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Movies
It was quite a year for the Northeast Philly lawn care operation.
3 years ago
The fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins is prompting calls to ban real guns from sets
It isn't the first gun death on a set, but Hutchins' shooting has refocused attention on the safe use of firearms by the entertainment world.
3 years ago
Film crew voiced complaints before fatal on-set shooting
The tragic mistake came hours after some workers walked off the job to protest conditions and production issues.
3 years ago
Warrant: Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round
Court records show that an assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use.
3 years ago
Sheriff: Baldwin fired prop gun on movie set, killing cinematographer
Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer on the movie “Rust,” and director Joel Souza were shot Thursday on the rustic film set in the desert on the southern outskirts of Santa Fe.
3 years ago
Despite the positive strides made in the battle against COVID, uncertainty and varying mandates ...
3 years ago
Listen 4:33BlackStar Film Fest, Jerry Week, Petapalooza, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
Aug. 5 - Aug. 9: Things to do in Philadelphia, Del., and N.J.
4 years ago
Listen 3:55BlackStar Film festival returns for its 10th year
The mostly online festival of Black, brown, and Indigenous filmmakers will feature a one-day mini-festival of in-person screenings at the Mann Center.
4 years ago
Listen 5:4010 Philly filmmakers pitch docs about Philly’s trash problem, a garden-grown solution, and more
Can documentaries change a city? A group of Philadelphia media-makers believes so, and they have the pitches to prove it.
4 years ago
Users upset as costs force Free Library to drop free movie streaming service
Kanopy and Hoopla were projected to cost 10% of the library’s entire budget. The funds will be redirected to physical branches.
4 years ago
LGBTQ characters got more movie screen time in 2020, GLAAD study finds
A good portion of these were serious, substantial characters too — 80 percent of these movies had LGBTQ characters with over 10 minutes of screen time.
4 years ago
This 1983 feminist film was set in the dystopian future, so basically right now
Born in Flames is an entertaining, energetic mélange of punk and science fiction, set in the not-too-distant future (which is to say, around now).
4 years ago
A global Harry Potter exhibition will debut at the Franklin Institute in 2022
The globally touring exhibition, featuring material from across the entire Wizarding World, will premiere at the Franklin Institute in 2022.
4 years ago
Questlove gives Philly artists a boost with local billboard blast
Created with Mural Arts, the artwork is part of a promo campaign for the music documentary “Summer of Soul.”
4 years ago
Just 10% of popular movies had a Muslim character. Riz Ahmed wants to change that
Muslims are very rarely depicted in movies, and when they are, it's usually as a stereotypical terrorist, what Oscar nominated actor Riz Ahmed calls a "dangerous trope."
4 years ago