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The set, a Belle Époque street lined with cafés, boutiques, and butchers, fifty feet high and over a mile long, glides past us as the actors proceed on a hidden moving walkway in the opposite direction, so the impression is of an extended tracking shot.
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Nat Segnit, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
An abduction sequence ties the audience’s nerves in knots with cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s athletic tracking shot loping up the stairs to Margot’s apartment accompanied by Gavin Brivik’s pulse-hammering score.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
According to the league, the two shots on goal by Blue Jackets forwards on Thursday are also the fewest in a game since the NHL started tracking shots on goal in the 1959-60 season.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
Often favoring intimate, nervy tracking shots, Janis Mazuch’s cinematography is fluid and unassuming — save for in one showpiece shot, circling a raucous musical gathering in Pristina’s central town square.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
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Nat Segnit, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
An abduction sequence ties the audience’s nerves in knots with cinematographer Isaac Bauman’s athletic tracking shot loping up the stairs to Margot’s apartment accompanied by Gavin Brivik’s pulse-hammering score.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
According to the league, the two shots on goal by Blue Jackets forwards on Thursday are also the fewest in a game since the NHL started tracking shots on goal in the 1959-60 season.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026
Often favoring intimate, nervy tracking shots, Janis Mazuch’s cinematography is fluid and unassuming — save for in one showpiece shot, circling a raucous musical gathering in Pristina’s central town square.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Tracking shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking%20shot. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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