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Massachusetts

Film workers defend state tax credit Baker would cut

BOSTON – Film industry workers flooded a State House hearing Tuesday to defend a tax credit they say has fueled job growth by making the state a regular destination for large and small productions and enabled industry workers to stay in Massachusetts rather than pursuing opportunities in New York or Los

Massachusetts

Critics say cut film tax credit as costs erase gains

BOSTON – They can bring Hollywood A-listers like Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, put Boston and other Bay State communities on the silver screen and pump millions of dollars into the local economy, but critics say the cost of film tax credits makes them a bad deal for Massachusetts. "Every

Massachusetts

Filmmakers seek to recreate Boston Marathon shootout

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Producers of a Mark Wahlberg movie about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing want to recreate the police shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers in the Watertown neighborhood where it happened. Representatives for "Patriots Day" sent fliers to residents of Laurel Street this month asking for their

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‘Risen’ offers fresh take on the last days of Jesus

There's no doubt that the latest film about the life and last days of Jesus could be one of the most accurate and well-done since Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" hit the big screen in 2004, though it might be surprising if

Abortion

‘Life’ at the movies

Abortion is not the topic of many movies, and good films that handle the topic well are few and far between. For this month's theme, I decided to rewind and take a look at a few features that tell a compelling story about women faced with unexpected pregnancies,

Massachusetts

Gorgeous ‘Manchester by the Sea’ is a shattering masterwork

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — No one shows the landscape of human grief and trauma quite like Kenneth Lonergan. It sometimes seems like the playwright turned director of both "You Can Count On Me" and "Margaret" knows us better than we know ourselves. His movies look and

film

‘The Revenant’ braves the blizzard with $16M at box office

NEW YORK (AP) — The snowy frontier saga "The Revenant" weathered a blizzard-ravaged box office. Weekend movie-going was affected up and down the East Coast by Winter Storm Jonas, which forced theater closures in Washington D.C. and New York, and caused hundreds of theaters to suspend showings. Studio

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Film academy announces reforms to diversify

HOLLYWOOD — The film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the changes Friday, following a weeklong storm of criticism and calls