French visual artist Ann Ray has struck a deal with Barrett Barrera Projects to acquire her largely never-before-seen archives. The body of work includes 32,000 prints, contact sheets and vintage ...

(CBS SF/AP) - Ray Harryhausen, a master of movie special effects whose work was beloved by fantasy film lovers and influenced industry heavyweights such as George Lucas and Peter Jackson, has died. He ...

Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards. By Duane Byrge Animation effects wizard Ray Harryhausen, who pioneered many of the stop-motion ...

Star Trek patriarch Gene Roddenberry, Dynamation VFX pioneer Ray Harryhausen and film poster/title sequence legend Saul Bass are among the Visual Effect Society’s 2018 Hall of Fame class, the guild ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Directors, actors and animation fans of all stripes saluted Ray Harryhausen on Tuesday as news of the visual effects pioneer’s death reached Hollywood. Harryhausen, the stop-motion animator of such ...

SAN ANTONIO — Palimpsest — from the ancient Greek palímpsestos, meaning “scratched again” or “scraped again” — refers to old parchment that has been written on, erased and then written on again, with ...

Twenty years ago, if you had asked your author here if he thought a Ratchet & Clank game would ever be the new high bar for graphics technology in PC gaming, he would have given you a very strong "no.

Soon after Kanye West released the controversial visuals for "Famous," the rapper went to Twitter with a bold question: "Can somebody sue me already [?]”" Well, he might just get exactly what he asked ...

Samit Sarkar (he/him) is Polygon’s deputy managing editor. He has more than 17 years of experience covering video games, movies, television, and technology. “Path tracing simulates the way light is ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Influential visual effects maker and animator Ray Harryhausen, who brought monsters, skeletons and mythological beasts to life for movies like "Jason and the Argonauts" long ...