by admin | Feb 19, 2010 | Video
By BOB OAKES February 19, 2010 Click here to listen to Ed Siegel’s review and his comments on the state’s film industry. BOSTON — Martin Scorsese’s newest film, “Shutter Island,” has deep Greater Boston roots, as it is based on the 2004 novel of same name by local...
by admin | Feb 18, 2010 | Article
Lawrence Eagle Tribune EDITORIAL February 17, 2010 Hollywood doesn’t qualify as a golden goose for the Massachusetts economy — yet. But a new study from the University of Massachusetts at Boston confirms what local residents have been noticing in recent years:...
by admin | Feb 18, 2010 | Article
By Ed Baker GateHouse News Service February 18, 2010 Weymouth — Local officials fear that Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to scale back a tax credit for movie producers to make films in Massachusetts would set back plans for the construction of a $300 million motion...
by admin | Feb 17, 2010 | Article
Jon Chesto WickedLocal.com February 17, 2010 Here’s a Massachusetts movie sweep that’s probably the first of its kind: I picked up this week’s Rolling Stone (the one with a heavily-tattooed Lil Wayne on the cover), and all of the movie reviews inside were of...
by admin | Feb 17, 2010 | Article
By Emily Wilcox GateHouse News Service February 17, 2010 PLYMOUTH — Connecticut offers a 30 percent tax credit for filmmakers who opt to shoot in that state. Michigan offers 40 percent. The Massachusetts Production Coalition contends that, since Massachusetts adopted...