Cinema

    Hollywood has always had an easy entre into the world of social conscience and politics via money and glamour. Aided by the media, celebrities become a bridge to Middle America, making people aware of issues. Their concerns may be varied but they share the passion that drives their …

  The Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica is the film festival that takes place annually in Venice, Italy (usually between the end of August and beginning of September) in the historic Palazzo del Cinema, along Lungomare Marconi, at Lido di Venezia. It is world’s oldest film festival (the first edition took …

  When Richard Polak, one of Globe’s English photographers working out of its London office, mourned the lack of a studio for a glamour shoot, he was told that his California counterparts didn’t need an indoor studio. Their studio was the great outdoors. Polak looked out at the drizzling London …

  In 2003 “Music Master Class” (Leçon de musique) modeled after “Cinema Class” was created, allowing the best composers of film music to meet with the audience, and in 2004 “Acting Master Class” (Leçon d’acteur), also involving the actors in these encounters. The Festival’s most prestigious award is without a …

  Globe photographers utilized both techniques with a decided preference for location shoots. Don Ornitz created a portable studio with frames holding a variety of colorful background material so he could have the best of both worlds. Frank Bez built a studio with one entire wall of glass to allow …