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Screenwriters Down South Meetup will host Producer Micah Haley to discuss ‘The Old Way’ at Juban’s in Baton Rouge

Screenwriters Down South Meetup will host Producer Micah Haley to discuss ‘The Old Way’ at Juban’s in Baton Rouge

Screenwriters Down South is a public Meetup group in Baton Rouge organized to provide camaraderie for writers and filmmakers in the Louisiana film community. The group will gather for its summer discussion series on July 6th at the event hosted by Nick Savides and Joe Vuci, and guest speaking at the July Meetup will be Micah Haley, Producer of The Old Way.

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An ode to the summer blockbuster: From Jaws to The Hangover and the tropes that delight our memory

An ode to the summer blockbuster: From Jaws to The Hangover and the tropes that delight our memory

We connect the blockbuster with an exuberance of youth – with getting a parent to take us to see Space Jam, with riding along in a van full of neighbor kids, with taking our own children to experience something simple that brought us joy. Today, we examine the blockbuster tropes that have brought bombastic entertainment to the masses and the films that define a genre.

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A 2023 Cannes Festival preview: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Depp’s film return, and Film USA reps Louisiana & film commissioners at the Marché du Film

A 2023 Cannes Festival preview: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, Depp’s film return, and Film USA reps Louisiana & film commissioners at the Marché du Film

The annual Festival de Cannes represents the opening crescendo of the year’s major film festivals. The movies that premiere, the people that show up – it’s an event saturated with Hollywood decadence and movement that takes place an ocean away from Hollywood. Film USA will represent Louisiana and the U.S. film industry.

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