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Hungarian Film Lab shines a light on its photochemical pipeline for Son Of Saul and film archiving services
As the name suggests, Magyar Filmlabor, The Hungarian Filmlab, has celluloid experience coursing through its veins – for more than 60 years the company has provided prestige film-processing services to all manner of filmmakers. So when it came to supporting the desire...
DP Mátyás Erdély HSC harnessed Kodak 35mm film to haunting effect for director Sean Durkin’s The Nest
Using Kodak 35mm film, DP Mátyás Erdély HSC infused tension and unease into every frame of the slow-burn family psychodrama The Nest. Written, directed and produced by Sean Durkin, the haunting thriller stars Jude Law and Carrie Coon as Rory and Allison O'Hara, a...
CineGear is back!
(and other strategies for getting the word out!) By Michael Goldman A flurry of exciting equipment news has recently been percolating across the industry as production picks-up, and another big development was the fact that a long-respected industry event was finally...
Getting intimate on Violet with Leitz M 0.8 lenses: Interview with director Justine Bateman and DP Mark Williams
In Violet, writer and director Justine Bateman delves deep into what empowers the voice in our heads to push us into making fear-based decisions. Olivia Munn stars as Violet while Justin Theroux embodies The Voice. Immersively captured by cinematographer Mark...
French cinematographer Crystel Fournier AFC and director Cathy Brady talk about shooting Wildfire
By Darek Kuźma French cinematographer Crystel Fournier AFC readily accepted the challenge of assisting writer/director Cathy Brady in making the intricately Irish story of Wildfire a universal tale crossing all borders. Lauren is a thirty-something reticent woman who...
Cinematographer Larry Smith, ASC, BSC captures the vibrant Moroccan essence of The Forgiven with Cooke Anamorphic/i lenses
Choice of anamorphic lenses delivered the cinematic aesthetic envisioned for the film Writer-director John Michael McDonagh and cinematographer Larry Smith, ASC, BSC faced a race against time in the face of a threatening global pandemic to capture the vibrant colours...
Q&A with DP Caroline Champetier AFC about shooting Leos Carax’s acclaimed debut English-language feature Annette
By Oliver Webb Leos Carax’s debut English-language feature, Annette, tells the story of Henry, a stand-up comedian (Adam Driver), and his wife Ann (Marion Cotillard), an internationally-renowned soprano, whose life takes an unexpected turn after the birth of their...
Using Kodak 16mm, DP Thimios Bakatakis GSC delivers a masterclass in static-camera storytelling for Netflix’s Master Of None (S3)
Working in close collaboration with his director, crew and the actors, Greek DP Thimios Bakatakis GSC has provided a showcase for the power of the static camera to depict the touching story about a fragile relationship in the third season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning and...
Strangers make connections on a train in Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No.6, filmed in 2-perf on Kodak 35mm by DP J-P Passi
During recent times, when a great many have been starved of nourishing personal interactions, Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No.6 (Hytti Nro.6) – filmed in 2-perf on Kodak 35mm celluloid by trusted cinematographic collaborator J-P Passi – is likely to resonate following...
DP Annika Summerson delivers a perfectly horrific result for Censor using Kodak 35mm film
It’s 1980’s Britain, and the lurid, often macabre, contents of ‘video nasties’ are raising concern in censorial circles, not least about how they might encourage people to do things they really shouldn’t do. Cut to Enid Baines, who works as a film censor, and who,...
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND – DP Nick Cooke talks about shooting Ben Sharrock’s acclaimed feature Limbo
Nick Cooke • Limbo By Ron Prince The displacement of people is an issue that is perpetually on our TV screens, particularly news reports, but have you ever really imagined what life might be like for refugees? Well, director Ben Sharrock’s highly-acclaimed and...
Rosco SoftDrop re-creates the 1980s Manhattan skyline for Halston on Netflix
Halston is a limited series on Netflix that follows the legendary fashion designer (played by Ewan McGregor) as he leverages his name into a worldwide fashion empire. The setting of the series – New York City in the 1970s and 80s – required the production design team...
Goldcrest Post Helps Filmmaker Elizabeth Unger Uncover the Evil of Jaguar Poaching in “Tigre Gente”
Goldcrest Post recently provided post-production services for Tigre Gente, Director Elizabeth Unger’s deeply-affecting documentary feature about illicit jaguar trafficking. Senior colourist Steve Beganyi worked with Unger to finalise the look of the film, which...
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