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Matt Smith as Jack and Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Sandie in “Last Night in Soho.” Cr: Focus Features

Edgar Wright and the Dark Seduction of “Last Night in Soho”

In Wright’s psychological thriller, an aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s… but not all it appears to be as the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something much darker. “It’s a love letter to the past, but a warning as well not to look back with too much nostalgia.” Take a time-traveling adventure.

Daniel Craig as James Bond in “No Time To Die.” Cr: MGM

What the Next Few Months Will Tell Us About “the Movies”

Bond is back — but will audiences follow? That’s the multi-million dollar question to which no one in Hollywood knows the answer. Or perhaps even cares, since the studios’ first priority is no longer theatrical but streaming.

Teyonah Parris as Brianna Cartwright in “Candyman.” Cr: Universal Pictures

Say It Five Times: Director Nia DaCosta Makes Her Own Mythology With “Candyman”

“In expanding the legend and creating a bigger story about racial violence as a whole, it definitely shifted us away from, you know, seeing people in the hood getting killed. Part of that was wanting to flip on its head what happened in the [1992] film,” she says. How did she do this?

Now Available for Viewing:
The Future of NFTs — How Next-Gen Tech Will Shape the Media Landscape

5G broadcast primetime streaming — Now Available for Viewing:
How Shifting Consumer Habits Will Impact the Future of SVOD

virtual production — Now Available for Viewing:
Virtual Production Pipelines 101

Photograph by Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max Zion Moreno and Lee Smith in HBO MAX's "Gossip Girl" — Better Understanding How Gen Z Engages With Video

Photograph by Warrick Page / HBO Max Justice Smith, Haley Sanchez and Chase Sui Wonders in HBO MAX's "Genera+ion" — What Gen Z Expects (Requires) from Digital Experiences

live streaming video — How Live Streaming Fuels Social App Engagement

Do Copyright and IP Laws Apply to Blockchain Content?

blockchain — Crypto Hollywood: Why Studios Are Backing Blockchain Projects

Ron Mael and Russel Mael in “The Sparks Brothers.” Cr: Focus Features — “The Sparks Brothers:” Assembling a Musical Odyssey Turned Pop Art Documentary

Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville’s documentary “Roadrunner.” Cr: CNN/Focus Features — Crossing the Line: How the “Roadrunner” Documentary Created an Ethics Firestorm

Producer and interviewer Rick Rubin and Sir Paul McCartney in director Zachary Heinzerling’s documentary series, “McCartney 3, 2, 1.” Cr: Hulu — Things We Said Today: Making “McCartney 3, 2, 1”

Jean Smart as Deborah Vance in “Hacks.” Cr: Warner Media — Comedic Timing: Editing “Hacks”

Jason Sudeikis in “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV+. — Editing “Ted Lasso:” Yes, It’s Exactly Like a Soccer Match

“The Green Knight:” Magical Storytelling from a Motel Room

A screenshot from the psychedelic Ariana Grande live experience on “Fortnite.” Cr: Epic Games — Ariana Grande’s Fortnite Concert Opens Up the Metaverse

Why and How the Metaverse Will Supplant the Internet

Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open | Source: IEEE Spectrum

A Framework for the Metaverse from Hardware to Hollywood and Everything in Between

metaverse — The Metaverse: Where Did It Come From and Where Is It Going?

What is the Metaverse and Why Should You Care?

camera to cloud workflows — Moving Streaming Production to the Cloud

end to end cloud — Big Bang or, Um, Small-to-Medium Bang? Lessons in Cloud Migration

distributed production — Distributed Production Is the New Norm. Now About Those Lingering Questions…

cloud computing video — 5G, Mobile and Edge Are Key to the $67.5 Billion Cloud Video Market

cloud production — Pink Skies Ahead for Cloud-Based Production?

OTT cloud — MPEG-2 May Be Entrenched, But Cloud Encoding is On the Horizon

James McAvoy in “His Dark Materials.” Image courtesy of HBO. — “Filmmaking 1.0 to Filmmaking 5.0” — Virtual Production Technology Is Ready.

