More than 11,000 television and film writers stopped working last week after failing to reach a new contract agreement with the studios that churn out movies, cable and streaming shows. The Writers Guild of America […]
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Q+A: Why Giving an Oscar For ‘Popular’ Films is an Unpopular Decision
This week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts announced a series of changes for the Oscars, its annual awards ceremony. Chief among them is a new category for achievement in popular film. While the move is […]
Q+A: Can ‘Inclusion Riders’ Really Change Hollywood?
In closing her memorable Oscar acceptance speech, Frances McDormond left her peers and a national audience with two words — “inclusion rider” — and a lot of questions. The term is a legal concept that […]
Q+A: Don’t Blink! Ang Lee’s New Movie Packs in Detail by Dialing up the Frame Rate
This week the director who gave audiences acclaimed, visual masterpieces “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Life of Pi,” is asking viewers to trust him as he pushes beyond the limits of our collective visual comfort […]
A Dramatic Shift in the World of Photography
Photographer Harvey Wang began taking pictures as a teenager. He was mid-career when the tools of his trade were made virtually obsolete with the transition from film to digital. In a new film, “From Darkroom […]
Q+A: Composing a Soundtrack For the Sun
Two progressive piano notes might make you think twice about going in the water. A standard march is the harbinger of all things evil. Chirping violin strings still send chills down the spine. The soundtrack […]
Autism/Autismo: Films Reach Diverse Audiences with Families’ Personal Stories
This spring, a set of videos premiered in Philadelphia, documenting the experiences of local African-American families as each dealt with a child’s autism diagnosis. The films, produced by social worker Karen Krivit with a team […]
Movies and Mental Health: Did This Year’s Oscar-Winning Films Portray Brain Disorders Accurately?
Actress Julianne Moore won an Oscar for her starring role in the drama “Still Alice” at the 87th Academy Awards last night, but did the movie accurately depict early-onset dementia? Actor Eddie Redmayne also received […]
Going Camping…On a Movie Set? Cast and Crew of Drexel Prof’s New Movie Found Out What It’s Like
A rainstorm, a mudslide, flooding, a stinkbug infestation and a swarm of cicada killer wasps- sounds like things you’d find on the set of the new “Hunger Games” movie, but these natural co-stars actually played […]
Anointing Excellence: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Selection of the Peabody Awards
The George Foster Peabody Awards have been considered a standard of electronic media excellence for the last 72 years. On May 20, writers, reporters, editors, producers, directors and all manner of media magnates will gather […]