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On Deadline's Strike Talk podcast, Billy Ray, John Ptak & Marc Evans say studio quality controls that reaped great films is missing in streaming era.

Alexandria "Sandy" Welty, of Highland; Lansing Mayor Patty Eidam; and Molly Miller, of Hobart, are among 94 female veterans who flying out of Midway International Airport Wednesday in Operation HerStory.

Kevin Winter/Getty Images Stuber joins directors Zooey Deschanel, Martin Scorsese, Alfre Woodard and Larry Karaszewski, among others, in the organization dedicated to saving Americas film heritage. Scott Stuber, Netflix’s head of global film, has joined the board of directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation. The NFPF is the nonprofit organization created by Congress dedicated to saving Americas film heritage. Stuber’s posting is a four-year appointment, made by the Librarian ...

Biopic on Directing Pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché in the Works From ‘Be Natural’ Director Pamela B. Green will direct a film based on her acclaimed 2018 documentaryBrian Welk | January 11, 2021 @ 9:08 AM Last Updated: January 11, 2021 @ 9:10 AM Zeitgeist A narrative feature biopic is in the works about female directing pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché from the director of “Be Natural,” the 2018 documentary that profiled the silent cinema icon. Guy-Blaché was the first woman to ever ...