July/August 2022

  • 12-Aug-2022
    July/August 2022
    In This Issue:

    Elvis: The color grading team behind the Warner Bros. hit

    Bullet Train: Director David Leitch puts together a familiar team to create this Brad Pitt-led feature

    Top Gun: Maverick: Joseph Kosinski directs the year's biggest blockbuster, and its companion music video starring Lady Gaga

    Review: Blackmagic Design's Cloud Store Mini & Cloud Pod

    Music Videos: The latest from Imagine Dragons, Yasmina, Nikki Lane and more!

Departments

  • <I>Elvis</I>: Color grading Warner Bros.' hit feature
    Elvis: Color grading Warner Bros.' hit feature

    In Warner Bros. Pictures’ Elvis, audiences gain insight into the famed singer’s career and complicated relationship with manager Colonel Tom Parker. The feature, directed by Baz Luhrmann, is presented ...

    August 12, 2022

  • Director's Chair: <I>Bullet Train</I>'s David Leitch
    Director's Chair: Bullet Train's David Leitch

    When it was announced that producer/director David Leitch would direct Brad Pitt in the new action-comedy summer blockbuster Bullet Train, it seemed like the perfect fit. After all, before becoming a ...

    August 12, 2022

Features

  • Disney-Pixar's <I>Lightyear</I>
    Disney-Pixar's Lightyear

    There is no doubt that the Toy Story franchise established Pixar as an animation powerhouse and gave creditability to computer animation. Director Angus MacLane expanded the franchise’s iconic four-in ...

    August 12, 2022

Web Exclusives

  • <I>Bullet Train</I> editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir
    Bullet Train editor Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir

    Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Bullet Train follows a group of five assassins who board one of Japan’s fast-moving trains, only to discover that their respective missions are tied together. The action ...

    August 18, 2022

  • <I>Fire Island</I> editor Brian A. Kates
    Fire Island editor Brian A. Kates

    Searchlight Pictures’ Fire Island began streaming on Hulu back in June. The original film is set in the Pines community on New York’s Fire Island and plays as a modern-day romantic comedy, showcasing ...

    September 8, 2022

  • <I>Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin</I> — Cinematographer Anka Malatynska
    Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin — Cinematographer Anka Malatynska

    HBO Max’s Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin is a dark, coming-of-age, horror-tinged drama featuring a new generation of Little Liars. These teen girls are being tormented by an unknown assailant, who ...

    September 19, 2022

  • Director's Chair: Danny Boyle - <I>Pistol</I>
    Director's Chair: Danny Boyle - Pistol

    Director Danny Boyle, who won the 2008 Oscar for Best Director for Slumdog Millionaire, has always been attracted to kinetic, controversial stories, and to pushing the cinematic envelope as far as he ...

    August 25, 2022

  • Editing: HBO's <I>Euphoria</I>
    Editing: HBO's Euphoria

    HBO’s Euphoria stars Zendaya as Rue Bennett, a recovering teenage drug addict who struggles to find her place in the world. The show follows a group of high-school students through their experiences o ...

    August 17, 2022

  • Filmmaking: <I>Fall</I> director Scott Mann
    Filmmaking: Fall director Scott Mann

    From the producers of 47 Meters Down comes Fall, a new feature in which best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner) try to conquer their fears and push their limits by cli ...

    August 19, 2022

  • Review: Izotope RX 10
    Review: Izotope RX 10

    iZotope’s RX application is the gold standard for repairing and enhancing audio. The new version is now Apple silicon native and has a number of features that will make dialog and monolog editing a lo ...

    September 19, 2022

  • Review: Orchestral Tools' The Berlin Series Main Collection
    Review: Orchestral Tools' The Berlin Series Main Collection

    After having tried 23 sample collections, including the free ones from Orchestral Tools, I am impressed with the company’s SINE Player plug-in and samples. The quality of sound, the articulations (or ...

    August 24, 2022

  • VR: <I>Time Detectives: The Mystery of the Mary Rose</I>
    VR: Time Detectives: The Mystery of the Mary Rose

    Director Charlotte Mikkelborg and Picture This Productions (IG: @picthisltd) recently collaborated with the Mary Rose Museum to create a multi-sensory-augmented game that coincides with the anniversar ...

    August 18, 2022

Reviews