Cgi

It is now inevitable that there will be a log-jam in post-production facilities

At first glance, this suggests that business as usual can resume, but the actors’ strike continues

There’s no time for sophisticated themes and literary allusions any more — it’s all about CGI

The Way of Water is a visually immersive and profoundly uninteresting film

Betting against a ‘visual masterpiece’

Back in the mists of prehistory, when I was eight, dinosaur films followed a set pattern. The dinosaurs themselves would be cheerfully unpalaeontological; women would wear improbable outfits; volcanoes would explode. Then, in 1993, courtesy of Steven Spielberg, came a sea-change. Jurassic Park was that cinematic rarity: a science fiction film that succeeded in influencing … Read more