Acting

By K. Correia

Massachusetts native Alex Karpovsky discusses what it’s like to fill multiple roles, both on screen and off, in the production of his two new films, Rubberneck and Red Flag.

By Michele Meek

Here's a recap of NewEnglandFilm.com's 15 most popular stories from 2012 and five stories from the archives with the most views.

By K. Correia

Voice-Over Artist and Audio Producer Brett Barry gives a candid look at the profession he’s chosen and explains why you have to love what you do.

By Donna Sorbello

When Angela Peri began her casting company in 1991, she named it Boston Casting because she wanted it to be bigger than herself. Today she has achieved this feat by pulling together a diverse team to become a force to be reckoned with in the casting community.

By Donna Sorbello

For all that Rhode Island native Annie Mulhall embraces change, this casting director has gone full circle to become a fixture in her home state, and it appears she is planning on staying.

By Donna Sorbello

Behind every great movie, there are usually great actors. And behind every great actor is the casting director that put them in that role. In this new series, we take a look at New England’s casting directors: how they got where they are, and what they’re looking for in an actor.

By K. Correia

Boston Casting Inc., the leading casting director in New England, provides insights into the etiquette of being a Background Actor.

By Michele Meek

Local actor Chuck Slavin takes matters into his own hands as an activist to sustain the local film industry. As founder of New England Talent & Crew and the man behind the monthly Filmmaker Shindig meetings, Slavin has a mantra: film tax credits bring jobs and money to our region.

By K. Correia

With film and television crews descending on the region this summer, locals are finding they’ve been bitten by the acting bug. But what exactly is a "background actor"? Learn what it takes to become an extra -- union or non-union.

By Casey Stirling

Cameras are rolling this month as a feature and a web series begin production, and there are plenty of finished films to take in via festivals across New England. Read on for opportunities, industry buzz and happenings in the local industry. To submit news, email news@newenglandfilm.com.

By Kerry O’Donnell

The principal players not meeting until the day before production, The Why epitomizes the new type of collaboration in independent filmmaking.

By Kerry O’Donnell

When Mullen/Kalivoda Casting (M/K Casting), an established Florida-based company arrived in Boston a few months ago, they never anticipated the mini-firestorm of debate that greeted them. At the center of the debate was a $25 fee that M/K Casting was charging at the open calls they were holding. NewEnglandFilm.com talks to them and several other casting directors across the country to help gain insight into what actors should look for when registering with a casting company.

By Kerry O’Donnell

Filmmakers Bobby Scali and Ted Sherman unveil their short film featuring the talents of 40 local SAG actors.

By Kerry O’Donnell

This summer, Grown-Ups, The Fighter, Furry Vengeance, The Town, Zookeeper, and Wichita all set up shop in Massachusetts. With the high demand on casting agencies and actors, how is the system faring?

By Kerry O’Donnell

From Vietnam to the United States, and from stunt coordinator to writer/director, Leo Kei Angelos charts how he has made it so far so fast.

By David Pierotti

Southie native Jay Giannone breaks out with his first film, the audience award-winning "Diamond in the Rough."

By Kerry O’Donnell

Film professional David J. Garfield is at home on every side of the camera; last month he premiered The Suitcase in Boston.

By Angela Peri

Boston Casting’s founder, Angela Peri, shares 10 pieces of advice when auditioning for reality shows.

By Kerry O’Donnell

Brian Pickard of Penobscot Films in Vermont has invented an innovative method of fundraising for his film Slayers: pay and have a say.

By Ariella Gogol

Boston Casting’s Julie Arvedon offers insight on how to audition, when to give up, and the best way to become a reality TV star.

By David Pierotti

Actor Elika Portnoy leads Boston-made film to overseas success.

By David Pierotti

A Brookline-based acting class gives actors hands-on experience, a film credit, and a reel.

By Raúl daSilva

The desire to be in charge of a film or television set must be matched with a purposeful attention to detail, especially for projects set back a few decades, explains industry veteran Raúl daSilva.

By Erin Trahan

The Boston Palestine Film Festival returns with a second fest, Hatchling Studios develops a free FLV player, Melanie Perkins wins an Emmy, and more... a report of news & happenings in the local industry for October 2008. 

By Kathleen McKenzie

After a traumatic life, Robert E. Harrill moved to the
beach of North Carolina with just the clothes on his back.  A documentary about
his rise to tourist stardom and his mysterious death, The Fort Fisher Hermit:
the Life & Death of Robert E. Harrill, is coming soon to Springfield’s WGBY.

By Lynn Tryba Some people think the Hurricane Katrina story has been told already.  Lucia Small and Ed Pincus’s latest documentary, The Axe in the Attic, screening this month at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in Boston, reminds viewers the story is far from over.

By Scott R. Caseley Andy Blood of the CT-based Wolf Gang Pictures lets soldiers tell their story of Iraq in My War, My Story.

By Lynn Tryba In The Jesus Guy, first-time documentarian Sean Tracey depicts a man who looks and talks like Jesus.  But does he do what Jesus would do?

By Brian Kure One series regular. Six films. Seven commercials. Ten plays. Thirteen years old! It’s time to meet William Erickson -- he’s defining his own film career while conquering the seventh grade, all from Durham, NH.

By Mike Messier Actor Mike Messier remembers what it was like working on his first full-length Hollywood film Hard Luck and getting a little, but anxiously awaited, glimpse of movie stardom.