Editorial: Roll film

Editorial: Roll film

Editorial Berkshire Eagle October 6, 2009 Movies are being made in Massachusetts, just not out here in the Berkshires. Boston and its surrounding communities may always dominate Bay State movie-making, but the Great Barrington-based Berkshire Film and Media Commission...
Support for film industry still strong on Beacon Hill

Support for film industry still strong on Beacon Hill

But changes could be coming by Jon Chesto Quincy Patriot Ledger October 5, 2009 It’s hard to get around Boston these days without running into a film crew or hearing about a movie shoot or a celebrity sighting. That’s one reason why I decided to write my latest column...
Editorial: Roll film

Film panel names leader

By Derek Gentile Berkshire Eagle October 5, 2009 GREAT BARRINGTON — The Board of Directors of the Berkshire Film and Media Commission announced that they have appointed Diane Pearlman as its new executive director. In a parallel development, the BFMC also...

Surrogates Step by Step

Massachusetts effects company shares SURROGATES’ secrets. “Production values are immaculate.” —VARIETY September 24, 2009 By Ellen Wolff Millimeter September 25, 2009 Cyborgs are always in style, as director Jonathan Mostow knows well. After delivering...
Lining up for Ricky

Lining up for Ricky

It’s true, many actors wanted a role in Gervais’s ‘Invention of Lying’ By Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Staff September 27, 2009 ANDOVER – Known for playing puffed-up guys in need of verbal Imodium, British comic Ricky Gervais is down-to-earth when the cameras...
Tax credit critic: Voters are “uninformed people”

Tax credit critic: Voters are “uninformed people”

Pols & Politics: Hollywood or Holly-wouldn’t? By Dave Wedge Boston Herald September 27, 2009 It seems state Rep. Matthew Patrick isn’t a huge fan of the state’s booming movie biz. The Falmouth Democrat lashed out in a mass e-mail this week after the film...