One of the strengths of the acclaimed series The Chi, created by Lena Waithe, is its multifaceted take on the experiences of living in Chicago’s South Side. It also does not shy away from the big issues that impact the city. Indeed, the nuanced complexity of its storylines have been likened to The Wire.
The SXSW Film Festival is in full swing and we are proud to celebrate writer-director and TFI alum Karen Maine for the world premiere of YES, GOD, YES.
In anticipation of Panavision’s popular Lens Bar at the BSC Expo in London, Dan Sasaki, VP of Optical Engineering at Panavision, and Michael Cioni, Senior VP of Innovation at Panavision and Light Iron, had a few things to say.
Cinematographer Christian Sprenger was busy this winter, shooting not one but two commercial spots that debuted during Super Bowl LIII. For TurboTax Live, he shot a series of commercials and a teaser leading up to “RoboChild,” which shows that robot A.I. isn't ready to replace live CPAs. And in the celebrity-filled “Not Everything Makes the Cut” for Amazon's Alexa and its surrounding teasers, he shot a variety of situations where Amazon Alexa integration failed miserably. With so much on his plate, Sprenger turned to Panavision Hollywood as his one-stop camera shop.
A legendary talk show host employs a young scriptwriter and sparks fly in the new indie feature Late Night, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Written by and starring Mindy Kaling, and co-starring Emma Thompson, the set-up depicts them as poles apart in generation and culture, adding further twists in the comedy.
If you’ve got a winning recipe then you don’t change ingredients. Amazon’s second season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel wisely kept faith with the talent in front and behind the camera which made the period comedy drama an Emmy®-winning smash.
First a short story, then a debut novel aimed at young adults, and now a feature film, The Hate U Give sprang from the experiences of Angie Thomas. The narrative incorporates incidents of young African-Americans and law enforcement, many of which are unfair and some even fatal. The novel debuted at number one on The New York Times best-seller list in February 2017, and the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Fest less than a year and a half later.
Maniac is a new Netflix miniseries based on a Norwegian dark-comedy about mental illness and pharmaceutical remedies. The project was directed by Emmy®-winner Cary Joji Fukunaga and stars Oscar®-winner Emma Stone and Oscar®-nominee Jonah Hill.
