“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” prominently features digital effects in a manner that blurs the line between traditional production categories and may force distinctions to be made in the near future.
Seonyong Cho offers his appreciation of Steve James’ “Life Itself” and gives both the film and the man a thumbs up.
Jana Monji reports from WonderCon 2014, including details on The Maze Runner, How to Train Your Dragon 2 & Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Jana Monji looks below the surface of Hollywood blockbuster marketing to find the independent side of WonderCon.
FFC Seongyong Cho looks at Ebertfest 2013 film “In the Family” from Patrick Wang.
The recent #CancelColbert campaign on Twitter raises all kinds of issues about racism, but also about hashtag activism.
Seongyong Cho looks back at Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Owning Mahowny”.
Jana Monji writes about our late friend and contributor Jeff Shannon, whose memorial service will be March 16, 2014.
Gerardo Valero looks at George Lazenby’s only outing as James Bond, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”.
Scott Jordan Harris argues that disabled characters should not be played by able-bodied actors.
Far Flung Correspondent Anath White reports from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
In this Palestinian drama, Hany Abu-Assad is chronicling another phase in the dispossession, erasure, and consequent self-destruction of a people.
A remembrance of documentary filmmaker
Eduardo Coutinho.
Gerardo Valero reflects on “Man of Steel” and the challenges of making a good Superman movie.
Some of our Far Flung Correspondents have written about watching the documentary based on Roger’s memoir.
Michał
Oleszczyk reflects on the experience of watching “Life Itself” using the streaming link that was an incentive for contributors to the film’s Indiegogo completion fund campaign.
Michael Mirasol shares what he wants to say to Roger after seeing “Life Itself”.
