Tag: Film

In conversation with Sir Roger Deakins (virtual event)

Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET
 
**An Evening with Sir Roger Deakins
discussing his visual memoir, “Reflections: On Cinematography”**

 

This event tapes with an audience on November 11.

VIRTUAL EVENT TICKETS (**US Orders Only**)
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET
$60 Virtual Admission + signed book (**includes shipping to US addresses only)**. Includes access to watch the event on November 19 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days..

***From a two-time Academy Award winner widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time—a one-of-a-kind visual memoir, telling his life’s story by way of his iconic, beloved films.***

**Sir Roger A. Deakins** is widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time. Roger has been nominated for 16 Academy Awards, winning twice for Blade Runner 2049 and 1917. He has also been nominated 11 times for the BAFTA award, winning on five occasions. Roger has been awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Society of Cinematographers, the British Society of Cinematographers, and the National Board of Review. He is also the sole cinematographer to have been honored with a CBE, in 2013, and a knighthood, in 2021. Roger splits his time between England and California, with his wife and longtime collaborator, James. You can follow them here.

Cinematography is both an art and science—capturing motion requires a combination of skill, ingenuity, and artistic genius. Lighting, camera movement, and framing are just a few of the important components in the process of turning words on a page into unforgettable moving images. Over the course of a brilliant 50-year career, Sir Roger Deakins has proven to be the greatest artist & visionary that the craft of cinematography has ever known.

***In Reflections: On Cinematography***, Deakins offers his fans and film enthusiasts a one-of-a-kind look into his life and improbable road to Hollywood immortality. Readers will discover how “the boy from Torquay, England” overcame a troubled childhood to enter his way into art school; his fortuitous entry into world of documentary filmmaking (including a yacht race around the world); to shooting groundbreaking music videos such as Herbie Hancock’s “Rock It,” to his singular film career, including his longtime collaborations with the Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. 

Filled with never-before-seen storyboards, sketches, and diagrams, Rogers shows readers how he created some of the most iconic scenes in the most beloved films of all time. Through candid, lyrical prose, Deakins reflects on his life and each of his projects; how he helped shape them, and how they shaped him.
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A truly unique visual memoir, Reflections is for film fans and general readers alike, and for anyone looking to find inspiration, beauty, and creativity by looking through the singular lens with which Roger views the world.

In conversation with Jason Blum (virtual event)

Join us for a virtual Live Talks Los Angeles event:
Monday, October 6, 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET
 
**An Evening with Jason Blum
discussing his book, “Horror’s New Wave: 15 Years of Blumhouse”**

*This event is taped with an audience on September 29.*

VIRTUAL EVENT TICKETS (**US Orders Only**)
Monday, October 6, 2025, 6pm PT/9pm ET
$60 Virtual Admission + book with signed book plate (**includes shipping to US addresses only**). Includes access to watch the event on October 6 at 6pm PT/9pm ET and on video-on-demand for five days.
*(The book is a coffee table book that includes film stills, on set photos, original story boards and more.)*

***Celebrate legendary horror studio Blumhouse’s legacy with this lavishly illustrated visual compendiumthat takes you behind the scenes ofthe films that have reshaped the horror genre, from The Exorcist to the Paranormal Activity and Halloween franchises.***

**Jason Blum**, founder and CEO of Blumhouse, is a three-time Academy Award®-nominated, two-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning and three-time Peabody Award-winning producer. Blumhouse, is a film, television and gaming company regarded as the driving force in horror, having produced iconic franchises.  Following Blumhouse’s merger with James Wan’s Atomic Monster in January 2024, the combined companies are responsible for nearly $10 Billion in worldwide box office, and have represented approximately 50% of the horror market in the last ten years. Together they have produced nearly 250 movies and television series, including the most successful horror franchise in history with the Conjuring Universe, making Blum and Wan the most prolific and successful independent producers of the last decade. Blum has been recognized by TIME magazine’s 100 list of the world’s most influential people. He is on the Board of The Public Theater in New York, the Sundance Institute, Vassar College, the American Cinematheque and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Last year, Blum donated $10M to Vassar, the largest gift ever given to the college by a male alum.

With Blumhouse celebrating its 15th anniversary throughout 2025, ***Horror’s New Wave*** captures the company’s journey to become a powerhouse in the horror and thriller film genres—taking you through the process of conception to premiere for films like *Five Nights at Freddy’s, Sinister, Split, Get Out, M3GAN*, now-classic franchises like *The Purge*, and along with iconic films from cinematic visionaries including Damien Chazelle’s *Whiplash* and Spike Lee’s *BlacKkKlansman* and much more.

This definitive “Blumhouse book” delves into the behind-the-scenes processes that shaped Blumhouse’s iconic films and is perfect for cinephiles, pop culture enthusiasts, and lovers of horror. Featuring an introduction from CEO and founder Jason Blum, it also includes interviews with key filmmakers and writers like M. Night Shyamalan, Leigh Whannell, James Wan, and Mike Flanagan; actors, such as Allison Williams, Ethan Hawke, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Octavia Spencer; and Blumhouse executives like head of film Couper Samuelson and head of casting Terri Taylor. These interviews explore how each project came together, offering stories and insights into the creative process, such as directing, musical score, makeup, acting, cinematography, and more. You will get a birds-eye view at the triumphs and challenges of some of the most beloved and iconic horror films of all time. This book also includes film stills, on-set photographs, storyboards, creative briefs, and title treatments—giving you a true backstage pass to the making of your favorite films.