretti, editor... »

At a gala spectacle on Nov. 3, 2011, on the Paramount lot in Hollywood, Canon debuted their C Series lightweight and portable video cameras, featuring the EOS C-300. This particular camera includes an EF mount system to support EF lenses and EF cinema lenses, but it also has a PL mount. The... »

Titanic, James Cameron's lavish spectacle, released in 1997 and winning 11 of its 14 Oscar nominations, is getting a makeover, courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment. At Paramount on Oct. 28, Cameron and producer Jon Landau unveiled 18 minutes of the film that has been converted to 3D after a complete scan... »

In Southern California, one location offers a rocky lakeside backdrop that might be the setting in a classic '80s slasher film such as Friday The 13th. The region famously boasts scenery as diverse as mountains, beaches and desert, and what better place to set a horror film festival than a gothic mountainous resort... »

From Aug. 7 until Aug. 16 of 2008, the sovereign nation of Georgia was invaded by Russian troops in a military offensive that might have shocked the world - if it had been widely reported. However, the 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, took place in Beijing,... »

Without question, the makeup arts in films are as old as cinema itself, dating back the entire 116-year history of the medium. While early makeups were applied by the actors who played in the first films, the craft eventually became in demand by film producers after the likes of Lon Chaney and Jack... »

When Tom Holland wrote and directed the original Fright Night, released in 1985, he had little idea that he had created a cult classic and one of the more memorable horror films of the 1980s. In this exclusive interview, he discusses how he created that film, why he made choices about the on-set... »

In light of the raves that Rise of the Planet of the Apes has been getting from critics and fans alike, and the certain box office success of the film to date, one development is certain to emerge from the aftermath of the sci-fi action movie’s theatrical run, as with the group of freed... »