[wpvideo SpOthc1X] HAPPY NEW YEAR! I woke up this morning and thought, “I should learn how to make a Vine. For those who might not be familiar, a Vine is a 6-second (or less) video made with a mobile phone application called “Vine.” Although I have a couple of friends who play around with it, … Read more
This weekend I am going to the American Film Market for the first time. What is the American Film Market, you ask? I haven’t seen it yet, but here’s what I know: It’s a big trade show where buyers and sellers of films–finished films, partially finished films, and films that are not yet films but … Read more
If you’re just getting to the party, this is the last of a three-part series about the The Blcklst.com site. Part 2 contained two examples of evaluations for scripts that I posted on The Blacklist site. Part 1 provided an overview of the site, and posed some questions I wanted to address: “Have you tried it?” … Read more
I’m behind on recording movies. I know I’ve seen a couple that I’ve forgotten about..Maybe it doesn’t matter, because maybe hearing someone recite movies they’ve watched is about as interesting as someone telling you their dreams. But here’s the last three anyway: Last weekend Paul offered me a date night–since game night got cancelled– and … Read more
These words were yesterday’s Facebook status update of a friend from both college and LA. He is funny, talented, goodhearted. He has cancer. Several months ago, he went into hospice, but has continued, on social media, to be the source of upbeat quotes, photos, and memes. Most of our mutual friends have moved away, and … Read more
I just watched a really lovely documentary called Lost in Living. The director, Mary Trunk, followed the lives of four women, who were both mothers and artists, for seven years. This film is by turns, intimate, philosophical and poignant. Although I don’t have children, the idea of motherhood is something that I lived with pretty … Read more
I’m getting behind on my movie-tracking already. I had an interesting job nibble a couple of weeks ago, tangentially related to a singing group from a past era. No idea if it will manifest, but just in case, I watched a couple of movies that I figured might inform either the structure or the subject … Read more
I forgot, when writing my first “movies of 2014” post, that I had also watched Lovely and Amazing, which is the second movie by writer-director Nicole Holocener, made in 2001 (her latest effort, is buzzing during this current awards season). The story (of Lovely and Amazing) revolves around a mother and her three daughters, two … Read more
or, Get Out While You Can… I’ve noticed, and am gratified, that a few of my readers (hi Mom!) have this blog sent to their in-boxes. That can be really good for following a blogger who is sporadic and not too prolific in her output, which generally does describe me. But I feel I should … Read more
I saw it last night. It was “okay,” but just “okay” in this case, because I had high hopes means I was disappointed. I jotted down some notes–pretty extensive ones–about the experience, which I’ll probably post, once we’ve passed the initial release this weekend, and once I’ve pared them down to something approaching blog-post size. … Read more