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@merphed @imPatrickT @mrrcurial @SithZealot Likewise, Hoyte van Hoytema and Spike Jonze intentionally chased a warm, low‑contrast, Vision3‑like palette. They used vintage Canon glass, soft halation, pastel colour separation and it felt reasonably convincing to me but I admit I have nowhere near your level of expertise

@merphed @imPatrickT @mrrcurial @SithZealot Fincher and Cronenweth did side‑by‑side 35mm tests, then built a LUT to match Kodak Vision3. I think it’s one of the successful digital‑as‑film looks ever created.

Not to sound like a pleb but I need to know the science behind why digital photography can’t match the essence of film, like how and what film captures compared to how digital cameras capture images, and why there’s a tangible difference in the look

@merphed @mrrcurial @SithZealot @imPatrickT I’d suggest: Roma (2018: Alexa 65) Skyfall (2012: Alexa Studio) The Social Network (2010: RED MX) The Revenant (2015: Alexa 65) Her (2013: Alexa) I prefer the look of film for most movies but digital can get close when the cinematography & processing are done with real intent

@mrrcurial @SithZealot @imPatrickT 28 years later and dune are some of the most notoriously digital looking films in recent years. They’re not fooling anyone.

@film_waala The CGI looks impressive but the film feels conservative. Brahmāstra at least tried to reimagine mythology through a contemporary lens but this feels reverential to the point of being static. Instead of asking what it means today, it seems content to recreate what we already know

Just realising that Ramayana is the most unnecessary film to be made in present times. youtube.com/watch?v=NW2wt_…

@kocharpulkit I think Motwane is an exceptional director regardless of genre. My only concern is that Ganguly’s post‑playing controversies and his political connections might lead the film to soft‑pedal difficult areas, drift into hagiography, or simply sidestep the more complicated parts

anything Motwane makes I am in, even if its a biopic, because it wont be a regular one if he is directing it✨🙌 man has never repeated a genre and killed it in every genre, and we know what Rajkummar did in Trapped with him

@pruhthyush @frontline_india Brilliant as always my man

A humiliation kink—in five chapters. Counter Culture column, for @frontline_india frontline.thehindu.com/columns/film-r…

@kocharpulkit I absolutely loved @AhirShah’s Ends and it justly won the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show. It combines humour, intelligence and emotion beautifully. netflix.com/gb/title/81725…

pls recommend a comedy special to me thanks

@readswithravi You ask this question every two weeks

Do you still favor reading physical books over e-books?

@thevirdas Toilet roll; it’s the only thing that’s truly needed in a rush

For something I’m writing. What would you say the number one item is that is ordered on these quick grocery delivery apps?

@Essarzed @BombayBasanti Guide is the objective answer but Tere Ghar Ke Samne is incredible and my favourite romcom of that era

@BombayBasanti Tere Ghar Ke Samne is unfairly underrated

Nau Do Gyarah, Kala Bazar, Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Guide, Teesri Manzil, Jewel Thief, Johny Mera Naam, Tere Mere Sapne, Blackmail, Chhupa Rustam, Bullet, Ram Balram, Rajput... Your fav movies of "Great Goldie"#VijayAnand?

S01E05 College - it’s what pulled me in

@Mick_Moran_ Bobby: • Goals / game = 0.31 • Assists / game = 0.20 • Goal contributions / game = 0.51 Mané: • Goals / game = 0.45 • Assists / game = 0.14 • Goal contributions / game = 0.59 Mo: • Goals / game = 0.59 • Assists / game = 0.27 • Goal contributions / game = 0.86

Bobby Firmino (2015-2023) 🇧🇷 362 apps, 111 goals, 72 assists Sadio Mané (2016-2022) 🇸🇳 269 apps, 120 goals, 38 assists Mo Salah (2017-2026) 🇪🇬 435 apps, 255 goals, 119 assists (so far) The best trio in Premier League history. 🔱

@imaxframe @xansonfilm @imPatrickT @flodyssey Dune Part One wasn’t 1.43:1, but it was filmed for IMAX. Villeneuve and Fraser shot on Alexa LF, did a film-out for texture, and mastered a 1.90:1 expanded IMAX version. So it’s IMAX‑optimised, just not native 65mm.

