How TV and movies are being filmed during lockdown

May 4, 2020
The season finale of CBS' "All Rise" was filmed entirely over video chat.
Before the COVID-19 crisis and social distancing, the cast and director of "All Rise" promoted the TV show at a fall preview event in Beverly Hills in September. The season finale was made using video chats.
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LA's Secret Movie Club is about building a community

Jun 13, 2019
At the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, cinephiles gather for an engaging midnight film experience.
Craig Hammill, founder of the Secret Movie Club, in front of the Vista Theatre in Los Angeles.
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The cinematic legacy of John Singleton

Apr 30, 2019
The filmmaker has been praised as a “trailblazer in black cinema."
Director John Singleton speaks onstage during the 70th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 3, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. 
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In the golden age of streaming, does film history have a place?

Feb 13, 2019
A streaming service for historic, art house and other non-mainstream cinema recently folded.
The audience claps during a screening of the 1952 film "Park Row" at the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California.
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And the Oscar goes to ... innovations in movie tech

Feb 11, 2019
A committee of techies dives deep to choose each year's winners.
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It's showtime! After these 617 credits

Jan 4, 2019
If you took some time over the holidays to catch a movie or two, chances are you sat through a lot of stuff that was not the movie, but a list of names on a screen. You get the pre-movie credits, you get the post-movie credits, which might have an Easter egg hidden in them, […]
Movies today have increasingly complex visual effects, like "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," which credits over 20 different visual effects companies.
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Copyrighted works are entering the public domain for the first time in over 20 years

Dec 28, 2018
You’ll be able to freely use select works from Robert Frost, Aldous Huxley and Edith Wharton.
American poet Robert Frost, taken about 1963. His “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” will be in the public domain Jan. 1.
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How to be a music supervisor

Dec 26, 2018
There's someone choosing the music for your favorite TV and movie scenes. Morgan Rhodes explains how she does her job — and how she got to where she is now.
A still from the 2014 film "Selma."
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