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The series " 70MM: The Next Generation" begins Thursday, March 16 at the Aero Theatre. When word started trickling out in early 2012 that director Paul Thomas Anderson was shooting some, if not all, of his latest feature The Master with 65mm cameras, excitement among cinephiles was palpable. Though Terrence Malick and Christopher Nolan, among others, had recently captured selected shots and scenes in 65mm, the format hadn’t been used extensively on a major American theatrical release since Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet in 1996, and before that there had been exactly one film shot in 65mm and released in 70mm (the extra 5mm is used for the soundtrack) in 25 years: Ron Howard’s Far and Away . (The 1993 film Map of the Human Heart was shot in 65mm but released only via 35mm prints.) Even the once-widespread practice of shooting on 35mm and blowing up to 70mm had more or less died after the 1997 release of Titanic , given that one of 70mm’s big selling points – the six-track magne...

The American Cinematheque announced today that Richard Gelfond and Greg Foster, on behalf of IMAX , will receive the 2017 Sid Grauman Award Presented by Hill Valley . IMAX will be honored for its achievements in the motion picture industry at the top of the American Cinematheque’s annual benefit award show, where, this year, the non-profit organization will present its 31st annual career achievement award, known as the American Cinematheque Award Sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg . The 2017 American Cinematheque Award recipient is Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams . The presentation of both the Sid Grauman and American Cinematheque awards will take place Friday, November 10, 2017 at The Beverly Hilton (9876 Wilshire Blvd.). American Cinematheque Chairman Rick Nicita said “The American Cinematheque is pleased to present this year’s annual Sid Grauman award to Richard Gelfond and Greg Foster on behalf of IMAX for their outstanding contribution to theatrical exhibition. Their leadership ...

The long overdue resurgence of the 70mm format – which headlines the American Cinematheque’s “ The Return of 70mm " series at the Aero, starting on August 10 – arrives at a moment in time when the film industry has never been more filmless. For a digital generation raised on such designations as 1080p, 2k, and 4k, wrapping one’s head around the sprocketed arcana of 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm can sometimes seem as daunting as Euclidean geometry. As is so often the case, the best advice is the simplest: stop trying so hard. In fact, stop trying at all. Forget the comparisons. Because there is no comparison. In point of fact, 70mm film is the best thing you will ever see. Ever. Did I say ever? That’s right. Ever. While tech forums argue about the actual digital analog to 70mm film – 8k is the most popular answer – aficionados of the format know that there is no real digital analog for analog. Whatever advantages in sharpness, color, and ease of manipulation a digital image can offer, there...