Dear Summer Movie Fan, I am writing this to you because it seems to me that you may not care enough about piracy. And you should! You seem to love movies. I hope you believe that the people who make the movies and television shows you love deserve to be... Read more
By: Lucy Sosa
When Lost first came out on iTunes back in 2005, when it was one of just five shows you could buy for $1.99 an episode, I remember thinking it was the best thing ever. Gone were the days of begging my Mom to drive me to Best Buy for the... Read more
By: Gregg LaGambina
Eleventh in the series. Donna Maloney’s story cannot be told without talking about her friend and mentor, Ann Roth. The working relationship between Maloney and Roth should make the most cynical among us believe in something like fate, purpose, or the idea that sometimes you cross paths with just the... Read more
By: Gregg LaGambina
Tenth in the series. Let’s clear up something right at the start: Denna Thomsen is not only an assistant choreographer. She’s an actress, a dancer, and a choreographer in her own right. In fact, if you caught Madonna’s performance at Super Bowl XLVI, or you’ve seen the Sigur Rós music... Read more
By: Gregg LaGambina
Ninth in the series. Of all of the things we take for granted about the movies and shows we love, surely the human voice has to be near the top of the list. We know people will talk, but how much do any of us think about why they are... Read more
By: Ruth Vitale, CEO CreativeFuture
There is so much political rhetoric flying through the air these days, you can be forgiven if your eyes glaze over at the thought of a deep dive into the intricacies of “H.R. 1695 – Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017.” But amidst the chaotic shouting matches... Read more
By: Lucy Sosa
Eighth in the series. It’s not a secret that magazines, brands, and advertisers retouch their images. Ever since Adobe Photoshop was released in 1987, the ability to alter images by cropping them or changing their color has revolutionized photography. It’s also not a secret that overly “Photoshopped” images have landed many... Read more
By: Gregg LaGambina
Sixth in the series. Director Patrick Clair uses the word “lucky” a lot. This might just be a reflection of his current mood. This past year, Clair won his second Creative Arts Emmy for “Outstanding Main Title Design” for Amazon Studios’ The Man in the High Castle. In 2014, he earned... Read more
By: Richard N. Gladstein
Many of the films I have produced dramatize crimes and heists – Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and The Bourne Identity, among others. Safe to say, I know a crime when I see one. Last week at SXSW, I spoke about crime – in this case the multi-million dollar heists involving... Read more
By: Gregg LaGambina
Sixth in the series. When you sit down in her office and speak with Lulu Zezza about her job as a physical production executive, stories about accounting – budgets and overages and balance sheets – are to be expected. But, then, quite unexpectedly, she will tell you about the hurricanes... Read more