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March 30, 2021 1:35 pm

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spl...

Ang Lee Thinks Movie Theaters Need To “Upgrade” To Survive & Continues Push For 3D And High Frame Rate

Charles Barfield

January 20, 2021 12:12 pm

Box Office, News

There are filmmakers working today that not only see themselves as storytellers, but they see themselves as the folks carrying the torch in the fight to push the medium of film forward into the future. You hav...

Ang Lee Talks Difficulties “Upgrading A B-Movie” While Making ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’

Charles Barfield

January 13, 2021 1:51 pm

News

Believe it or not, it’s been 20 years since “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” arrived in theaters. The film would go on to be nominated for 10 Oscars in 2001 (a record for a non-English-language film at the tim...

Watch Taylor Swift’s New Music Video ‘Cardigan,’ Shot By Scorsese Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto

Kambole Campbell

July 24, 2020 9:30 am

News, Video

Accompanying the surprise release of her new album Folklore (the visual art for which has some Robert Eggers-esque leanings), Taylor Swift released a new music video for her song “Cardigan” last night. Direct...

Ang Lee’s Science Experiment, ‘Gemini Man,’ Might Lose $75 Million After Chinese Audiences Don’t Save The Day

Charles Barfield

October 23, 2019 1:34 pm

Box Office, News

Ang Lee knew, coming into the release of “Gemini Man,” that he was taking a big risk. Even before the film’s launch in theaters, the filmmaker talked about how he is willing to take a critical beating in favor ...

‘Avatar’ Sequels Won’t Use High Frame Rate Technology Because James Cameron Doesn’t Think It’s “The Next Big Thing”

Charles Barfield

October 22, 2019 1:45 pm

News

Ang Lee is a filmmaker that takes chances. He really swings for the fences with each and every project he releases, much like his peer, James Cameron. And lately, the films that Lee is releasing, though ambitio...

‘Gemini Man’: Ang Lee Makes A Motion-Smoothing, Fresh Prince Deep Fakes, Dad Jokes Sci-Fi Actioner With Will Smith

Rodrigo Perez

October 9, 2019 5:01 pm

Features, News, Reviews

Given how he can expertly craft beautifully detailed and intimate dramas when he wants, it does a disservice to describe filmmaker Ang Lee as an Asian analog to James Cameron. That said, there's a similar prose...

No U.S. Theaters Will Have The Ability To Show Ang Lee’s ‘Gemini Man’ As The Director Intended

Charles Barfield

October 8, 2019 2:14 pm

News

Honestly, you wouldn’t be blamed if all you know about Ang Lee’s upcoming film, “Gemini Man,” is that it stars Will Smith and is using some crazy mixtures of technology to bring a whole new level of immersion t...

Ang Lee Is Determined To Show “Brainwashed” Audiences That High Frame Rate Films Are The Future

Charles Barfield

October 3, 2019 2:27 pm

News

When you look at the filmography of Ang Lee, it paints a bit of a confusing picture. The Oscar-winning director has done everything from “Sense and Sensibility” and “Lust, Caution” to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden D...

Ang Lee Says The 3D And High Frame Rate Used In ‘Gemini Man’ Is A “New Kind Of Filmmaking”

Charles Barfield

September 19, 2019 3:15 pm

News

At this point, the main discussion surrounding director Ang Lee’s upcoming film, “Gemini Man,” is less about the content of the film and more about all the technological wizardry that went into its creation. Fa...

Will Smith Reveals Younger Version Of ‘Gemini Man’ Character Is Completely CGI & Doesn’t Use De-Aging Tech

Charles Barfield

September 11, 2019 2:47 pm

News

If you watch the first trailer for “Gemini Man” without knowing much about the production, you may just write it off as another Will Smith action film, but this time with the actor fighting a younger version of...

‘Gemini Man’ Trailer: Young Will Smith Takes On Old Fart Will Smith For Director Ang Lee

Brynne Ramella

July 25, 2019 9:07 am

News, Trailers

Audiences are no stranger to de-aged actors in films. Brad Pitt, Patrick Stewart and a whole host of MCU actors have appeared as younger versions of themselves on screen. What we don’t see quite as often as a p...

‘Gemini Man’ Trailer: Ang Lee & Will Smith Team Up for Visionary Sci-Fi Thriller

Cory Woodroof

April 23, 2019 9:20 am

News, Trailers

When you think of visionary cinema, you think of director Ang Lee. The Oscar winner has spent the last decade or so of his career pushing the limits of camera technique, high-speed frame rates, and optical poss...

Will Smith & David Leitch Memory-Loss Action Thriller 'Fast & Loose' Acquired By Netflix

Will Smith & Ang Lee’s ‘Gemini Man’ Feels Lost From The ’90s [CinemaCon]

Gregory Ellwood

April 4, 2019 5:00 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

LAS VEGAS - Just two films after his groundbreaking and Academy Award-winning work in "Life of Pi" is it out of bounds to suggest director Ang Lee might need a career intervention? After the shockingly bad mis...

Paramount Is Preparing Theaters For Extra-High Frame Rate/3D Versions Of Ang Lee’s ‘Gemini Man’ Starring Will Smith

Charles Barfield

March 12, 2019 12:52 pm

News

Ang Lee, much like Peter Jackson and James Cameron, is a filmmaker that is always pushing the limits of the medium. Whether it’s using CGI in the film “Life of Pi” or 3D in his most recent “Billy Lynn’s Long Ha...

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