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In our continuing mission to make the lives of independent moviemakers even better, we take time each year to spotlight the most promising and fertile places in the country to put down roots. We scour the nation, poll film commissions, trawl through data, and interview moviemakers in hundreds of localities.

By Globe Staff Boston Globe January 14, 2015 The Oscar nominations were announced Thursday morning, and among them are a few films with Boston-area ties. ‘Spotlight’ The film about the …

Consider these twists on your “average movie run” to make this peak film season all the more special.

The crew of the CG36500 that went out to rescue the stranded men aboard the SS Pendleton in the middle of a vicious nor’easter may be humble and have zero interest in boasting about their accomplishment, but on January 29th, we’re going to celebrate their bravery on the big screen in Craig Gillespie’s adaptation of the Casey Sherman book, The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Most Daring Sea Rescue.

By Will Robinson Entertainment Weekly January 7, 2016 The big-city type isn’t usually cut out for rural life. But Andrew will endure it in Tumbledown in order to secure permission …

Casey Sherman, co-author of the 2009 best-seller “The Finest Hours,” spent a lot of time on-set while his book was being made into a Disney film. But the author (and former WBZ-TV producer) said the best moment was being there when one of the original heroes depicted in the film visit the set for the first time, and watching him take it all in.

America at its blooming best: Massachusetts boasts star-studded filming locations but the gardens are the east coast state’s real attraction.

The Boston Globe’s Ty Burr takes a look at movies in Boston through the years.

Boston is getting a throwback makeover courtesy of Ben Affleck and the “Live By Night” crew

By Bryan Alexander USA TODAY November 18, 2015 It’s impossible to miss the massive size difference between Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (who is 6-foot-5, 265 pounds) and Kevin Hart (5-foot-4, …

Collider was recently invited to screen preview footage for Disney’s upcoming The Finest Hours directed by Craig Gillespie and to chat with the film’s star, Chris Pine. The action-thriller depicts the heroic 1952 rescue attempt by Coast Guard coxswain Bernie Webber (Pine) and his three-man crew off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers bound for Boston are split in two by a massive nor’easter leaving their crews stranded at sea.

After three days of prep work, Margaret and Prince Street in Boston’s North End are starting to look like the 1920’s for Friday/Saturday’s filming of Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” movie.

Ben Affleck is giving one Massachusetts town its star turn.

Disney has released a second trailer for its sea rescue adventure “The Finest Hours,” two months before its Jan. 29 opening.

“Live By Night,” a new Ben Affleck film, will shoot scenes next week in Boston’s North End, around the area of Margaret and Prince Streets. Assistant Location Manager, Greg Chiodo, presented the plans to the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) for the Warner Bros., Kiki Tree Pictures film.

Expect street closings, detours and some prohibition-era drama as Hollywood actor Ben Affleck comes to downtown Lawrence this week to film his new movie.

WATCH JOY Official Trailer ~ In theaters December 2015

By Patrick Hipes Deadline September 20, 2015 Outstanding Drama Series Game Of Thrones HBO • HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions Outstanding …

Ghostbusters star Melissa McCarthy wants the world to know that the movie’s “girl power” goes beyond its four leading ladies.

The actress posted a photo on Tuesday of her and co-stars Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon posing with the many “remarkable women” who worked on both sides of the camera for Sony’s upcoming reboot of the supernatural action-comedy.

Toronto Festival announces 2015 lineup.