Cause and FX

Highway 71 Productions' Brian McNulty on rethinking the business

"...Rodriguez, I was the liaison to a myriad of VFX houses: Hybride, Cafe Effects, the Orphanage, Cinesite, Janimation, and..."

April 22, 2005 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Introducing the Octopus Project's Exquisite Corpse

The Austin Motion Artists Group frankensteins up a new music video

"...on Friday the 17th, we're gonna meet at Moontower VFX, the visual-effects studio that's playing host for everyone. As..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kickstart Your Weekend With 'Preternatural'

These fairies will give you nightmares – in a good way

"...– and the team has an impressive résumé of VFX credits (Land of the Lost, Snow White and the..."

Sept. 20, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Arcadian

Nicolas Cage is a single dad post-apocalype in Irish thriller

"...into Frank Mobilio’s handheld cinematography. Director Ben Brewer (a VFX veteran from Everything Everywhere All At Once and his..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Ryan Gosling Is a Lot More Than Just Ken in SXSW Headliner The Fall Guy

The year’s best rom-com is also the year’s best action comedy

"...some of it could have been pulled off in VFX, and Leitch made sure to credit the VFX team...."

March 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jumping into The Dive With Director Maximilian Erlenwein

How the scuba diving filmmaker navigated filming underwater

"...I thought I can achieve that immersive feeling without VFX. We didn't have the budget for big VFX and..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Maneater

Trace Adkins versus sharks is a soggy mess

"...(the effects of the pandemic continue to ripple through VFX houses to this day), this is a film seemingly..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...director and executive producer Jeff King, producer and senior VFX supervisor Everett Burrell, and COO of DigitalFilm Tree Nancy..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Demonic

Neill Blomkamp takes us head first, straight to Hell

"...a miniscule 10-person cast, and a smattering of well-placed VFX work, Demonic feels like someone crowbarred a V8 into..."

Aug. 20, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Breaking the Internet With Neill Blomkamp's Demonic

Terror and terabytes create a new vision of possession

"...reject it. You couldn't pass it off as proper VFX. You'd have to work it into the story somehow...."

Aug. 18, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Occupation: Rainfall

Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic

"...Bathed in moody blues and littered with erratic VFX (often with interesting designs crippled by mid-budget TV execution)..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Greenland

Gerard Butler brings back the classic disaster movie

"...and here is where Greenland stumbles. Much of the VFX exists to tick a box, offering audiences the kind..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Other Worlds Goes to Infinity ... Well, Next Sunday

Fest adds a whole week for virtual screenings, plus awards

"...or Music: Röckët Stähr for Death of a Rockstar VFX (Tie): Fito Dellibarda and Laura G Loaisa for Skylin3s/Leigh..."

Dec. 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Vanguard

Jackie Chan goes back to being Jackie Chan in this globe-trotting action-comedy

"...in some of his signature fight choreography for overt VFX. If you always wished that your Jackie Chan movies..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

It Chapter Two

Back to Derry as the Losers Club takes on Pennywise again

"...a more sustained cavalcade of ghoulish grue. At times, VFX house Method Studios' freaky creations appear to be informed..."

Sept. 6, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Panel: Gareth Edwards Keynote

Star Wars, Monsters, and the drive to tell a story

"...recounted, step by step, how he went from for-hire VFX artist to his awesome 2010 feature debut Monsters and..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Independence Day: Resurgence

ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less

"...crackles with something approaching giddy, ghastly good cheer. (Nine VFX houses, headed by Digital Domain, handled the CGI chaos.)..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gazing Back at Other Worlds Austin

Time Lapse dominates Cthulhie awards, plus festival highlights

"...APT 3D Best Score or Music: Time Lapse Best VFX: Bloody Knuckles Best Production Design: The Well Short Awards..."

Dec. 13, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Arcadian

Nic Cage plays protective father in this creature feature

"...into Frank Mobilio’s handheld cinematography. Director Ben Brewer (a VFX veteran from Everything Everywhere All At Once and his..."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Beetlejuice

There's a lot of life in this show about death

"...audience was clapping from the first note. Expensive on-screen VFX may have been replaced with glow-in-the-dark paint and flash..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Lil Yachty’s Whiplash Catalog Run and More Highlights From Friday at ACL Fest

Maggie Rogers, Little Simz, and more kicked off at Zilker Park

"...shook his head through “The Black Seminole.” as fiery VFX immolated him. It’s hard not to view the sacrificial..."

Oct. 7, 2023 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Breaking Ground: What Three New Studios Mean for the Texas Film Industry

Three new studios in the Austin area could mean space for the film industry to expand

"...Strayer said. "You don't have to do months of VFX or motion tracking."..."

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Adds Iron Man, Captain Kirk, New Order to Speaker List

Robert Downey Jr., William Shatner, Deepak Chopra headed to Austin

"...co-founder and President of Wonder Dynamics Tye Sheridan, filmmaker, VFX supervisor, entrepreneur, and co-founder and CEO of Wonder Dynamics..."

Feb. 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Director: Meredith Moore, Producer: Jonna McKone An artist and VFX instructor connects with her aging grandmother, Margie, in a..."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

How Dean Fleischer-Camp Brought Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to Life

Inside the secret life of the stop-motion smash

"...that we settled on, and the performance that the VFX artists – it's just so charming and funny...."

July 21, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jurassic Punk: Inside the Tempestuous Career of FX Revolutionary Steve Williams in Spaz

New documentary spotlights the maverick who added CGI to cinema magic

"...VFX artist Scott Leberecht knows Williams' chaotic genius from up..."

March 11, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet

From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

"...epic by Phil Tippett, the methodical lunatic behind the VFX of The Empire Strikes Back, Starship Troopers, and more...."

Jan. 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pandemic Production: Aaron B. Koontz, Director

“I’m lucky to have two movies coming out. I can’t complain too much.”

"...and he was able to add in some extra VFX, using the green screen facilities at Renegade Studios in..."

July 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: Taking a Night Drive With AJ Bowen

Moons, Lyfts, and bathroom breaks: War stories from the indie trenches

"...by a fire and it probably looks like a VFX shot because we were approximately six miles from the..."

Oct. 2, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

It's Knives Out For Rian Johnson at Fantastic Fest

The Last Jedi director's latest to close fest

"...sad, and beautiful documentary about the stop motion and VFX artist Phil Tippett, a man who changed the landscape..."

Aug. 20, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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