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March ’13 Archives
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Trials by Fire
Strong Foundation
Tech Savvy
President's Desk
ASC Close-Up:
Russell Carpenter
February ’13 Archives
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The Word’s Most Wanted Man
President's Desk
Vision and Verve
ASC Close-Up:
Stephen Goldblatt
DVD Playback:
Rosemary's Baby
January ’13 Archives
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Once Upon a Time in the South
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Little Shop
DVD Playback:
The Penalty
DVD Playback:
Quadrophenia
ASC Close-Up:
Tom Sigel
December ’12 Archives
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MI6 Under Siege
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
End of the Road
DVD Playback:
Sunday Bloody Sunday
DVD Playback:
Terror Train
ASC Close-Up:
Jerzy Zielinski
November ’12 Archives
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Promoting
Sidebar:
The Master Sidebar
Presidents Desk
Short Takes:
Kick Start Theft
DVD Playback:
Eating Raoul
DVD Playback:
The Game
DVD Playback:
The Royal Tenenbaums
ASC Close-Up:
Peter Deming
October ’12 Archives
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Dead Man’s Hand
President’s Desk
DVD Playback:
Jaws
DVD Playback:
Les Vampires
DVD Playback:
Singin' in the Rain
ASC Close-Up:
Bob Primes
September ’12 Archives
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Natural Bourne Killer
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Body Snatchers
DVD Playback:
Deliverance
DVD Playback:
Margaret
ASC Close-Up:
John Newby
August ’12 Archives
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Batman to the Max
DVD Playback:
1900
DVD Playback:
The Big Heat
DVD Playback:
Something’s Gonna
ASC Close-Up:
David Boyd, ASC
June ’12 Archives
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All Together Now
DVD Playback:
Anatomy of a Murder
DVD Playback:
Chinatown
DVD Playback:
The Last Temptation
ASC Close-Up:
Sam Nicholson
May ’12 Archives
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Harsh Realms
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
9½ Weeks
DVD Playback:
Casablanca
DVD Playback:
David Lean Directs
ASC Close-Up:
Darius Khondji
April ’12 Archives
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VIce at the Vatican
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Moon in the Gutter
DVD Playback:
Scarlet Street
DVD Playback:
Unforgiven
ASC Close-Up:
Alar Kivilo
March ’12 Archives
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Varied Visions
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Fright Night
DVD Playback:
Godzilla
DVD Playback:
Tora! Tora! Tora!
ASC Close-Up:
Jonathan Taylor
February ’12 Archives
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Saving the Whales
Sidebar:
Kwapis
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Blue Velvet
DVD Playback:
Heavenly Creatures
DVD Playback:
Id of a Woman
ASC Close-Up:
Schaefer
January ’12 Archives
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Cold Case
Presidents Desk
Production Slate:
The Descendants
Production Slate:
ASC Awards
Production Slate:
HPA Awards
DVD Playback:
Claude Chabrol
DVD Playback:
Island of Lost Souls
DVD Playback:
Little Big Man
ASC Close-Up:
Rodrigo Prieto
December ’11 Archives
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Stepping into the Shadows
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Magnificent Seven
DVD Playback:
Obsession
DVD Playback:
Star Wars
ASC Close-Up:
Luciano Tovoli
November ’11 Archives
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Time Bandit
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Blood Simple
DVD Playback:
Scarface
DVD Playback:
Jean Vigo
ASC Close-Up:
Dan Mindel
October ’11 Archives
Road Warriors
Sidebar:
Director Refn
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Cul-de-sac
DVD Playback:
Insignificance
DVD Playback:
Party Girl
ASC Close-Up:
Xavier Grobet
September ’11 Archives
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A Mighty Pen
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Kiss Me Deadly
DVD Playback:
New York, New York
