December 2009
13 posts
Awards Watch: Directors Roundtable →
the last of The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Awards Roundtable series, THR’s Elizabeth Guider and Matthew Belloni gathered six A-list directors — Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”); James Cameron…
Did Christianity Cause the Crash? →
America’s mainstream religious denominations used to teach the faithful that they would be rewarded in the afterlife. But over the past generation, a different strain of Christian faith has…
Unofficial 2009 Spec Market Scorecard – ... →
• 436 spec scripts came out in 2009, of which 72 sold (17%).
“Surprisingly, while just about every year between 1972 and 1999 required a leap...”
– ] What does “blue moon” really mean? via Daring Fireball
“The ability to create compelling, beautiful cinema using performance tools that...”
– Eric Escobar has been following the development of “improvised” cinema in the American Indie film scene. These developments interest me for obvious reasons ie i’m a filmmaker and an improviser.
I’m filing this articles for future reference - thinking I’ll do a...
November 2009: Jason Zinoman on Robert Mckee | ... →
He spends very little time in the seminar exploring the nature of suspense, an essential element of horror. Instead, McKee draws a distinction between what he calls the Cheap Surprise—a sudden shock out of nowhere—and the True Surprise, which includes a revelation. “It’s hard to imagine a satisfying horror film without a Cheap Surprise,” he says. This is snobbery masquerading as hipness.
WatchJames’ wicked dub table.
The Watcher: Sex, secrets and 'Dollhouse': Joss... →
App Store Is a Game Changer for Apple and... →
