Adam Maruszan has joined the creative team at Alkemy X as art director and sr. motion graphics designer. A 10-year industry veteran, Maruszan will design and create graphics for a variety of content including TV spots, branded content, digital media, original programming.
Maruszan has created motion graphics for a range of corporate, educational and sports accounts, including branding for the University of Virginia and its Health System. He also designed graphics for Flowing Water, a documentary on the history of Pennsylvania’s Longwood Gardens. He is a graduate of the Art Institute, Philadelphia.
Maruszan describes joining Alkemy X as an opportunity to be part of an elite creative team and contribute to high-caliber work for national brands and agencies.
“Adam is an extremely talented artist who’s been on our radar for several years,” said Alkemy X VP of operations Mark Reidenauer. “His creative touch and attention to detail are evident in his work.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More