DVD Playback:
The Sacrifice
ASC Close-Up:
Dante Spinotti
August ’11 Archives
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Cosmic Questions
Sidebar:
The Tree of Life
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Outlaw Josey Wales
DVD Playback:
AuRevoir Les Enfants
DVD Playback:
Scream
ASC Close-Up:
Tom Houghton
July ’11 Archives
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Monster Out of the Box
Sidebar:
Super 8 Sidebar
Presidents Desk
Ascending Cinematography’s Summit
DVD Playback:
Clockwork Orange
DVD Playback:
Gaumont Treasures
DVD Playback:
Thelma & Louise
ASC Close-Up:
Bruno Delbonnel
June ’11 Archives
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Scalawags in Stereo
Hammer of the Gods
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Blow Out
DVD Playback:
Excalibur
DVD Playback:
White Material
ASC Close-Up:
Dean Semler
May ’11 Archives
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Living Out Loud
First Dance
Short Takes:
Heritage Awards
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Network
DVD Playback:
Sweet Smell of Succe
ASC Close-Up:
Tobias Schliessler
April ’11 Archives
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Wicked World
Post Focus:
Warner Bros. MPI
Post Focus:
Prime Focus
Post Focus:
Tunnel Post
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
All the President’s
DVD Playback:
Sound of Music
DVD Playback:
Tall Dark Stranger
ASC Close-Up:
Dennis Muren
March ’11 Archives
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Master Plans
Lessons Well Learned
Photographing Movie History
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
The Naked Kiss
DVD Playback:
Rocky Horror
DVD Playback:
The Thin Red Line
ASC Close-Up:
Crescenzo Notarile
February ’11 Archives
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Masked Men
Sidebar:
Hornet 3D
A Cinematic Passport
Q&A With Director of Photography Zhao Xiao Ding, HKSC
– online exclusive
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Kazan Collection
DVD Playback:
Complete Metropolis
DVD Playback:
Night of the Hunter
ASC Close-Up:
Barry Markowitz
January ’11 Archives
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Letting Go
Sidebar:
Iñárritu
A League of His Own
Sidebar:
True Grit
Short Takes:
Short Takes
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Psycho
DVD Playback:
Videodrome
ASC Close-Up:
Jack Couffer
December ’10 Archives
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Danse Macabre
Sidebar:
Directing
Q&A With Glen MacPherson, ASC
– online exclusive
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Breathless
DVD Playback:
The Exorcist
DVD Playback:
Troll 2
ASC Close-Up:
Frank Byers
October ’10 Archives
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With Friends Like These…
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Ghost Writer
DVD Playback:
Red Riding
DVD Playback:
Secret in Their
Post Focus:
ADS
Post Focus:
Oasis Imagery
Post Focus:
Visual Data
Post Focus:
Remote 3-D Post
ASC Close-Up:
Jim Denault
September ’10 Archives
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Mob Money
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Black Narcissus
DVD Playback:
Cop Out
DVD Playback:
Red Desert
ASC Close-Up:
Dejan Georgevich
August ’10 Archives
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Cat and Mouse
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
A Star is Born
DVD Playback:
The Only Son
ASC Close-Up:
Charles Minsky, ASC
July ’10 Archives
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Dream Thieves
Sidebar:
Inception Sidebar
I Am Love
President's Desk
DVD Playback:
Doctor Zhivago
DVD Playback:
The Fugitive Kind
DVD Playback:
Walkabout
ASC Close-Up:
Tom Del Ruth
June ’10 Archives
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Slings and Arrows
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Bigger Than Life
DVD Playback:
The Natural
DVD Playback:
Corman Duo
ASC Close-Up:
Schwartzman
May ’10 Archives
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Armor Wars
Sidebar:
Iron Man 2 2nd Unit
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
The African Queen
DVD Playback:
House of the Devil
