The BFI announce the BFI Southbank programme for December 2024, starting with the second part of ECHOES IN TIME: KOREAN FILMS OF THE GOLDEN AGE AND NEW CINEMA, a major season which continues until 31 December. Programmed by Young Jin Eric Choi and Goran Topalovic, ECHOES IN TIME focuses on two groundbreaking periods in the Korean cinema timeline, when … Read more
STAND AND DELIVER Disney+’s Renegade Nell marks a bold departure from Happy Valley for its creator, Sally Wainwright, but her new show is a riotous ride from start to end. Set in 18th-century England, this rip-roaring adventure follows the titular Nell (Louisa Harland), a highwaywoman with superpowers, as she confronts a plot against the Queen of England. Sex Education director … Read more
BFI IMAX, officially opened by King Charles III (then the Prince of Wales) on 11 June 1999, is set to mark its 25th anniversary as the UK’s largest screen with a summer programme that celebrates the venue’s ten highest-grossing films of all time, including two of the most successful releases in cinematic history – James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of the Water (2022) – plus, five of blockbuster auteur Christopher Nolan’s films, best seen on IMAX screens. … Read more
IMMERSIVE IN IMAX We caught up with DNEG VFX supervisors Andrew Jackson and Giacomo Mineo to learn about how they crafted the stunning VFX for one of the most visually explosive films of the year. Did your process have to vary for the IMAX 70mm format? What adjustments or considerations were made to suit the … Read more
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION The latest collaboration between Hoyte van Hoytema ASC NSC FSF and Christopher Nolan sees them take on their most groundbreaking creative project yet, bringing the fascinating true story of “father of the atomic bomb”, theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, to the screen. With over twenty years of experience as a cinematographer, … Read more
Tickets are on-sale at the Science Museum for Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster. IMAX: The Ronson Theatre within the museum is one of only three UK venues that will screen Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm, director Nolan’s favourite viewing format, and how he intended his much-anticipated film to be viewed. Only 30 venues worldwide will show the action-packed movie in the … Read more
The BFI announced upcoming cultural programme highlights for audiences across the UK, focusing on the first 6 months of 2023, in venue at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, cinemas UK-wide, BFI Player and BFI Blu-ray and DVD. From free newly digitised archive film material in libraries and online collections at home on the small screen … Read more
From 19 July 2022, the BFI will again be operating BFI IMAX, situated in London’s Waterloo and globally recognised as the UK’s most iconic cinema and at the forefront of technological and architectural innovation. After coming to the end of a successful 10-year concession agreement with ODEON, BFI IMAX will join BFI Southbank as a flagship BFI cinema venue in London. It will be … Read more
IMAX Corporation and Lochmann Filmtheaterbetriebe announced that the largest IMAX screen in the world is scheduled to open to the public on September 30 at the Traumpalast Multiplex in Leonberg, Germany. Measuring 21.03 meters high and 38.16 meters wide – wider than a Boeing 737 airliner – the record-breaking screen will fittingly kick off with the premier of … Read more
IMAX Corporation has reported financial results for the first quarter of 2021 including year-over-year revenue and box office growth, margin improvement and positive EBITDA — demonstrating strong demand for The IMAX Experience as theatres reopen around the world. “The last year has brought the strong, unique market position of IMAX into sharp focus; we are … Read more
Graeme Ferguson, the Canadian filmmaker who co-founded Imax, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Ferguson had reportedly been battling cancer, passing away at his home in Norway Point, Ontario. Imax posted on Twitter to confirm the sad news. “We mourn the passing of Graeme Ferguson, visionary IMAX Co-Founder and iconic filmmaker,” they said. “Thank … Read more
All images: Credit: Clay Enos WORLD OF WONDER Matthew Jensen ASC reunites with director Patty Jenkins to help bring a vision of an optimistic, pure, pop-oriented movie to fruition, enhanced by bold colour, authentic ‘80s styling and action sequences of epic proportions. The year is 1984 and a 12-year-old Matthew Jensen is immersed in film … Read more
Large-format cinema firm IMAX is launching its ‘Filmed in IMAX’ program that effectively gives filmmakers who want to offer IMAX releases more choices of camera models and suppliers, while helping them to plan for the format starting in preproduction. It was described as a certification process and IMAX didn’t elaborate on the terms of the … Read more
Peter Chang, known for his IMAX and giant-screen work as cinematographer on Jerusalem and America Wild: National Parks Adventure, has completed his latest film, Cuba, which won the Best Documentary award at the 34th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and has begun releasing to museums, educational institutions and other giant screen and IMAX venues. … Read more
Rocket Science Linus Sandgren FSF / First Man Rocket Science Linus Sandgren FSF / First Man BY: Ron Prince Originally, Linus Sandgren FSF planned to be an illustrator before becoming an Oscar and BAFTA Award-winning cinematographer responsible for La La Land ; as a teenager he was exposed to a variety of cinematic offerings as … Read more
The greatest escape Hoyte van Hoytema FSF NSC ASC / Dunkirk The greatest escape Hoyte van Hoytema FSF NSC ASC / Dunkirk BY: Ron Prince One could be forgiven for assuming that Dunkirk is a traditional war movie. But think again. Its director, Christopher Nolan, has expressly stated that it is, first and foremost, a … Read more
Mission critical James Neihouse ASC / A Beautiful Planet Mission critical James Neihouse ASC / A Beautiful Planet BY: Ron Prince A Beautiful Planet delivers a breath-taking portrait of the Earth from space, and provides a unique perspective of our planet and the galaxy beyond. The 46-minute show, the first digital production in space, was … Read more