@xansonfilm @imPatrickT @flodyssey Both movies were Filmed for IMAX using digital cameras, namely the Alexa LF / Mini LF from ARRI

makes no sense. shot on 35mm in scope, what would you gain from this?

@izzywestbury @sportingintel Strong agree. Would add Fire In Babylon (cricket) and Athlete A (female gymnastics) for variety. Also, well done Asif Kapadia for making two of the top three documentaries!

@sportingintel The Last Dance surely isn’t a documentary but a hagiography? Any programmes in which the subject is the producer can’t be billed as a documentary imo.

Almost two years ago, readers of Sporting Intelligence voted for the best sports documentaries ever. Here's that piece and the top 20 back then. Any you would add since? sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/the-20-best-…

@Speaks_Div Until cinemas in India are transparent about CPLs and ingest logs, we’re all guessing and that’s exactly how gimmicks slip through.

While the reality is, if you are regrading from a normal 48 nits DCP, it would never have the brightness & color information as a native HDR grade, whether you talk about using an outdated JPEG2000 compression (DCPs use it) as your source, whereas the original native HDR master is done from uncompressed source files. Or if you talk about DCI P3 colorspace being more restricted then DCI ST 2084 HDR colorspace. You can't get accurate HDR color volume from that. Or if you talk about 48 nits not having enough luminance data to accurately bring it up to 300 nits of HDR by Barco DCP. Thing is, many of us only have a standard cinema as reference, & even something which looks slightly better then that, we'll see it as good. even if it's not using the full extensive capabilities of the format. Imagine what if, in the name of high file size DCP we are just being sold gimmicks. Imagine.

This is what I was worried about a few days ago. Now imagine if #ProjectHailMary HDR By Barco Internationally graded/Licensed DCP isnt bought to India by the Exhibitors (for any arbitrary reason), will you get an accurate depiction of the format?

@ErikaMorris79 @ArjunKrish_1305 @StickToCricket He didn’t play in either knockout match from memory, ie he wasn’t part of the Qualifier or the Final. He has a medal but he was behind Watson, du Plessis, Bravo & Ngidi. A bit classless of him at this stage. I’m so done with the english and their holier-than-thou attitude

@ArjunKrish_1305 @StickToCricket CSK 2018

Sam Billings would swap his IPL title for a County Championship! 🏆

@jammypants4 Shoojit Sircar is the most tonally diverse Indian filmmaker. Most have a signature even across genres; Ray, Ratnam, Bhardwaj, Kashyap all leave fingerprints. Sircar doesn’t. Vicky Donor, Madras Cafe, Piku, October, Sardar Udham; none feel like they’re made by the same person

Who is the most diverse filmmaker in India?

@kocharpulkit Spotify does credit Ustad too, you just have to click on … for the full song credits

crazy that they got Satinder Sartaaj and Nusrat ji in the same album! (screenshots from Spotify and YouTube)

@iamshreytyagi @kdcloudy Studios have been misogynistic in how they allocate big‑budget films. Women get far fewer chances to succeed & only one chance to fail. Gyllenhaal talking fluently about IMAX isn’t surprising. Gerwig, Zhao and Sciamma have all used aspect ratios as core storytelling tools

@kdcloudy Call me a misogynist but I find it surprising for a woman director talking so passionately about IMAX and switching aspect ratios. Massive respect to Maggie for these choices and sharing these details.

The Bride will be stunning in IMAX GT The Sony Venice 2 has a tall 3:2 sensor which can easily do full height IMAX 1.43 with the right lens. Love that Maggie Gyllenhaal specifically mentioned deets on Instagram.

@santhoo9 I hate them so I’m not shifting responsibility away from Amazon who 💯 have a duty to stop pirated listings & enforce seller standards. My point was their marketplace model makes people forget they’re buying from 3rd‑party sellers, so check the seller or support local bookshops

@santhoo9 Amazon undercut local shops by avoiding tax, pushing disposable products & relying on pollution‑heavy delivery, which erodes communities & harms the environment. It reports losses to avoid tax while treating workers poorly, wiping out competitors who actually pay their share.

Shifting responsibility on piracy from Amazon to buyers is a bad take. A bad bad take.