DVD Playback:
John A. Alonzo
ASC Close-Up:
Fred Elmes
April ’10 Archives
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Presidents Desk
Sundance 2010: Expanded Palettes
Sidebar:
Obselidia
Sidebar:
The Oath
Sidebar:
His & Hers
Sidebar:
Southern District
Sidebar:
Cane Toads
Production Slate:
Lebanon
Production Slate:
Brooklyn’s Finest
DVD Playback:
Boogie Nights
DVD Playback:
Goodfellas
DVD Playback:
Ran
ASC Close-Up:
Rene Ohashi
March ’10 Archives
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Mind Games
A Passion for His Craft
Saluting an Industry Stalwart
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Paris, Texas
DVD Playback:
Streamers
DVD Playback:
The Prisoner
ASC Close-Up:
Sal Totino
February ’10 Archives
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Bad Moon Rising
Imprinting The Attic
Artistry and Conscience
Presidents Desk
Post Focus:
Offhollywood
DVD Playback:
Angel Heart
DVD Playback:
The Exiles
DVD Playback:
Il Divo
ASC Close-Up:
Paul Cameron
January ’10 Archives
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Conquering New Worlds
The Right Stuff
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Easy Rider
DVD Playback:
Homicide
DVD Playback:
Samuel Fuller
ASC Close-Up:
Billy Dickson
December ’09 Archives
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Remixing Fellini
Presidents Desk
Post Focus:
V
DVD Playback:
The Dead
DVD Playback:
10th Victim/Torso
DVD Playback:
The Wizard of Oz
ASC Close-Up:
Paul Ryan
November ’09 Archives
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Wild Kingdom
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Coraline
DVD Playback:
Natural Born Killers
DVD Playback:
North by Northwest
ASC Close-Up:
Anastas Michos
October ’09 Archives
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Pitch Perfect
Sidebar:
Mad Men Sidebar
Presidents Desk
DVD Playback:
Gaumont Treasures
DVD Playback:
Last Year at
DVD Playback:
St. Elmo’s Fire
ASC Close-Up:
Lowell Peterson
September ’09 Archives
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Anarchy in the BRD
Presidents Desk
Production Slate:
North Face
Production Slate:
District 9
Testing Digital Cameras: Part 2
Sidebar:
ASC-CDL
ASC Close-Up:
Alexander Gruszynski
DVD Playback:
Dark Blue
DVD Playback:
Repulsion
DVD Playback:
Mad Men
August ’09 Archives
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Fellow Foodies
Sidebar:
Julie & Julia's DI
Short Takes:
Short Takes
DVD Playback:
Fatal Attraction
DVD Playback:
Lookin to Get Out
DVD Playback:
True Romance
DVD Playback:
Exterminating Angel
ASC Close-Up:
Aaron Schneider
July ’09 Archives
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Big Guns
Terror on the Tracks
DVD Playback:
An American in Paris
DVD Playback:
Ashes of Time Redux
ASC Close-Up:
Mark Irwin, ASC, CSC
June ’09 Archives
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A Bold, New Enterprise
Sidebar:
Visual Effects
Testing Digital Cameras
Assessing Previs
Sidebar:
Previs Glossary
ASC Close-Up:
Alan Caso
DVD Playback:
The 400 Blows
DVD Playback:
Nickelodeon/Last Pic
DVD Playback:
The Wackness
May ’09 Archives
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Wolverine's Hour
DVD Playback:
Friday the 13th
DVD Playback:
Magnificent Obsess
ASC Close-Up:
John Lindley
April ’09 Archives
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Watchmakers
DVD Playback:
Raging Bull
DVD Playback:
Missing
DVD Playback:
Vicky Cristina Barce
ASC Close-Up:
Thomas Ackerman
March ’09 Archives
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Cutting-Edge Camerawork
A Life Full of Miracles
A Very Active Member
DVD Playback:
Budd Boetticher
DVD Playback:
Baraka
DVD Playback:
Chungking Express
ASC Close-Up:
Peter Wunstorf
February ’09 Archives
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2 Worlds in 3 Dimensions
Citizen of the World
Embracing Anamorphic
Short Takes:
Circus
Post Focus:
Manhatta
DVD Playback:
Last Laugh
DVD Playback:
Sleeping Beauty
DVD Playback:
The Day The Earth
ASC Close-Up:
Suschitzky
January ’09 Archives
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Close Focus
Sidebar:
Revolutionary Road
An Old Soul
A Cut Above
DVD Playback:
Chaplin
DVD Playback:
C Style
