Early awards contenders like One Battle Battle After Another and Bugonia were shot on revived VistaVision cameras — a ...

A few years ago, I bought an 8 mm home movie camera in a second hand store. I did a teardown on it here and pulled out for your pleasure those parts of it which I considered interesting. My vague plan ...

“Spectacular size and complete focus across the screen,” announced a promotional advertisement in 1954. “The ultimate in film presentation that will thrill all your senses and touch all your emotions.

Short lived as they may have been, laserdiscs ushered in a new era. As big as a dinner plate, this near-forgotten format enabled the storage of unprecedented amounts of information, giving eventual ...

As blockbuster movies go it’s safe to say that there’s nothing bigger out there right now than Spider-Man movies. After the mixed response to Marvel’s last two films in the series, namely Black Widow ...

It’s dangerous for a hardware hacker to go into a second-hand store. I was looking for a bed frame for my new apartment, but of course I spent an age browsing all the other rubbish treasures on offer.