Bill Desowitz

Production designer Sam Bader explains how he re-created 18th century Shaker architecture in the middle of Budapest for the Mona Fastvold film.

The filmmakers behind the French animated sci-fi epic discuss the creation of two distinct futures for the story, one beset by fire and the other after the flood.

With the help of the VFX experts at Wēta FX, the filmmaker turned his focus to the physics of fire for 'Avatar 3' — and forged a villain alliance like no other.

The trailer dropped today for DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island (Universal, September 25), the studio’s first embrace of Filipino culture about friendship and memory. The comedy-adventure follows two lifelong friends who grow up together in the ’90s in the Philippines — Jo (singer H.E.R./Gabriella Wilson) and Raissa (Liza Soberano) — and the stakes of potentially growing apart. However, after magically entering the lost island of Nakali (deeply rooted in Filipino folklore), filled with mythical plants and creatures, they realize that the cost of returning home is forgetting one another.

Cinematographer Manu Dacosse, SBC conjures harsh, hot atmosphere for François Ozon's 'The Stranger,' a monochromatic vision of Albert Camus' classic novel.

The Oscar-winning DP, behind the camera for two wildly different epics this year, explains why shooting on film is better than digital.

Oscar-winning production designer Adam Stockhausen used military and NASA situation rooms as references for Colin Firth's lair.

The team behind the MGM+/Prime Video series explains how they achieved the series' distinctive dual look.

Tech takes center stage in Andrew Stanton's Toy Story 5. Stanton, who finally takes the directing reins after co-writing the previous four films, leans into the life cycle of toys as it pertains to the relationship between time and tech.

Directors Andrew Stanton and Kenna Harris on infusing the latest entry with a new approach and new ideas. Plus, an exclusive look at concept art.