Hollywood has its eye on Sunderland
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
SUNDERLAND — Shelburne and Buckland may not be the only Franklin County towns to catch the limelight this summer. A stunt scene from the Warner Bros.’ “The Judge” may be filmed in Sunderland. Most of the shooting for the “The Judge,” starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall and Vera Farmiga, will be in Shelburne Falls from May 31 to June 18. The movie tells the story of a successful lawyer …
Friday, May 17, 2013
As she talks about Joseph Papp, the famed producer and director who pushed the boundaries of theater and changed its history, Julia Mintz lightly touches hand to heart. “I love everything about Joe Papp,” says Mintz, a Northampton filmmaker who co-produced a documentary about the man who brought Shakespeare to Central Park, broke …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Has-beens in Hollywood usually stay that way. Yet one writer who died there nearly forgotten 73 years ago had one of the most remarkable posthumous revivals in literary history. F. Scott Fitzgerald is back on the big-screen with Leonardo DiCaprio and director Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby,” a story adapted for film and …