DVD Playback:
Schrader’s Exorcism
DVD Playback:
Touch of Evil
ASC Close-Up:
Gabriel Beristain
December ’08 Archives
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A High Price for Progress
An Unusual Romance
DVD Playback:
Godfather
DVD Playback:
Young Frankenstein
DVD Playback:
Psycho
DVD Playback:
Poltergeist
ASC Close-Up:
Don McAlpine, ASC
October ’08 Archives
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Middle East Intrigue
Production Slate:
Need for Speed
Post Focus:
ASC CDL
Post Focus:
Key Terms
DVD Playback:
Dark City
DVD Playback:
Dirty Harry
DVD Playback:
High and Low
ASC Close-Up:
Ross Berryman
September ’08 Archives
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Portrait of a Lady
DVD Playback:
Vampyr
DVD Playback:
Patton
DVD Playback:
Women/Camera
ASC Close-Up:
Pete Kozachik
August ’08 Archives
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Dark Matters
Sidebar:
Early Days
Summer at the Beach
– online exclusive
Green Porno: Size Does Matter
– online exclusive
DVD Playback:
Butch Cassidy
DVD Playback:
Control
DVD Playback:
High Noon
ASC Close-Up:
John Bartley
July ’08 Archives
Batman Looms Larger
Sidebar:
A Hybrid Finish
Spy vs. Spy
Short Takes:
On a Tuesday
DVD Playback:
Argento
DVD Playback:
BerlinAlexanderplat
DVD Playback:
Lost Highway
ASC Close-Up:
Bill Taylor, ASC
June ’08 Archives
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Vintage Indy
The DI Dilemma, or: Why I Still Love Celluloid
DVD Playback:
Bonnie and Clyde
DVD Playback:
The Draughtsman’s Co
DVD Playback:
Postwar Kurosawa
ASC Close-Up:
Rob McLachlan
May ’08 Archives
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Heavy-Metal Hero
Post Focus:
The Godfather
DVD Playback:
El Cid
DVD Playback:
The Ice Storm
DVD Playback:
The Last Emperor
ASC Close-Up:
Antonio Calvache
April ’08 Archives
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Card Sharks
Sundance 2008: Mining for Movies
DVD Playback:
Two-Lane Blacktop
DVD Playback:
Midnight Express
DVD Playback:
Life of Brian
ASC Close-Up:
Rodney Taylor, ASC
Sundance 2008: Mining for Movies
March ’08 Archives
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Tantalizing Television
Only in Hollywood
– online exclusive
Crossing the Line into North Korea
– online exclusive
DVD Playback:
Ford at Fox
DVD Playback:
Jean-Luc Godard
DVD Playback:
Close Encounters
In Memoriam: David Watkin
– online exclusive
ASC Close-Up:
Wayne Kennan
February ’08 Archives
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Island of Lost Souls
ASC Close-Up:
Torben Johnke, ASC
Post Focus:
Elicit Effects
Post Focus:
PostWorks
DVD Playback:
Nosferatu
DVD Playback:
Nicholson Collection
DVD Playback:
Blade Runner
January ’08 Archives
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Blood for Oil
Sidebar:
There Will Be Blood
ASC Close-Up:
Glen MacPherson
DVD Playback:
I Am Cuba
DVD Playback:
The Graduate
DVD Playback:
Days of Heaven
December ’07 Archives
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Irretrievable Deeds
DVD Playback:
Jean Renoir
DVD Playback:
If…
DVD Playback:
Taxi Driver
ASC Close-Up:
Christian Sebaldt
November ’07 Archives
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Deconstructing Bob Dylan
Honoring a Lost Friend
ASC Close-Up:
John Hora, ASC
DVD Playback:
Body Snatchers
DVD Playback:
Flash Gordon
DVD Playback:
Robocop
October ’07 Archives
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The Assassination of Jesse James…
DVD Playback:
Ace in the Hole
DVD Playback:
To Catch a Thief
DVD Playback:
Rio Bravo
ASC Close-Up:
John Bailey, ASC
September ’07 Archives
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Bourne Again
DVD Playback:
The Third Man
DVD Playback:
Straight Time
DVD Playback:
Prince of the City
Points East:
Little Rock Central
Post Focus:
FotoKem
Post Focus:
Chace Audio
Post Focus:
MTI
August ’07 Archives
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Let There Be Light
DVD Playback:
Sergio Leone
DVD Playback:
Matador
DVD Playback:
The Chocolate War
ASC Close-Up:
Bill Roe, ASC
July ’07 Archives
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One-Man Riot Squad
DVD Playback:
All That Jazz
DVD Playback:
The Queen
DVD Playback:
