Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

As 2024 cinema comes to a close with the Christmas holiday season, it’s also award season and time for the top contenders for the Academy Awards. One of the most interesting categories this year will ...

The dolly zoom is said to have been invented by Irmin Roberts, a camera operator at Paramount, after Alfred Hitchcock ...

Best Visual Effects commentary (Updated Feb. 26, 2025): The best visual effects category has long been where the Academy honors the boundary-pushing work of digital artists, practical effects wizards, ...

From the mind-bending reality warps of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) to the breathtaking alien vistas of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), visual effects have transported us to ...

Waves of joy were interrupted by a brief struggle with the English language as the euphoric group behind Japan’s Godzilla Minus One accepted the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. As soon as the film’s ...

'KPop Demon Hunters' tops the animation categories. By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the winners for the 2026 VES Awards, recognizing excellence in ...

A group of U.S. visual effects workers engaged directly by “Star Wars” franchise productions has joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees for collective bargaining purposes. The ...

Let’s see how well you know these familiar icons from Western popular culture: Does the Monopoly man sport a monocle? Does Curious George have a tail? Does the Fruit of the Loom logo feature a ...

Also during the evening, honoree and retired VES exec director Eric Roth addressed the VFX business model, urging better treatment of artists: "They are not faceless practitioners. They are your ...