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Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman in Artificial (2026), directed by Luca Guadagnino, premiering at NYFF

Luca Guadagnino Shot His OpenAI Biopic Artificial on 35mm Film — Then Amazon Dropped It

October 6, 2026

Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial had its world premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival on October 5, starring Andrew Garfield as Sam Altman, Yura Borisov as Ilya Sutskever, and Mark…

HAL Picture’s Dia Squared Merges Its Color and Grain Plugins Into One Tool

October 2, 2026

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HAL Picture’s Dia Squared merges its Diaphanie grain and color science plugins into one tool. What procedural grain means vs real scanned film grain.

Nicolas Cage in costume as Spider-Noir's black-and-white detective look, Prime Video. Photo: Aaron Epstein/Prime Video.

Spider-Noir Won an Emmy for Cinematography Weeks After Prime Video Canceled It

October 1, 2026

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Prime Video canceled Spider-Noir after one season on September 4, 2026. Days later, at the Creative Arts Emmys, cinematographer Darran Tiernan walked up to accept the award for Outstanding Cinematography…

Black and white portrait of cinematographer Rodney Charters ASC, who shot 184 episodes of 24

Rodney Charters Made 24 Feel Like It Was Coming Apart in Real Time, and He Shot It All on Film

September 30, 2026

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Rodney Charters shot 184 episodes of 24 and gave it a handheld, coming-apart energy, all on film. A look at the cinematographer’s work and legacy.

Inkitt Ironblood key art: two soldiers walking toward a fortress at sunset beside a phone screen, from Inkitt's AI film studio launch

Inkitt’s Movie Creator Rents Out the AI Harness Behind Its Film Studio

September 30, 2026

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Inkitt turned the AI pipeline behind its film studio into Movie Creator, a product anyone can rent. What it does, what it costs and what it means for editors.

Cinematographer operating a Sony Venice cinema camera with vintage lenses on a film set, headphones on, crew visible in background

At Venice 2026, Cinematographers Kept Choosing Noise and Grain Over Clean Digital

September 29, 2026

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The ARRI Alexa 35 was the default camera at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, showing up in 14 of the 39 films in official selection, according to a camera-by-camera survey…

Neon marquee of the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta, the venue hosting the Post Atlanta Conference

The Post Atlanta Conference Puts Georgia’s Revived Post-Production Tax Credit to the Test

September 28, 2026

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The Post Atlanta Conference opens this weekend at the historic Plaza Theatre, and it exists because of a gap nobody in Georgia’s film industry wanted to admit out loud: the…

Higgsfield x Claude Opus 5.5 demo frame of an editable After Effects motion design, with the Claude, Higgsfield and After Effects icons

Higgsfield Pairs Claude Opus 5.5 With Its After Effects Pipeline for Editable Motion Design

September 28, 2026

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Higgsfield paired Claude Opus 5.5 with its After Effects pipeline, so editors describe a title sequence and get an editable AE project instead of a render.

DaVinci Resolve Color page with color wheels, node graph and scopes

DaVinci Resolve 21.1 Rewrites HDR Grading and Adds an AI Assistant That Knows Its Place

September 27, 2026

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Blackmagic Design has pushed out DaVinci Resolve 21.1, and despite the modest point-release number, it’s one of the meatier updates the software has gotten this year. The free update adds…

Be Brave director Francesco Carrozzini, Diesel founder Renzo Rosso, and producer Lorenzo Mieli pose with the film's team at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival photocall

Be Brave Premiered at Venice as an AI Documentary, and Its Director Says No Frame of His Subject Was Real

September 26, 2026

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Be Brave, the documentary about Diesel founder Renzo Rosso that premiered out of competition at the 2026 Venice Film Festival, is being described by its own director as something closer…

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Luca Guadagnino Shot His OpenAI Biopic Artificial on 35mm Film — Then Amazon Dropped It

HAL Picture’s Dia Squared Merges Its Color and Grain Plugins Into One Tool

Spider-Noir Won an Emmy for Cinematography Weeks After Prime Video Canceled It

Rodney Charters Made 24 Feel Like It Was Coming Apart in Real Time, and He Shot It All on Film

Inkitt’s Movie Creator Rents Out the AI Harness Behind Its Film Studio

At Venice 2026, Cinematographers Kept Choosing Noise and Grain Over Clean Digital

The Post Atlanta Conference Puts Georgia’s Revived Post-Production Tax Credit to the Test

Higgsfield Pairs Claude Opus 5.5 With Its After Effects Pipeline for Editable Motion Design

DaVinci Resolve 21.1 Rewrites HDR Grading and Adds an AI Assistant That Knows Its Place

Be Brave Premiered at Venice as an AI Documentary, and Its Director Says No Frame of His Subject Was Real

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