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IATSE Calls for Live Venues to Become Vaccination Sites

16 Jan 2021
As entertainment venues including Broadway theaters, dance centers, arenas and concert halls lie empty across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, IATSE, the union that represents the workers behind-the-scenes at those venues tweeted earlier this week, “Turn live venues into COVID vaccination sites and use union labor to set it up.”
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Lensing ‘Ma Rainey,’ ‘The Barbarians’

15 Jan 2021
A tale of two cinematographers--one whose feature is currently in the Oscar conversation across varied categories, the other already a two-time Academy Award winner with professional achievements that also include a number of lifetime achievement honors.
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Why Hollywood Isn’t Lobbying Hard for COVID-19 Vaccines

08 Jan 2021
Given that on-set safety has been such an unimpeachable priority during the pandemic, one would think the film and television industry would be pushing hard to obtain access to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. But that hasn't quite happened. Rather, a mix of political wariness and confidence in the status quo has compelled industry leaders to, at least for the moment, exercise restraint when it comes to lobbying for the vaccine.
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Meet DP and Operator Emily Michelle Gonzales

07 Jan 2021
Women’s Cinema is a new series by Y.M.Cinema Magazine with the goal of encouraging women to pursue after filmmaking career and to provide a stage for women in the content creation industry, regardless of their role on set. In the first part, we interviewed 1st AC Amanda Wojtaszek which has worked on films like “The Incredible Hulk”, “Workin’ Moms”, “Anne with an E”, “xXx: Return of Xander Cage”, “Suicide Squad” and many more.
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Streaming Plans May Invite Piracy ‘Bonanza’

18 Dec 2020
The industry remains up in arms about Warner Bros.’ decision to send its biggest 2021 movies directly to HBO Max on the same day the titles hit U.S. theaters. But one group is probably pleased with the plan: Film pirates. “For sure, pirates are celebrating WarnerMedia’s decision,” says Abigail De Kosnik, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media and an associate professor at UC Berkeley.
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Hollywood’s ‘Essential’ Worker Status Questioned

15 Dec 2020
On Dec. 5, a Los Angeles County-based restaurant owner went viral after posting a video of herself showing off her outdoor dining area, which she was forced to shut down after November orders from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. In the clip, the woman, Pineapple Hill Saloon & Grill owner Angela Marsden, pans away from her patio, its picnic-style table and chairs situated 7 feet apart to comply with COVID-19 restrictions, to reveal a series of large white tents with similarly distanced seating a mere 50 feet away.
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Roger & James Deakins on Team Deakins Podcast

11 Dec 2020
Filmmakers all use the same tools, more or less, but do so with endlessly varied methods, says cinematographer Roger Deakins. That idea drove the master cinematographer, who won Academy Awards for Denis Villeneuve’s “Bladerunner 2049” and Sam Mendes’ “1917,” to launch with his wife James Deakins the buzzy behind-the-scenes podcast Team Deakins, a streaming chat show that has now hosted more than 60 film artists of all stripes.