Joker

Want to emulate the lighting techniques from the Joker movie? Here's how. Todd Phillips' Joker was a massive box office and critical success. Part of the reason it was such a hit was that it really focused on the reality of the world. Subtle colors were used to accentuate mood and…

Marc Maron brings his own brand of “everything is terrible” comedy to his latest stand-up special, Marc Maron: End Times Fun. As you can probably surmise from the title, Maron is going to be touching on the doom and gloom of our current era, where everything constantly feels like it’s on…

Despite the rise in digital projection, there are still 35mm screenings of new releases, as well as repertory screenings of older movies at select theaters across the country. But The American Genre Film Archive will offer up something different on 35mm for those lucky enough to be near the right…

Recently, a gunman shot a lobby valet at the Boston hospital where I work. I was treating patients in the emergency room when my computer screen flashed, “Active Shooter Alert.” I’ll never forget the feeling of my heart sinking as we closed the curtains and doors to our patients’ rooms…

The case of Sonic seems relatively clear cut, and with all due respect to the VFX artists involved, the comparison between the original, gangly legged Sonic with a mouth full of human teeth and the current version reveals a clear winner. The intention behind the original design isn’t lost on…

Brad Pitt stole the show in "Fight Club." Twentieth Century Fox There are several times in film history when the supporting actor outshined the lead actor. In the classic film "Goodfellas," Joe Pesci upstaged Robert De Niro, while Brad Pitt was more memorable than Edward Norton in "Fight Club."In the musical…

At the 2020 Oscars, The Academy awarded four statues to Parasite. The Bong Joon-ho-directed film became the first-ever South Korean film to win Best Picture, as well as every other award it earned–because shockingly, a Korean film had never even been nominated before. (That includes the international film category). But at…

Warner Bros. learned this past weekend that Birds of Prey, otherwise known as Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), isn’t exactly search engine optimization (SEO) friendly. The sequel of sorts to Suicide Squad barely made a dent in the box office due to many marketing…

"Ford v Ferrari" won for best sound editing at the 2020 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday night.Sound editing refers to the process of capturing and assembling sounds for a film.Ahead of the Oscars, sound editor Donald Sylvester, who accepted his first Oscar, described the challenges that went into…

The 92nd Academy Awards were chaos.  On Sunday night, Eminem, Bustopher Jones, the cast of Something's Gotta Give, four-time Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho, and a few dozen other celebs took centerstage to celebrate 2019 in cinema. It was a rotating door of musical numbers, bits, thank yous, and confusion…