Okay, okay, so maybe that’s a bit much. But I really like the idea behind this Kickstarter project. Today, everyone’s very conscious that we’re at “peak oil”. Look at what you will – the dried out forests, encroaching oceans – but humans simply can’t act as if oil and coal don’t have consequences. We’re ready […]
NYU Film Studies Pioneer Annette Michelson Passes Away at 95
Annette Michelson around 1966. Image credit: The Peter Hujar Archive LLC; Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco Film historian, scholar and teacher Annette Michelson passed away at 95 on September 17th. Known both for her sharp intellect and suffer-no-fools attitude, she helped start the program in cinema history and criticism at New […]
Editors Guild Recommends No Vote on New Media Contract
Above image: The Editors Guild Board of Directors voted unanimously on July 28 to recommend members VOTE NO on the tentative IATSE contract. Photo by Fred Arteaga. In recommending a “no vote” on the ratification of new IATSE film and TV contract, Editors Guild Local 700 says that the pact’s new media residuals formula has such […]
DGA Spots Top Film and TV Leadership in 2018 Awards
Los Angeles – The Directors Guild of America (DGA) today announced that Director Ang Lee, Fox Searchlight Chairman Nancy Utley, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), SAG-AFTRA Senior Advisor John McGuire, and Costume Designer Ann Roth will be honored at the 2018 DGA Honors, to be held at the DGA Theater in New York City on […]
Actress Sean Young Accused of Theft from Astoria Production Office
NBC New York reports that “Authorities are looking to question “Blade Runner” actress Sean Young in connection with the theft of two laptops stocked with footage from a film being shot in Queens, which Young was fired from four months ago. “Law enforcement sources said Young and her son stole two Apple Mac Pros with […]
New York City Plans Moving Ahead for Sunset Park Production Digs
“New York City, with film and TV production humming along to the point that it is outgrowing existing facilities, is going deeper into Brooklyn for its newest frontier. The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and the New York City Economic Development Corporation are soliciting proposals to develop nearly 200,000 square feet of waterfront real estate in Sunset […]
Film Forum Re-Opens – Read Responses from Christopher Nolan and More
Any day of the year, New Yorkers can catch foreign films, indies or classics at Film Forum, the art house and repertory cinema in Lower Manhattan. “Three hundred sixty-five days a year,” said Karen Cooper, the director of Film Forum. “We’re worse than the post office.” But for the last three months, the space has […]
Central New York Film Hub Flub
Empty CNY film hub. Image credit Syracuse.com New York Spent $15 Million to Build a Film Hub. It Just Sold for $1. ALBANY — A $15 million state-built film studio outside Syracuse, which promised to produce hundreds of jobs and bring Hollywood’s glitter to Central New York, hit an inglorious milestone on Friday with its […]
Would a Governor Cynthia Nixon Kill New York’s Film Production Tax Breaks?
Is Cynthia Nixon biting the hand that once fed here? She may be a neophyte campaigner for New York State’s governorship, but her recent public announcements targeting the tax breaks given to film and TV production and post productions garnered support from right-leaning think tanks, not progressives. Film professionals: Still think there’s nothing to worry […]
Millions of Dollars in Stolen NYC Movie Equipment Recovered
As film production in New York soars, production gear thefts have reached into the millions of dollars Image credit: NBC New York Channel 4 Ray Villeda of NBC New York Channel 4 reports on police tracking down millions of dollars of stolen feature film production gear from a storage facility in Westchester. Here’s part of […]
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