Crippling disease and pollution. Economic chaos. Civil war. Power-crazed leaders. Subjugated women. Revolution. If ever a show and its themes seemed like they were tailor-made for the COVID-19 era, it ...
June 23, 2020
Mrs. America is a limited series that streams on FX on Hulu and tells the story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The series stars Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly, along with Ro ...
June 11, 2020
Netflix’s Mindhunter series is inspired by true events. Directed by David Fincher, the show focuses on FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench, who try to understand the psyches of notorious serial kill ...
July 2, 2020
TNT’s new series Snowpiercer premiered on May 17th. Adapted from director Bong Joon-Ho’s 2013 film of the same name, Snowpiercer is set on a train — 1,001 cars long — that continually circles the glob ...
June 9, 2020
Netflix’s Stranger Things premiered in 2016, taking audiences to Indiana in the 1980s, where a young boy disappears amid a string of supernatural events. The show is now in its fourth season and has m ...
June 8, 2020
DALLAS — Reel FX (reelfx.com), an animation studio with 25 years of work to its credit, recently took on a franchise that’s twice its age. The studio partnered with Warner Bros. to create the animated ...
July 21, 2020
If necessity is the mother of invention, then adversity can be considered its father. Both are fitting descriptions of the tack producers of the NBC crime thriller The Blacklist took after filming abr ...
June 5, 2020
Post Control Helsinki’s (www.postcontrol.fi/) top visual effects supervisor Tuomo Hintikka is a highly talented force to be reckoned with in the VFX world in Finland, known for his work on Dark Floors ...
July 15, 2020
LONDON — The Great - A Hulu Original - is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great, from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. The 10-episode serie ...
July 27, 2020
Netflix’s Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution is a documentary about a summer camp - not far from Woodstock - where teenagers with disabilities were given a chance to transform their lives, and at the ...
Through the eyes of women, Mrs. America portrays the feminist fight for legalized gender equality in the 1970s and its unexpected female-led backlash. The hit FX on Hulu drama has a stellar cast of wo ...
As Hollywood gets ready to reopen production after the global pandemic put filmmaking on a months-long hold, directors and producers are faced with tough questions: Is it safe to go back to business a ...
BUFFALO, NY — Andy Donovan is the president and owner of dPost/dStudio (dpost.com) in Buffalo, New York. The studio recently celebrated its 20th year in business, and Donovan attributes its longevity ...
June 24, 2020
When the stay at home order in California took effect, we had about 35 episodes of television and four feature films that were in various stages of picture and sound editorial. Naturally, everyone hop ...
June 12, 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic having spurred a huge increase in remote working, professionals in the media and entertainment industry have had to confront new challenges in storing, sharing and accessing ...
July 24, 2020
BURBANK, CA — Sound designer Scott Gershin helped create the original soundtrack for the FX on Hulu series Mrs. America. The limited series looks at the Equal Rights Amendment and the women’s movement ...
June 26, 2020
Despite increasing awareness — and protests about — the stark gender inequality and lack of diversity in Hollywood, women directors still find it hard to get projects made, unless they choose to direc ...
As lockdown restrictions start to ease around the world, one of the key consequences that’s starting to come to light regarding the COVID-19 pandemic has been its role as an accelerant. Certain trends ...
August 6, 2020