Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The challenge of special effects is how to enchant an audience while remaining invisible. It is a magic trick where neither ...

A powerhouse quintet with deep ties to L.A.’s experimental music universe breaks jazz wide open on its second album, blurring the lines between live improv and post-production sorcery. Save this story ...

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The Dark Forest theory is one proposed solution to the famed Fermi Paradox, which has bewitched astronomers for more than half a century. To put it concisely, the paradox asks if the cosmos is nearly ...

Film scores have a unique power to shape emotion, elevate storytelling, and turn ordinary scenes into unforgettable moments. A single melody can signal danger, capture wonder, or break a heart without ...

LOS ANGELES — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character — an overgrown child with a tight gray suit and an unforgettable laugh — became a 1980s pop cultural phenomenon, has ...