The place where movies began is roaring back. Get the lowdown on what's rolling, who's rising, and why New Jersey's back in play.
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Rockwell, Pascal, Johansson: All The Big Guns Screening at the Montclair Film Festival 2026
The applause has barely died down from its 14-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival — where Oscar was the name whispered on everyone’s lips — and the news hits: Wild Horse Nine, directed by Martin McDonagh and starring John Ma...
The Secret Behind Netflix's New Number One Movie, THE WHISPER MAN? It’s New Jersey.
By Angela Matusik
She’s the chief creative officer at one of Hollywood’s most successful independent film studios. He’s a Sundance breakthrough actor-turned-director from New Zealand. Until 2025, neither were very familiar with New Jersey...
One Way Only
By Angela Matusik, editor in chief
Sometimes you’re watching a new streaming show and a character appears that changes everything you were thinking about the series up until that point. One so unexpected, true, and honest, that you immedia...
What the Hell Happened to Gender Equality in Hollywood?
Editorial by Angela Matusik, editor in chief.
Last week New York magazine’s Vulture published a well researched, thoroughly sourced hit list of The 100 Most Powerful Directors in Hollywood. In the feature’s intro, writer Nate Jones explain...
3 New Jersey-Made Films We Can't Wait To See
It’s 90 degrees out and we’re dreaming of sweater weather. And Halloween. And movie award season. One of our favorite rituals of the fall season is beginning: Predicting which films of 2026 may be leading the race to Oscars in 2027. As we s...
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SOCKO! keeps score in New Jersey—the place where movies began and where production is roaring back. From Edison's first frames to what's shooting now, it's the straight dope on the state's screen scene.
Adam Nelson is an award-winning writer, actor, & producer. His debut novel, Huckleberry Jim, a literary fiction, arrives October 2026, during Banned Books Week, in the year of America’s Semiquincentennial [Pre-Order Aug] ISBN 979-8-9963450-2-1
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