The New Renaissance

CGI Isn’t the Problem: In Hollywood, Reality’s Not Guaranteed

June 16, 2015 | Joshua Sikora

As another summer of blockbusters rolls around, it seems like the audience may finally be losing its appetite for computer-generated images (CGI) — at least if articles like this or this are to be believed. Across …

Interview with Spectrum Filmmaker

January 7, 2014 | Anthony Parisi

In addition to being the Online Editor of the Cinema & New Media Arts, I also collaborate with program director Joshua Sikora and his independent film company, New Renaissance Pictures. Last year we began releasing an …

Interview with Spectrum Screenwriter David Halberstadt

October 12, 2013 | Anthony Parisi

In addition to being the Online Editor of the Cinema & New Media Arts, I also collaborate with program director Joshua Sikora and his independent film company, New Renaissance Pictures. Recently, we began releasing an anthology …

Interview with Spectrum Director William Hellmuth

October 3, 2013 | Anthony Parisi

In addition to being the Online Editor of the Cinema & New Media Arts, I also collaborate with program director Joshua Sikora and his independent film company, New Renaissance Pictures. Recently, we began releasing an anthology …

The City Podcast: A Cinema School for Houston

April 23, 2013 | Houston Baptist University

At HBU’s The City Online, Joshua Sikora takes part in a podcast with Provost Dr. John Mark Reynolds and Cate MacDonald, the Director of The Academy at HBU.

The old regime is changing.

Digital media …

Why Now Is Different Than Before

April 10, 2013 | Joshua Sikora

“To me, the great hope is that now these little 8mm video recorders and stuff will come out and some people who normally wouldn’t make movies will be making them and suddenly one day, some little …

The New Renaissance

January 7, 2013 | Joshua Sikora

Where have we been and where are we going? Valuable questions in times of change — questions I think we all too often forget to ask. We talk about what is happening, rather than what has …