February 19, 2019
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Final Composite of Apollo 11 launch. We augmented archival 70mm NASA footage of the Apollo 14 launch. To create a more cinematic visual we reframed it, cleaned it up and the extended the sides with CG smoke and sky to match. Courtesy Paul Lambert/Universal Pictures.

First Man's Oscar-Nominated VFX Supervisor on Building the Biggest LED Screen Ever

...X15 cockpit. Craft attached to the gimbal in the foreground with the CG sky environment on the LED screen in background. All shot in camera. Courtesy Paul Lambert/Universal Pictures. Then there was...

November 27, 2019
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Jake McDorman, Jovan Adepo. Photo: Mark Hill/HBO

Watchmen's Costume Designer Meghan Kasperlik on This Extraordinary Series

...atrocities to create compelling, profound TV. Jovan Adepo. Photo: Mark Hill/HBO “This Extraordinary Being” once again recalled the 1921 massacre of black residents of Tulsa—the real historical event that is Watchmen‘s driving...

December 20, 2019
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Jake McDorman, Jovan Adepo. Photo: Mark Hill/HBO

Best of 2019: Watchmen's Costume Designer Meghan Kasperlik on This Extraordinary Series

...which remixed characters from the original graphic novel with real historical atrocities to create compelling, profound TV. Jovan Adepo. Photo: Mark Hill/HBO “This Extraordinary Being” once again recalled the 1921 massacre of...

June 24, 2021
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Han’s Toyota Supra (left) and Dom's Dodge Charger (right) attempt to stop the monstrous three-section armored vehicle dubbed the Armadillo in F9, co-written and directed by Justin Lin.

Going Pedal To The Metal With “F9” Stunt Coordinator Andy Gill

...navigating the large holes where the incendiary devices were planted. “We came up with a system to put grates across the holes,” says Gill. “And then effects put pretty big explosions underground...

December 1, 2021
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Xialing (Meng’er Zhang) in Marvel Studios' SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS. Photo by Jasin Boland. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.

"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" Breakout Star Meng’er Zhang on her Knockout Debut

...‘Well, I could be that girl.’” Zhang sent in her audition tape, and rather quickly, she got a callback. She was then told she’d be flown out to do a test screening...

December 27, 2021
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Xialing (Meng’er Zhang) in Marvel Studios' SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS. Photo by Jasin Boland. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Best of 2021: "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" Breakout Star Meng’er Zhang on her Knockout Debut

This interview is part of our highly subjective, decidedly non-comprehensive “Best of 2021” year-end list. It was originally published on December 1. From the second she enters the frame, Xialing radiates a...

June 29, 2022
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Caption: AUSTIN BUTLER as Elvis in Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “ELVIS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Hugh Stewart

"Elvis" Sound Guru Wayne Pashley on the Sonic Glue Holding Baz Luhrmann's Biopic Together

Bursting through in the golden age of television, Elvis Presley had stunning good looks and taboo-shattering dance moves that instantly attracted legions of female fans, but his legacy rests in that sound....

May 11, 2023
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NBCUniversal Archivist Natalie Auxier Takes Us From "Jurassic Park" to "Fast X"

...stand the test of time, and whether or not she’s willing to pick just one item as her favorite. Steven Yeun’s outfit as Ricky “Jupe” Park in Jordan Peele’s “Nope” was one...

December 1, 2022
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Getting Sea Sick With "Triangle of Sadness" Production Designer Josefin Åsberg

...going under. The ship is going under.” Everything visually and in the script is combined into a catastrophe. The third segment is on an island with the elite as castaways. How did...

December 23, 2022
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Best of 2022: Getting Sea Sick With "Triangle of Sadness" Production Designer Josefin Åsberg

It’s that time of year—we look back on a few of our favorite interviews from 2022 in our annual year-end list. Satirical black comedy Triangle of Sadness, writer/director Ruben Östlund’s first English-language...