35mm

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Visually, the film toggles between intimate 35mm black-and-white, grainy 16mm color and multi-purpose digital cameras that visually represent distinct eras.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Cinematographer Malik Hassan Sayeed exactingly photographed the soul-stirring scene, channeling legends Sven Nykvist and Gordon Willis to craft a 1980s-inspired aesthetic of celluloid grain and realistic lighting, shaped by a lone 35mm lens.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Appeared in the November 12, 2025, print edition as 'Time-Traveling Through 35mm Film'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Pixels and filters can’t capture the interplay of light, shadow, color and grain like 35mm film, even for an amateur like me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

On the first day of photography class, the students had sat upright at their desks, each with a 35mm camera and two notebooks—as specified by the supplies list—in hand.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng