Building the future

NOBODY MAKES CINEMA LIKE JAMES CAMERON. AND TO PROVE IT, HE INVITES EMPIRE T O SHADOW HIM FOR 48 HOURS AS HE COMPLETES HIS MOST AMBITIOUS MOVIE YET: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH . HOLD ON TO YOUR IKRAN…

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM

DIRECTOR JOE CARNAHAN AND STAR JASON PATRIC TELL EMPIRE HOW THEY SHOT A MODERN COP CLASSIC, NARC

With A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY , stars Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, alongside director Kogonada, enter doors to new worlds — both on and off screen

HOW FILMMAKERS ARE USING BOUNDARY-PUSHING CAMERAS TO TRANSFORM CINEMA

WE WERE THE first band of our generation that started to grow up,” Billy Corgan says, reflecting on the making of the Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 grand opus, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. “The b