Notes…Scandal
ASC Close-Up:
David Stump, ASC
June ’07 Archives
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All Hands on Deck
DVD Playback:
Jodorowsky Films
DVD Playback:
The Conformist
DVD Playback:
Performance
ASC Close-Up:
Richard Crudo, ASC
May ’07 Archives
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A Complex Web
Best and Brightest
DVD Playback:
A Man for All Season
DVD Playback:
Reds
DVD Playback:
Hollywoodland
Short Takes:
ASC Student Films
ASC Close-Up:
Nancy Schreiber, ASC
April ’07 Archives
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Cold Case File
An Exacting Eye
Post Focus:
Inland Empire
Post Focus:
Milagro Post
DVD Playback:
Pandora's Box
DVD Playback:
Who's Afraid…
DVD Playback:
The Double Life…
ASC Close-Up:
Vincent Cox, ASC
March ’07 Archives
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A Line in the Sand
True Grit
DVD Playback:
1900
DVD Playback:
Bugsy
DVD Playback:
Superman II
ASC Close-Up:
Hiro Narita, ASC
February ’07 Archives
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Post Focus:
Dr. Strangelove
January ’07 Archives
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Fear and Fantasy
A Movie Buff’s Moment
A Great Escape
Suburban Unrest
DVD Playback:
Double Indemnity
DVD Playback:
Body Heat
DVD Playback:
Body Double
Production Slate:
Golden Flower
Production Slate:
Factory Girl
Post Focus:
Death of a President
Post Focus:
HPA Awards
Post Focus:
Christie’s Projector
Short Takes:
Dog & Bone
ASC Close-Up:
Ron Dexter
December ’06 Archives
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High Stakes for 007
ASC Technology Committee Update
DVD Playback:
Brazil
DVD Playback:
A Nightmare on Elm S
DVD Playback:
Backdraft
Books in Review:
Orson Welles
Books in Review:
History of Docs
ASC Close-Up:
Craig DiBona
November ’06 Archives
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Forging Connections
Symbolic Victory
Short Takes:
Le Pétomane
Books in Review:
Essential Chaplin
Books in Review:
Roger Corman
Books in Review:
Strike the Baby
DVD Playback:
Apocalypse Now
DVD Playback:
Amarcord
DVD Playback:
A Cantebury Tale
ASC Close-Up:
Walter Lindenlaub
October ’06 Archives
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Deep Cover
Ballhaus Joins DI Mob
– online exclusive
Creating
Cinematographer Style
Sidebar:
Producing CS
Production Slate:
Flyboys
DVD Playback:
Dr. Mabuse
DVD Playback:
Seven Samurai
DVD Playback:
Mr. Arkadin
ASC Close-Up:
Ernest Dickerson
September ’06 Archives
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Darkest Noir
A Call for Digital Printers Lights
Morbid Inspirations
– online exclusive
DVD Playback:
Syriana
DVD Playback:
Rohmer
DVD Playback:
Elevator
ASC Close-Up:
Rousselot
August ’06 Archives
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A Nymph in Our Midst
Winged Serpents
DVD Playback:
Poseidon Adventure
DVD Playback:
Towering Inferno
DVD Playback:
Deer Hunter
Post Focus:
Imagica
Post Focus:
Cineworks
ASC Close-Up:
David Nowell
July ’06 Archives
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Hero Shots
DVD Playback:
Viridiana
DVD Playback:
The Passenger
DVD Playback:
Funny Games
Post Focus:
FotoKem
Post Focus:
Ascent Media
ASC Close-Up:
Steven Fierberg, ASC
June ’06 Archives
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Secret History
Radio for the Eyes
DVD Playback:
All the Pres Men
DVD Playback:
Dog Day Afternoon
DVD Playback:
Network
ASC Close-Up:
Bill Bennett, ASC
May ’06 Archives
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A Lethal Hunt
Rough Justice
DVD Playback:
Midnight Cowboy
DVD Playback:
Ryan’s Daughter
DVD Playback:
Unbearable Light...
ASC Close-Up:
Van Oostrum
April ’06 Archives
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Cop vs. Robber
Sundance 2006: Frozen Moments
Sidebar:
Right at Your Door
Sidebar:
Iraq in Fragments
Sidebar:
Who Needs Sleep?
Sidebar:
Cargo
Sidebar:
Sesame Street
Sidebar:
Thank You for Smokng
Marked Man
DVD Playback:
Mysterious Skin
DVD Playback:
Sisterhood of Travel
DVD Playback:
Unmarried Woman
Post Focus:
Sony SXRD
Post Focus:
Guava
Post Focus:
Djarum Mezzo
ASC Close-Up:
Sol Negrin, ASC
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