Dec 6 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Production Diary 13

In this penultimate installment of the Desolation of Smaug production diary, watch hobbits playing table tennis, get a glimpse of Smaug, and hear Peter Jackson explain why virtual cinematography reminds him of shooting with a Super 8 camera.

Dec 5 In Dreams

For his final-year graduation film, Northumbria University student Samuel Blain interviewed four people about their dreams, then sought to visualize their bizarre images in a different kind of talking-heads shot.

Dec 4 "Please, Mr. Kennedy"

Actors Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Driver cut a novelty record in this scene, a highlight of the new Coen Brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, set in the New York folk-music scene in 1961. The cinematography is by three-time Oscar nominee Bruno Delbonnel; the editing is, of co…