How Do You Get All (No, Really, ALL) the On-Set Data?

I Am a Camera: “Inside,” Bo Burnham’s “Selfie” Netflix Special

Riley Keough as Stefani and Taylour Paige as Zola in director Janicza Bravo’s “Zola.” Cr: Anna Kooris/A24 — “Zola” Director Janicza Bravo Has One Crazy Story to Tell

“Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” — “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes:” All Just A Little Bit of History Repeating

Idris Elba as Bloodsport and King Shark in director James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad.” Cr: Warner Bros. Pictures/DC Comics — “The Suicide Squad:” How James Gunn Completed His Mission

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in Marvel’s “Black Widow.” Cr: Marvel Studios — How Cate Shortland Made the Fierce, Ultra-Feminist “Black Widow”

Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in Marvel Studios' “Loki.” Cr: Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios — Mischief Making: The Visuals for “Loki”

Can the Creator Economy Actually Change… the Economy?

"Garden of Earthly Delights, central panel detail 1" by f_snarfel is licensed with CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ — Is the Creator Economy Really a Democratic Utopia Realized?

The Creator Economy Is in Crisis. Now Let’s Fix It.

VR and brainwaves — VR and Brain Waves: How Little We Know

Lady Gaga in “911,” directed by Tarsem Singh. Cr: CEEK — Is VR the New MTV?

“The Infinite:” Producing Full-Body, Multisensory and Interactive VR

VR virtual reality — VR May Not Be the Future of Entertainment, But It’s the Future of Something

Free Guy — VR in the Movies Is a Real Nightmare

TV television news — TV News Is Having an Existential Crisis

newsroom — What Consumers Want from a News “Broadcast”

TV television — Media in 2030 Will Be a Universal Supermarket

streaming OTT — The Tech That’ll Take Streaming Into the Future

Key art from the Netflix series “Clickbait” — How Should We Gauge Streaming Success?

AI encoding artificial intelligence — AI Encoding is Evolving (Everywhere)

compression AI — AI Compression Has Entered the Room

codec compression — Bitrate Spend: A Compressed Guide to the Cost of Codecs

SRT transport delivery — Send Those Streams: Understanding Secure Reliable Transport

Kate Winslet in “Mare of Easttown.” Cr: HBO — How Remote Editing Helped Make “Mare of Easttown”

Julianne Moore in “Lisey’s Story,” now streaming on Apple TV+. — Depth in The Darkness: Telling “Lisey’s Story”

Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff in Marvel Studios' “Black Widow,” available as a premium rental for Disney+ members, alongside its theatrical release. Photo by Jay Maidment. ©Marvel Studios 2020. All Rights Reserved. — “Black Widow” Cinematography: How to Keep the Focus on the Film’s Characters

Volumetric capture on Neill Blomkamp’s film "Demonic," courtesy of IFC Midnight. An IFC Midnight Release. — Video Game Technology’s Impact on Filmmaking Has Only Just Started

"NYC - MoMA - René Magritte's The False Mirror" by wallyg is licensed with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ — Is There More To a Digital Image Than Meets the Eye?

“Blade Runner” (1982) directed by Ridley Scott. Cr: Warner Bros. — “Blade Runner” Tech Revisited: Honestly, Seems About Right

Abbatars — Mamma Mia, Here I Go Again (But With Volumetric Capture)

"'La main (Les remords de conscience), The Hand [Remorse]),' by Salvador Dali" by mark6mauno is licensed with CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ — Better Working Through Chemistry?

"Andy Warhol - Marilyn Monroe [1967]" by Gandalf's Gallery is licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ — What Frames What

Copyright: © 2020 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Caption: (L-r) ZENDAYA as Chani and TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET as Paul Atreides in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ action adventure “DUNE,” a Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary release. — What to Watch (and Where) (and Why)

singularity — This is How to Truly Unlock Your Creativity

world brain — World Brain: What H.G. Wells Got Right and Wrong

theatrical exhibitiom — What Are Movies Now Anyway?

ethics — Does Your Use of Technology Carry Ethical Weight?

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