Another chance to read Serge Golikov's excellent article on the the often-confusing matter of aspect ratios, letterboxing, and pillarboxing, giving RedShark readers a lesson of cinematic rectangles ...

The aspect ratio states the comparison of width to height and is commonly used to describe the shape of a TV or computer screen. For example, the aspect ratio of an earlier standard-definition (SD) ...

Here’s an instance from an old VHS tape of “Advise and Consent, “one of the most daring American widescreen films. The slightly fatter faces are due to the distortion of the CRT monitor I shot from.

'SInners' was 'Shot WIth IMAX' which means IMAX film projection in 1.43:1 aspect ratio, but in how many theaters is, as yet, unclear. To project the movie on 1:43: on film requires a theatre to have ...

Fans are upset that the streaming service has stretched the episodes from their original 4:3 aspect ratio to the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. As of its launch day on Nov. 12, Disney+ has nearly 650 ...