Celluloid and Factories

Six Times In Six Formats In Six Days

Jim Hemphill | IndieWire | 7th October 2025

Celluloid junkies love director Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, for which he has revived a dormant 1950s film format: VistaVision, which uses rotated 35mm film. The movie is on release in this and five other formats, including IMAX and 4DX. But which one is best? This cinephile saw them all. VistaVision, probably, but it can only be projected at four cinemas in the world (2,700 words)

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On Factory Tours

James Coleman | Scope Of Work | 16th October 2025

A good factory tour "can take you on a journey from awe to understanding. From the cacophony of sensory input, one can draw out clear inputs, processes, and outputs". Since the late 18C, people have wanted to see inside factories as a way to "experience modernity", even if there is "moral ambiguity" to the processes on display. Unsurprisingly, industrial tourism is booming in China (2,400 words)