Industry & Labor

In Lisa Joy’s “Reminiscence,” “an analog noir” set in a sunken Miami of the future, Hugh Jackman — a navigator of memories with his Reminiscence machine — becomes obsessed with torch singer Rebecca Ferguson, and falls into a web of corruption and murder.

American Cinematographer inaugurated our annual Rising Stars of Cinematography feature in 2017. Since then, we’ve watched proudly as various Rising Stars alums have continued their upward-trending career trajectories, producing acclaimed work that has confirmed the creative potential that led the magazine to spotlight their early achievements.

WarnerMedia is the latest media and entertainment company to require that employees be vaccinated for when they return to the office in September.

Saying that “New Media is not so new anymore” and that “not-so-New Media doesn’t need a worker subsidy,” IATSE says it’s time for longstanding discounts afforded to New Media productions to end.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has died.

IATSE has adopted a new Equity Statement and will be conducting and publicizing an annual “census” report to measure diversity within the ranks of its 150,000 members.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has released a statement in support of its members getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

Cinematographer Flavio Martínez Labiano got to shoot his biggest picture to date with Jungle Cruise. The Disney film is based on a theme park ride, but for cinematographer Flavio Martínez Labiano, it’s more influenced by old Hollywood classics.

All salaried and non-union hourly Disney employees in the United States will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday.

Three COVID outbreaks have been reported over the last week at entertainment industry facilities, as the delta variant causes a spike in cases in Los Angeles County.

The incumbent leader of the union, running unopposed, was re-elected by acclamation at the union’s 69th Quadrennial Convention in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thursday.

Norm Langley was one of the first Black camera operators to break into the business in the early 1970s, when the industry was facing government pressure to diversify. He had a 38-year career, working on TV shows like “The Practice” and movies including “The Color Purple” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”