April 6, 2021
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MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM(2020) Michael Potts as Slow Drag, Colman Domingo as Cutler, Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, Chadwick Boseman as Levee and Glynn Turman as Toledo. Cr. David Lee/NETFLIX

Makeup Department Head Matiki Anoff on Capturing the 1920s Aesthetic in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"

Makeup department head Matiki Anoff had her work cut out for her with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Director George C. Wolfe’s adaptation of August Wilson’s play revolves around Viola Davis’s hard-charging blues...

April 14, 2021
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The "F9" poster. Courtesy Universal Pictures.

It's Diesel vs. Cena in Insane "F9" Trailer

...test them like never before with Cena’s Jakob Toretto, Dom’s “forsaken” brother, ready to step out of Dom’s shadow and punish him for, well, we’ll find that bit out when the film...

April 23, 2021
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MANK (2020) Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz and Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies. Cr: NETFLIX

Oscar-Nominated Makeup Department Head Gigi Williams on "Mank"

...tested around 300 lipsticks, smearing them on an arm and filming them with the Noir filter. Through this method, she was able to get a sense of how each shade would translate,...

May 6, 2021
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Vin Diesel is Dom Torretto in "F9." Courtesy Universal Pictures.

Watch A Bunch of Cars Get Demolished in "F9" Car-Nage Featurette

...and tank is on display in a new featurette for F9, the latest installment. It’s title, “Car-Nage” gets points for revving right at the pun and smashing it into it, Fast &...

May 19, 2021
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Falcon/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in Marvel Studios' THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Taking Flight with "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" Creator Malcolm Spellman

...Reserved. When you were plotting all this out, how many moments are lifted from the comics, and how many are coming from you and your writers? The comics are the foundation for...

May 26, 2021
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Vin Diesel is Dom Torretto in "F9." Courtesy Universal Pictures.

Review Roundup: Director Justin Lin Takes "F9" Into Glorious Overdrive

...Parker, and Tyrese Gibson’s Roman Pearce. And in a fitting return, considering Lin directed Toyko Drift, Sung Kang’s Han is back. F9 will once again put the family to the test, with...

July 8, 2021
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CANNES, FRANCE - JULY 06: Jury members Melanie Laurent, Mati Diop, jury president Spike Lee, Jessica Hausner and Mylène Farmer attend the "Annette" screening and opening ceremony during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 06, 2021 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

Early Highlights From Cannes 2021: Spike Lee, "Annette" & More

...the world, the feel of this year’s Cannes is understandably less glitzy. The need for greater representation both in the jury and in the festival’s competition is also front and center. Cannes...

July 13, 2021
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(From L-R): Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky and Jeffrey Wright in the film THE FRENCH DISPATCH. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Wes Anderson's "The French Dispatch" Wows Cannes Crowd

The latest from the Cannes Film Festival feels like a dispatch from the pre-pandemic era. This dispatch comes courtesy of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, his long-awaited, long-delayed new film that, as...

August 11, 2021
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L-r: Elizabeth Olsen is Wanda and Paul Bettany is Vision in "WandaVision." Courtesy Marvel Studios

How the Emmy-Nominated “WandaVision” VFX Team Made Magic

...a test for Marvel doing our version of a shot from Avengers: Age of Ultron, where Vision’s basically being born. Marvel gave us the [background] plate and some assets that had been...

September 1, 2021
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L-r Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder. Courtesy HBO Max.

"Hacks" Editor Jessica Brunetto on Creating Comedic Rhythm

...says, and who can blame her—Aiello’s comedy instincts are razor sharp. We spoke to Brunetto about how she found Hacks comedic rhythm, how she handles the cast’s brilliant improvisation, and why one...