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Filmmaking | Interviews | Rhode Island
Reliance: Man’s Best Friend, Man’s Last Chance
Not only does Mary Healey-Jamiel work full-time as a tenured professor at the University of Rhode Island, but she has also been on-call 24/7 for the past three years. She might be called out in the middle of the night, during work, or on a holiday to accompany K9 Search & Rescue teams on their Read more…
Filmmaking | Interviews | Massachusetts
Day of Youth: How to Forget Why You “Can’t Make Your Movie”
Day of Youth is a soft-spoken comedy about growing up in your twenties. Set in a nameless, dingy Boston neighborhood (it looks like Brighton), the film centers around Rhee, who wakes up from a bicycle accident with a case of retrograde amnesia that ultimately reveals a troubling truth — in the three years omitted by Read more…
Acting | How to Be a... | Interviews
A Voice Heard Around the World: An Interview with Voice-Over Artist and Audio Producer Brett Barry
Unpredictability and uncertainty are something we must all deal with in life, but for those in the entertainment industry, it is something akin to a shadow. Where many burn out running away from this foe, voice-over artist and audio producer Brett Barry has met the challenge head on. The New York native has learned that Read more…
The Film Festivals of New England, Part Two
Successful festivals are those supported by the community in which they take place and by the people they represent. In order to get a better understanding of these people and their festivals, let’s take a brief look at five of the festivals that make up New England. NEW HAMPSHIRE FILM FESTIVAL – PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Read more…
Nothing is Truer Than Truth: The Quest for Shakespeare
“Vero Nihil Verius,” which translates to “Nothing Is Truer Than the Truth,” was the family motto of Edward de Vere, who was the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford and also possibly the world’s most famous playwright: William Shakespeare. “Nothing Is Truer Than Truth” is also emblazoned on the t-shirts that Cheryl Eagan-Donovan has had made to Read more…
How To's | Screenplay Doctor | Screenwriting
Ask the Screenplay Doctor: Software & Submission Pointers
Since I began writing this monthly column, the NewEnglandFilm.com editors have stated, and I am going to reiterate it here, that this is not a column where writers can post their loglines or synopses of projects. I understand how challenging it is to get your query, synopsis, and scripts read and considered, but please don’t Read more…
Film Festivals | Film Reviews | Massachusetts
The Boston Bike Film Festival: The Stories Behind the Biking
This years 7th annual Boston Bike Film Festival took place at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, MA on October 15th. The selection included documentaries shot around the states and the world, and while the common theme was bikes, what these films revealed was the deeper common exploration of how to use biking to tell a Read more…
Company/Organization Profiles | Film School & Education | Local Industry | Vermont
Movies From Marlboro: Taking the College Experience to a New Level
The Movies From Marlboro program is a film intensive program offered at Marlboro College, a small liberal arts college nestled in the hills of Southern Vermont. The program, open to both undergraduate and graduate students, allows for 25 students to earn both college credit and a professional film credit as they work on filmmaker and Read more…
Acting | Interviews | Local Industry | Massachusetts
Act Now: Actor Chuck Slavin Champions Local Filmmaking
Boston actor Chuck Slavin is no slouch, although he’d be happy to play one in your next film. His characters have run the gamut from policeman to gangster and priest to janitor. In his career, he’s worked on dozens of productions including Hollywood heavyweights such as The Departed, Brotherhood and Pink Panther II and local Read more…
Local Industry | Reports | The DotCommentary
The DotCommentary: Election Season
4 Oct , 2012 | Written by Chuck Slavin | Posted by: Michele Meek
Thank you for the overwhelming readership of my last article. You’ve persuaded the editors of NewEnglandFilm.com to keep me around for another month. Let me first state, I am a member of – but do not speak for – the elected local board of SAG-AFTRA New England. I also do not speak on behalf of Read more…