formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
WORKING THE PROJECTION booth at Avon Cinema was like a second film school for Taylor Umphenour. The single-screen theater on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island—a favorite among Brown and Rhode Island School of Design students—provided a sublime mix … Continued
Today, most believe film projectors are relics of a bygone era. The pace of technology and the difficulty of acquiring film means that, over the years, theaters have dropped the analog format one by one. At Tufts, however, a group … Continued
Last sumer, we reported on a campaign by prominent Hollywood directors like J.J. Abrams, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Judd Apatow, and Martin Scorsese to save 35mm film from the vinegar-scented clutches of technological oblivion. Now, in a testament to the … Continued
The film manufacturer has reached agreements with Disney, Fox, Paramount, Sony, NBC Universal and Warner Bros. Kodak is now targeting the indies. via Kodak Inks Deals With Studios to Extend Film’s Life – The Hollywood Reporter.
The future of celluloid has been an ongoing topic amongst cinephiles for the majority of the past decade. The use of digital is just not going away and has caused the forming of an ad hoc style film preservation society … Continued
What does it look like to build the 70mm IMAX print of Interstellar? Find out in this fun video from the AutoNation IMAX Theater in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It’s finally time, the week it all goes down, or goes up … Continued