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.
Cinematography
The Brutalist Was Shot on a Camera Format Hollywood Left for Dead in 1961
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist is a three-and-a-half-hour fable about a Hungarian-Jewish architect rebuilding his life in postwar Pennsylvania, and it looks the way it does because cinematographer Lol Crawley shot…
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At Venice 2026, Cinematographers Kept Choosing Noise and Grain Over Clean Digital
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…
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Wes Anderson Restored Days and Nights in the Forest, Then Stole Its Best Scene for Asteroid City
Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the Forest hits Criterion on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD, with a street date of September 29. The 1970 film has spent decades as…
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Frankenstein’s Reborn Cut Hits Criterion in October, and It May Restore the Scene James Cameron Told Del Toro to Cut
Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein arrives on Criterion 4K UHD on October 27, and the disc isn’t just a prestige rerelease of last year’s Netflix film. It ships with The Reborn…
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Project Hail Mary’s Editor Cut Six Hours Down to Two by Pinning It All to a Wall
Letterboxd’s September Report 2026, the site’s monthly ranking of the year’s highest-rated wide releases, put “Project Hail Mary” at number two for the year so far. That ranking is really…
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Isabelle Huppert Shot a Short Film Entirely on the DJI Osmo Pocket 4P, Which Americans Still Can’t Buy
DJI put its new Osmo Pocket 4P in front of real filmmakers this month, and the most striking name on the resulting slate isn’t a working cinematographer. It’s Isabelle Huppert,…
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Sinners Editor Michael Shawver Had to Cut One Actor Into Two Brothers, a Hundred Times Over
Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” asked its editor to solve a problem most cuts never have to touch: Michael B. Jordan plays both Smoke and Stack, twin brothers who share nearly every…
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Angh Cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz Wins a TIFF Award for a Feature Shot Entirely on 16mm
Angh, the debut feature from Nagaland filmmaker Theja Rio, was shot entirely on 16mm film, and that choice just earned its cinematographer, Adam Pietkiewicz, the TIFF Variety Artisan Award at…
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How The Secret Agent’s Cinematographer Built Its 1970s Look on the ARRI Alexa 35
The Secret Agent hits Criterion on 4K UHD and Blu-ray on September 22, arriving fresh off four Oscar nominations including Best Picture and a Best Actor nod for Wagner Moura.…
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