Departments

  • VFX: <I>Wicked: For Good</I>
    VFX: Wicked: For Good

    The wonderful world of Oz comes alive once more in Wicked: For Good, the epic conclusion to last year’s first installment — a cinematic sensation that became the most successful Broadway film adaptati ...

    December 17, 2025

Features

  • Editing: <I>A House of Dynamite</I>
    Editing: A House of Dynamite

    A House of Dynamite is a new political thriller from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. The film is set in Washington, DC, where various levels of the Department of Defense react and respond to a ...

    December 9, 2025

  • Outlook: Compositing in the era of AI
    Outlook: Compositing in the era of AI

    Compositing has always been the make-or-break point of filmmaking. Pulling together images from different sources requires exceptional skill and great judgement. Artists are constantly challenged to w ...

    December 5, 2025

  • Outlook: VFX - An industry at a turning point
    Outlook: VFX - An industry at a turning point

    The VFX landscape is undergoing one of the most significant shifts in its history. The rapid maturation of generative AI, coupled with the growth of virtual production (VP), is reshaping workflows, cr ...

    December 5, 2025

  • Soundtrack: <I>K-Pop Demon Hunters</I>
    Soundtrack: K-Pop Demon Hunters

    K-Pop Demon Hunters is an animated feature that combines traditional Korean culture and heritage with highly-produced music that’s a signature of the genre. The film from Sony Pictures Animation was r ...

    December 5, 2025

Web Exclusives

  • <I>Frankenstein</I>: Editor Evan Schiff cuts Guillermo del Toro's latest feature
    Frankenstein: Editor Evan Schiff cuts Guillermo del Toro's latest feature

    In the Netflix feature Frankenstein, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, the brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature ...

    December 12, 2025

  • <I>Song Sung Blue</I>: Director Craig Brewer
    Song Sung Blue: Director Craig Brewer

    The new Focus Features film Song Sung Blue is a based on a true story about two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson), who partner to form a Neil Diamond tribute band, helping th ...

    December 10, 2025

  • Blog: Nikon's ZR: A next-gen cinema camera for the emerging filmmaker
    Blog: Nikon's ZR: A next-gen cinema camera for the emerging filmmaker

    It’s all everyone is buzzing about - Nikon just released the Nikon ZR, the company’s first cinema camera for filmmakers, born from a collaboration with Red. Red’s legendary color science and cinematic ...

    December 5, 2025

  • Careers: VFX line producer Tish Marsh
    Careers: VFX line producer Tish Marsh

    Tish Marsh is a VFX line producer at Lux Aeterna (www.lavfx.com), the Bristol, UK-based visual effects studio. She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2021 and has already made ...

    December 18, 2025

  • Outlook: Harnessing AI to reshape the future of entertainment
    Outlook: Harnessing AI to reshape the future of entertainment

    Across the media and entertainment industry, AI innovation is changing the way we consume content and reimagining how films, series and events are produced, edited, delivered and monetized. Though we’ ...

    December 5, 2025

  • Outlook: How IP will becomes the differentiator in an AI-saturated market
    Outlook: How IP will becomes the differentiator in an AI-saturated market

    In an AI-saturated market, the bottleneck isn’t going to be making content - it’s getting people to care about the content you are making and choose yours. Generative tools are already flattening the ...

    December 9, 2025

  • Outlook: How virtual production is redefining enterprise communication
    Outlook: How virtual production is redefining enterprise communication

    In a rapidly evolving business environment, where hybrid work, decentralized teams and global operations are the norm, corporations are seeking new ways to create meaningful, efficient and measurable ...

    December 5, 2025

  • Outlook: Sound design as a creative differentiator
    Outlook: Sound design as a creative differentiator

    In 2026, advertising is being shaped by a split into two camps: those chasing efficiency and scale, and those chasing creative distinction.

    December 18, 2025

  • Outlook: Standing out in a landscape of AI sameness
    Outlook: Standing out in a landscape of AI sameness

    In response to the influx of AI tools that we saw in 2025, some of which bled into the music sphere, I think the demand for bespoke, human-crafted compositions will increase in 2026.

    December 18, 2025

  • Outlook: VFX studios that find balance will thrive in 2026
    Outlook: VFX studios that find balance will thrive in 2026

    While COVID-19 increased demand for post production, the AI era has now turned everything on its head. As we enter 2026, streaming giants no longer need to entertain millions stuck at home, and Hollyw ...

    December 5, 2025

  • Outlook: Why post still depends on hybrid storage
    Outlook: Why post still depends on hybrid storage

    There’s been plenty of talk over the years about a cloud-first future for post production, where storage, applications and collaboration all move seamlessly to the cloud. But in reality, that’s not ho ...

    December 9, 2025

  • Soundtrack: <I>Marty Supreme</I>
    Soundtrack: Marty Supreme

    A24's Marty Supreme stars Timothée Chalamet stars as Marty Mauser, a bold, fast-talking dreamer in 1952 New York City, who has aspirations of becoming the world's top table-tennis player. He's current ...

    December 15, 2025

  • VFX: <I>How to Train Your Dragon</I>
    VFX: How to Train Your Dragon

    A beloved animated franchise is reimagined in stunning live action in 2025’s How to Train Your Dragon, breathing fiery new life into a tale of an unlikely alliance between sworn enemies. Directed by D ...

    December 17, 2025

  • VFX: <I>The Lost Bus</I>
    VFX: The Lost Bus

    The Lost Bus, from Apple Original Films and director Paul Greengrass, was inspired by the real events of the Paradise, CA, fires, which devastated a Northern California community in 2018 when high win ...

    December 16, 2025