This is such a tired argument nowadays. Yes, at some point it is about the directors style and artistic vision. Yes, film _still_ has some technical advantages

This is such a tired argument nowadays. Yes, at some point it is about the directors style and artistic vision. Yes, film _still_ has some technical advantages over digital for cine, especially if the director is shooting at a larger format size. Yes, good color graders can take footage from an ARRI and make it look like a certain film stock. No, it’s not that easy to do. Yes, you lose effective resolution taking a bayer filtered image and then converting it to monochrome with the appropriate spectral sensitivity. Yes, ARRIs have a lot of dynamic range now, but they need to leave much more headroom with digi to recover the highlights. Yes, grain is pleasing, and is an important part of the way the image is perceived (see: Arris various new looks in their new camera, that directly modify how the sensor is configured for different grain styles) The main advantage of digital in cine is that you can shoot and reshoot without dealing with the cost and logistics of film. But it’s Nolan’s summer blockbuster in IMAX format, I think they’ll be alright.