George Lucas

The Kids Stay in the Picture

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

In the 1970s George Lucas and Steven Spielberg invented a modern Hollywood hybrid — the high-end Saturday children’s matinee for grownups. In the decades since, the kids’ movie for adults has transformed entertainment. We asked Curtis Fox to figure out why.

Five Things You Had to See Online This Week

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Jonathan Erland says the VFX crew working on "Star Wars" didn't just create the things you saw on screen. They had to build from scratch the equipment that made those visual effects.

The visual effects pioneer responsible for the original ‘Star Wars’ thinks movies today may rely too much on effects

February 28, 2018Arts

Billionaires pledge to give up half their money to charity

July 2, 2015Business, Economics and Jobs

Director and producer George Lucas attends the 2013 White House Correspondents Association Dinner.

George Lucas’ magic musical is ‘one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen’

January 23, 2015Arts

Finding Skywalker’s House: Photos of Old Movie Sets in North Africa

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Visual artist Ra di Martino grew up loving Star Wars. A few years ago, she set out to photograph the ruins of the old sets used to film the movie’s desert scenes. It took her to Morocco, and Tunisia, where she found the house Luke Skywalker lived in.

Ray Harryhausen, Special Effects Master, Dies at 92

August 14, 2013

Call it “Rex appeal.” Tributes are being paid to Ray Harryhausen, visual effects creator, writer, and producer, and stop-motion dinosaur legend. He died last night at the age of 92. His legacy includes special effects classics such as “Clash of the Titans”, “Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger”, and of course, “Jason and the […]

Indies Blow Up Filmmaking with CGI

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

As technology drops in price, computer-generated imagery (CGI) is trickling down, and low-budget films now have an opportunity to compete with Hollywood on its own turf.