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Gina Raimondo and Dan Mckee Good luck to new U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, a smart former venture capitalist and Rhode Island governor who was most successful in the pre-pandemic part of her term, and her successor, Dan McKee, a soft-spoken former Cumberland mayor, education reformer and businessman. He’s taking over at a difficult time, of course, but, knock on wood, he’s probably escaped the worst crises of COVID-19, now that vaccinations are rapidly accelerating and the economy, in fits and starts, is reopening.   Mr. McKee, like Ms. Raimondo, is a moderate Democrat, which pr...

'Users' Review: A Pensive, Tech-Wary Doc Where the Pictures Say More Than the Words Stunning imagery but stunted philosophy mean this beautiful but meandering doc yields less than meets the eye. Jessica Kiang, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Courtesy of Sundance Institute We’ve all been alone inside our heads a lot recently, and the question “why am I having weird dreams” has reportedly surged as a Google search over the past year. Natalia Almada’s “Users,” which won the directing award for U.S. Documentary in Sundance, is perhaps best appreciated as one of those peculiarly vivi...

How I Shot That: The Cameras and Cinematography Behind Sundance’s Documentary Films IndieWire 2/1/2021 When choosing cameras and lenses, nonfiction filmmakers are not only guided by the look, feel, and cinematic language they want to employ, but also by what their production demands and resources allow. Which is why in answering the question of why they picked the gear they used to shoot their Sundance nonfiction feature premieres, this year’s crop of cinematographers and directors also tell us how they shot their movies — the challenges and choices, as well as their cinematic styles....

More than 35 Sundance 2021 Projects Created Using Blackmagic Design By Staff 2 months ago Fremont, CA – January 29, 2021 – Blackmagic Design today announced that numerous projects at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival were created using Blackmagic Design products. More than 35 films, episodic series and projects selected for the festival used Blackmagic Design gear, including its digital film cameras, DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, grading, VFX and audio post production software, and more. With an even more selective slate for this year’s hybrid festival, Blackmagic Design congratulat...

The Gardner Scene: It’s been 50 years since 1971! Many readers will no doubt remember some of these events like they happened only yesterday Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News If you can remember the last time you saw a cigarette advertisement on television, remember the first time you heard a toilet flush on television or bought Carole King’s “Tapestry” album when it first came out – then you’re old enough to remember 1971. Why is it that each year, as we get older, it’s so hard to believe that things that happened a full half-century ago really don’t seem that long ag...