business & industry
What Spider-Man: Brand New Day's Record Run Signals for the Industry
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is closing in on $1 billion domestic, and Sony's 5-year sequel gap may be why it's outperforming the churn-out-content model.
filmmaking
fish audio
Five Seconds of Audio Is All Fish Audio Needs to Clone Your Voice
Fish Audio's S2.1 Pro can clone a voice from just 5 seconds of audio. Here's what the model does, who's already using it, and how it stacks up on cost.
jaws
There's a New Jaws Documentary — and It's Asking the Question Every Filmmaker Should Be Asking About Classic Films
"Jaws Explored" just dropped its trailer — a new documentary that skips the making-of and asks why the film still works. Here's what it is, when it arrives, and the filmmaking lessons inside Jaws worth revisiting now.
AI Video
The State of AI Video in 2026 — and the 10 Models Worth Knowing
A ranked guide to the ten best text-to-video AI models in 2026 — from free starting points to professional workflows. Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Runway Gen-4.5, and why Sora is already gone.
imax
Christopher Nolan Shot "The Odyssey" Entirely on IMAX Film — and Had to Invent New Cameras to Do It
"The Odyssey" is the first feature film ever shot entirely on IMAX film cameras — and making it work required inventing new ones. Here's what Nolan and his team built to solve the noise and scale problem.
Camera Gear
The Only Camera You Actually Need for Cinematic Video Is Probably One You Already Own
Filmmaker Ermia Ramez makes the case that the $2,000 Sony ZV-E1 shares the same sensor as the $7,000 FX6, and that pre-production discipline matters more than any upgrade.
kane parsons
A 20-Year-Old Made a $10M Movie in His Bedroom. Then It Made $118M Opening Weekend.
Kane Parsons built A24's biggest-ever opening weekend from a YouTube channel and free software. He's not the only one. Here's what his career — and others like it — actually tells us about launching in film.