Visual effects house Industrial Light & Magic is celebrating 40 years in the game this year. A great Wired oral history tells the tale, but here are a few fun takeaways.
7 things I learned from the Wired oral history of Industrial Light & Magic
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:50 am · May 19th, 2015
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George Lucas on #OscarsSoWhite: 'It's not just the show,' it's Hollywood
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:07 am · January 18th, 2015
The dust has most certainly not settled on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in the wake of “Selma’s” perceived snubs by the Academy Thursday.
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George Lucas coming to Sundance for new 'Art of Film Weekend' series
Posted by Gregory Ellwood · 11:39 am · January 8th, 2015
The Sundance Film Festival announced today that it will hold a series of panels titled the “Art of Film Weekend” which will take place Jan. 29-31 at the tail end of the 2015 edition of the festival.
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Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin toasted and roasted at 2013 Governors Awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:12 pm · November 16th, 2013
The Academy kicked off awards season in its own way Saturday night with the presentation of this year’s Honorary Oscars to Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury and Piero Tosi at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood. Or, as Martin Short considers them, “The highest honor an actor can receive…in mid-November.”
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 94 — Disney buys Lucasfilm as 'Hitchcock' opens AFI Fest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:29 pm · November 2nd, 2012
In this week’s podcast Kris and Anne discuss the implications of Disney’s big purchase of Lucasfilm, Sacha Gervasi’s “Hitchcock,” which opened AFI Fest yesterday and Sam Mendes’ Bond stab “Skyfall.”
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'Side by Side' reflects a watershed moment in the history of film
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:18 am · August 18th, 2012
I’m not really sure what’s left to be said in the great film vs. digital debate, but if nothing else, Christopher Kenneally’s “Side by Side” brings things to a head nicely as it represents the layman’s way into the discussion. These things always reach broader consideration last and no film, to date, has been as thorough and definitive as this.
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That time 'The Matrix' ate 'The Phantom Menace' and George Lucas' lunch at the Oscars
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:34 am · February 10th, 2012
At the 1999 Oscars, George Lucas’ hotly anticipated “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” went head-to-head with “The Matrix” in three categories.
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'The Tree of Life,' Woody Harrelson honored by African American Film Critics Association
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:41 am · December 12th, 2011
The African American Film Critics Association has joined the massive role-call of year-end superlative-dishing. They went their own way in a number of areas and tapped “The Tree of Life” as the year’s best film.
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