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Marc Loftus

Marc Loftus is the Senior Editor and Director of Web Content for Post Magazine. He has been with the monthly publication since 1992, reporting on new technologies and creative techniques relating to film, television and commercial post production. In that time, he has witnessed the transition from linear to nonlinear, analog to digital, stereo to surround, SD to HD, tape-based to file-based, and 2D to 3D. Marc is a graduate of The New York Institute of Technology.

Author Articles

  • <I>The Roses</I>: Director Jay Roach reimagines this classic black comedy
    The Roses: Director Jay Roach reimagines this classic black comedy

    Searchlight Pictures’ The Roses is a reimagining of 1989’s The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler. The new film stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as two professionals — Th ...

    August 18, 2025

  • <I>Smurfs</I>: Picture Shop colorist Mitch Paulson finds the perfect 'blue'
    Smurfs: Picture Shop colorist Mitch Paulson finds the perfect 'blue'

    Paramount Pictures’ Smurfs is an animated feature driven by the voice talents of several well-known performers, including John Goodman, Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, Daniel Levy, Sandra Oh, Oc ...

    August 8, 2025

  • <I>Superman</I>: Weta FX & Framestore create more than 1,000 VFX
    Superman: Weta FX & Framestore create more than 1,000 VFX

    Superman, from Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios, delivers a character who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind. James Gunn directed the feature, which finds t ...

    August 8, 2025

  • <I>The Naked Gun</I>: Director Akiva Schaffer balances in-camera & digital VFX
    The Naked Gun: Director Akiva Schaffer balances in-camera & digital VFX

    In Paramount Pictures’ The Naked Gun, Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) tries to live up to his father’s legacy by leading Los Angeles’ Police Squad, which is at risk of being shut down. Pamela Anderson ...

    August 8, 2025

  • <I>St. Denis Medical</I>: Heather Jack directs four episodes of NBC's hit mockumentary series
    St. Denis Medical: Heather Jack directs four episodes of NBC's hit mockumentary series

    NBC’s St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed hospital in Oregon. The show consists of a quirky cast of characters, with Wendi McLendon-Covey playing the hospital’s dire ...

    April 14, 2025

  • <I>In the Shadow of the Cypress</I>: The making of the animated short
    In the Shadow of the Cypress: The making of the animated short

    In the Shadow of the Cypress is an animated short that tells the story of a Persian man, who struggles with PTSD, and his daughter, who tries to help him cope, but is losing hope. The 19-minute piece ...

    January 17, 2025

  • <I>Blitz</I>: Editor Peter Sciberras
    Blitz: Editor Peter Sciberras

    Director/writer/producer Steve McQueen’s latest film, Blitz, follows the journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a nine-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him o ...

    December 23, 2024

  • <i>Unstoppable</i>: Cinematographer Salvatore Totino
    Unstoppable: Cinematographer Salvatore Totino

    Unstoppable, from Amazon/MGM Studios, tells the inspiring true story of Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome), who was born with just one leg, but realized his dream of becoming an NCAA-level championship w ...

    December 20, 2024

  • Animation: <I>Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl</I>
    Animation: Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl

    Netflix’s Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl is a new stop-motion animated feature from Aardman that's set for release here in the States on January 3rd. The project was directed by Nick Park ...

    December 10, 2024

  • <I>Wicked</I>
    Wicked

    With inspiration from the musical stage play, Universal Pictures’ Wicked had a strong debut when the feature film was released on Thanksgiving weekend. Directed by Jon M. Chu ( Crazy Rich Asians, In t ...

    December 6, 2024

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