Wherein a Low Budget Filmmaker Had Better Look Beyond the Obvious Numbers If you are fortunate enough to have any kind of festival run with a film you have made, there are two questions you can bet money on receiving
What am I even making? Is it a film?
I am entering into knuckled-down pre-production on a new short that we intend to shoot in March. The name of it is “Three Ninety Five”, and as some Californians might wonder, there is a connection to the 395 highway which
Womp Womp Stakes or, You Can’t Talk Us Into Feeling It
Now that everyone who has wanted a reasonable chance to see Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp has had it, I can get SPOILER-y and talk about a strange coincidence I noticed. This is not an Easter Egg,
Art, Ambition, and Air-Conditioning
Last week I was in Palm Springs, at the annual Palm Springs International ShortFest. This is, to my knowledge, the largest festival dedicated to short films in America. I was attending in my recently-added capacity as an Associate Programmer for
The William Goldman Advice You Should Follow
As a screenwriter, William Goldman is famous for a string of classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men, Marathon Man, and The Princess Bride. As a guru to budding screenwriters, he is famous for countless
Fest-o-Rama
Recent weeks have been a sustained series of thrills in the world of “The Retriever”. Just over a month ago I was well over a mile high in Colorado at the Durango Independent Film Festival, just weeks later were screening
Independent Authors – You Are the New Prey
I had a new experience recently – someone cold-called my family’s house and left a message on the answering machine, claiming to be a publisher “very interested” in Seeing by Moonlight. The book is published already; but with independently-published books
MOVIE REVIEW – Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Director: J.J. Abrams Writers: Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt, based on characters created by George Lucas Producers: J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Kathleen Kennedy Stars: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie
Ever-changing Unchanging Velocity
It’s less than two weeks since my last post, yet once again I see the theme emerging of “crap, things are happening too quickly for me to write anything insightful or perceptive about them, so I’ll just have to say
Islands Seeking Bridges
I have an acting resume on Actor’s Access, Backstage, IMDB, and IMDBPro. I get prominent mentions on Earbud Theater‘s website, Facebook, Twitter, and iTunes page. I am currently re-designing Shakespeare Orange County’s website, after which I’ll have a headshot and