Production designer behind ‘Shutter’

Production designer behind ‘Shutter’

Dante Ferretti helps shape Scorsese’s ‘Island’ By PETER CARANICAS VARIETY February 23, 2010 ‘Shutter Island’ production designer Dante Ferretti and director Martin Scorsese shot most of the pic’s interiors in an abandoned warehouse...
‘Shutter Island’ on top

‘Shutter Island’ on top

Associated Press February 22, 2010 Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s voyage to “Shutter Island’’ has landed them at No. 1 at the weekend box office. Their creepy locally-shot crime thriller set at a remote insane asylum opened with $40.2 million, according to...
Editorial: Tax credit for films should be preserved

Editorial: Tax credit for films should be preserved

Newburyport Daily News February 22, 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 North Shore residents have been noticing in recent years: The...