New Bedford native’s film traces Stones’ ‘Exile’ days

New Bedford native’s film traces Stones’ ‘Exile’ days

Rolling with rock royalty By Wesley Morris Boston Globe May 24, 2010 CANNES, France — If so much of movie-industry success combines talent and luck, Stephen Kijak’s luck is that he’s talented. The New Bedford native is sitting on a rooftop from which you can see the...
Proposal Would Mandate More Oversight For State Tax Credits

Proposal Would Mandate More Oversight For State Tax Credits

By Brandon Butler Worcester Business Journal May 24, 2010 A group of more than a dozen Beacon Hill lawmakers are calling for more stringent measures to keep tabs on tax credits that are given out to businesses. An amendment in next year’s state budget would create a...
Filmmaking industry goes pro in Boston

Filmmaking industry goes pro in Boston

By Justin A. Rice Boston Metro May 23, 2010 With five movies shooting simultaneously in Boston last year — including “The Zookeeper” with Kevin James — colliding schedules and endless meetings turned the city into a zoo. But as film season returns this year, city...
New Bedford native’s film traces Stones’ ‘Exile’ days

School’s network is a Hollywood hit

The ‘Emerson mafia’ presents opportunity students just can’t refuse By Sarah Rodman Boston Globe May 22, 2010 “There’s an intern from Emerson about to come into my office,’’ Doug Herzog says, chuckling into his phone. Herzog, the president of MTV Networks...
New Bedford native’s film traces Stones’ ‘Exile’ days

Harvard film student gets his shot — at Cannes

By Linda Matchan Boston Globe May 20, 2010 Harvard film student Andrew Wesman was on a Utah road trip over spring break with his best friend, Ian Carr, when they stopped to take pictures in Zion National Park. An e-mail popped up on Wesman’s iPhone: The renowned...