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Mubi Buys Its Way Into Theatrical

Mubi, once a streaming service with a small cinema programme, has become one of the most active theatrical acquirers in the independent market. The Substance made it profitable. What it does next is the question.

Casey Winters·20 Feb·4 min

A prosthetic mask on a workbench beside a cracked monitor, shot in tungsten light.

Essays

The Practical-Effects Backlash Has Become Its Own Dogma

The argument against CGI and for practical effects has hardened into a specific aesthetic dogma that no longer tracks the actual craft. An essay on what the argument originally responded to and why it now misfires.

Lena Ashworth·8 Sep·7 min