May 7, 2018
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The Supervising Art Director for Avengers: Infinity Wars on Mixing Many Worlds

...worked with before, and we scout possible locations around Atlanta. We found a street, we signed contracts, built facades, and turned it into downtown Greenwich Village. The Atlanta film commission and people...

June 7, 2018
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Photo by Clement Lauchard

Actress-Turned-Composer Amelia Warner Helps Re-Imagine Frankenstein Origin Story in Mary Shelley

...“Frankenstein.” Then came the hard part: persuading someone in London’s male-dominated book industry to publish the story under her own name. Starring Elle Fanning, Mary Shelley, which recently opened wide, tracks the...

June 15, 2018
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(Photo by Maury Phillips/Getty Images for ASCAP)

Pinar Toprak Becomes First Woman to Score Marvel Film With Captain Marvel

Pinar Toprak will compose the score of Marvel’s Captain Marvel film, becoming the first female composer to work on a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Toprak is most well-known for scoring...

July 6, 2018
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(l to r.) Tessa Thompson, Lakeith Stanfield, director Boots Riley, and Jermaine Fowler on the set of SORRY TO BOTHER YOU, an Annapurna Pictures release. Credit: Pete Lee / Annapurna Pictures

Sorry to Bother You’s Costume Designer Deirdra Govan's Vintage Vision

...of Oakland. I found one piece at Salvation Army, one piece on Haight Street, and so on. And I had over 100 costumes to create! It was a testament to my will...

July 12, 2018
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Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

First Reactions Hail Mission: Impossible - Fallout as an Adrenalin-Jacked Masterpiece

...27 and the proper reviews are still under embargo, critics were able to share their initial reactions on Twitter, and they’re exuberant. Folks, put Mission: Impossible – Fallout on your must-see list....

August 7, 2018
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The Millenium Falcon in SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. Courtesy Lucasfilm/Walt Disney Studios

The Live Action Star Wars TV Series May Have Just Gotten its Setting

...directing experience with beloved narratives, having Iron Man and The Jungle Book under his belt. Taking on the Star Wars franchise can be intimidating, if not frightening, for anyone, but with the...

August 20, 2018
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The Meaning Behind the Emmy Nominated Fahrenheit 451 'Firemen' Uniforms

...cautionary tale about the government sanctioned destruction of facts and ideas. With a mere 100-minute runtime, every frame had to communicate the rigid rules of the society where Captain Beatty (Michael Shannon)...

September 7, 2018
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How Fight Trainer Don Lee got Jennifer Garner Back in Action for Peppermint

...Artwork © 2017 STX They worked on mitt drills, kicking paddles, eight-point knife drills, hand to hand combat “touch drills” to help Garner understand her reach in a staged fight, and police...

September 12, 2018
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Courtesy Warner Bros.

TIFF 2018: Hans Zimmer on The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman 1984 & More

...I took that same mentality into Widows. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s okay to have a little dirt under our fingernails. Ridley Scott told me a long time ago to...

October 15, 2018
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Arrival poster with Chris Hemsworth. Courtesy 20th Century Fox.

Bad Times at the El Royale’s Production Designer's Brilliant Build

...everything was built. In the hotel rooms, we designed and built the beds, we designed and built the furniture. My set director, Hamish Purdy, found these amazing stools for the casino, the...