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The Bonanza Creek Film Ranch is seen in Santa Fe, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021
Arts & Entertainment

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.

8 months ago

Private security stand at the entrance of the Bonanza Creek Film Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the set of a Western being filmed at the ranch on Thursday, Oct. 21, killing the cinematographer, officials said. The director of the movie was wounded, and authorities are investigating
Arts & Entertainment

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.

8 months ago

A closeup of Alec Baldwin
Arts & Entertainment

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.

8 months ago

Elvis Costello and Jim Lauderdale, left, perform during at the Americana Honors & Awards show Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Philadelphia Film Festival, Elvis Costello, H.E.R, Afro-art redux at Delaware Art Museum, and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

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8 months ago

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Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) and Okoye (Danai Gurira) emerge from a Wakandan aircraft in Black Panther. (Marvel Studios)
Things To Do
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BlackStar 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.

11 months ago

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Nehad Khader (left) and Maori Karmael Holmes (right)
Arts & Entertainment

BlackStar 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.

11 months ago

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Li Sumpter pitching The Escape Artist Mixtape at Good Pitch Local Philly 2020. (photo by Gretjen Clausing)
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10 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.

11 months ago

An illustration of a film projector overlays an image of the Philly Free Library
Community
Billy Penn

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.

12 months ago

Billy Porter and Tiffany Haddish in Like a Boss. GLAAD called Porter's character, Barrett,
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

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.

12 months ago

Jean Satterfield plays the revolutionary leader of an underground women's army in the 1983 feminist classic Born in Flames. (Argenis Apolinario/The Bronx Museum of the Arts)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

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).

12 months ago

The Franklin Institute
Arts & Entertainment

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.

1 year ago

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Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

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.”

1 year ago

Riz Ahmed at the 2021 Academy Awards. (Handout/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

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."

1 year ago

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Billy Penn

Despite many good options, Jake Tapper’s followers think ‘Rocky’ is the best Philly movie

The online debate raged fast and furious.

1 year ago

FILE - This Aug. 13, 2020 file photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. Streaming services ranging from Netflix to Disney+ want us to stop sharing passwords. That's the new edict from the giants of streaming media, who hope to discourage the common practice of sharing account passwords without alienating their subscribers, who've grown accustomed to the hack. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Community

Passing on your password? Streaming services are past it

Many of us were taught to share as kids. Now streaming services ranging from Netflix to Amazon to Disney+ want us to stop.

1 year ago

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