In this episode of the No Film School Podcast, GG Hawkins talks with BAFTA-winning director Mark Munden about directing the new Netflix adaptation. Lord of the FliesWritten by Jack Thorne. Munden discusses revisiting William Golding’s novel, shaping the visual language of the series, filming on a remote island in Malaysia, working with 36 young actors,
Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. cleared a major hurdle Friday afternoon. Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice issued a statement Saying it had completed its review of the deal and would not challenge the merger. The statement said, “The legacy of these transactions reflects the challenges that arise when the commercial rationale for
on Friday night, IndieWire After Dark Fringe honors cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history. First of all, Temptation: An odd genre choice, and why we’re just now discovering its niche. Then, Cutting: A spoiler-filled answer to the all-important question, “Is this old cult movie actually worth recommending?”
Sony was drawing the biggest crowd to the Cine Gear Expo floor this year, and the reason was because of the presence at their demo table: Rialto 65A new 65 mm format sensor block under development for VENICE 2. We spoke to Sony to take a closer look at what the company is building –
As a horror film double bill, “Backrooms” and “Obsession” have emerged as the box office success stories of the year. A24 hired “Backrooms” director Ken Parsons to adapt his own IP — in this case, a 20-plus-episode YouTube creepypasta set inside abandoned, acid-yellow frontier spaces — into a truly strange, conceptual horror film that has
Ergorig was showcasing the second generation of its handheld camera support vest at Cine Gear 2026 in Los Angeles. Ergorig II V1 builds on the original design with several hardware improvements driven by user feedback directly from operators, and adds two optional accessories – Counterforce and Undersling that expand what the system can do on
Panasonic has recently announced its highly anticipated LX100 successor – the Panasonic LUMIX L10. Market anticipation is already rising, which reminded me somewhat of the highly popular FUJIFILM X100VI (Still mostly backordered!). While we can’t yet give it the same promotional respect that FUJIFILM receives, there are plenty of similarities between the two. In this
newly launched openart VFX enables users to surgically alter any specific part of a video, frame by frame, without touching anything else. A deep-tech company that is introducing AI-powered relighting solutions for VFX studios, Bible announced that SwitchX, its video-to-video model, now powers the newly launched OpenArt VFX platform, bringing high-quality AI video editing and
During the summer in small towns across America, sirens will sound from time to time to signal all sorts of things. in Mount Kisco, New YorkThese are used – still – To summon members of the city’s volunteer fire brigade. piercing, unexpected, cryingSirens can distract anyone mentally. And if you’re already on edge when they
Ahen an unknown printer took a galley of type and their scrambled imaketype specimen book has follorrvived not only fiver centuriewhen an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.