Movie cannibals hunger for Western Mass

Movie cannibals hunger for Western Mass

By FRED CONTRADA Springfield Republican July 25, 2010 GREENFIELD – Michigan didn’t have much of an appetite for it, but Greenfield’s mayor finds it quite palatable that his town might be the setting for “The Woman,” a movie filled with...
Op-Ed: The secret to our movie success

Op-Ed: The secret to our movie success

Business View By Joel Olicker & Tug Yourgrau Boston Business Journal July 23, 2010 There has been much confusion in recent months about the costs and benefits of Massachusetts’ film and television tax credit program. Here is what every business leader should...
The guru of toughness

The guru of toughness

“Irish” Micky Ward By Carlo Rotella Boston Globe July 19, 2010 WHAT IS IT about “Irish’’ Micky Ward, the retired light-welterweight boxer from Lowell, that draws men to him in the hope that some of his old-school tough-guy virtue will rub off on them? It’s...