Category: film
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Why Jumping On the Burn Hollywood Burn Bandwagon Makes No Sense
Do indie filmmakers, disillusioned and frustrated by rejection and gatekeepers in the studio system, really think that the fall of the studios and the distribution infrastructure they support and subsidize, is going to make more financing money available to them? Or that audiences, suddenly free from the hypnotic glare of Spiderman 3, will finally turn…
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Very Scary Business Going on at Screen Actors Guild as Chief Negotiator Doug Allen is Ousted
Because the vast majority of my audience is likely not a member of the Screen Actors Guild, I am going to repost a letter from twice-elected Nation President of the guild Allen Rosenberg expressing his outright disdain for the events of the past week that have led to the National Executive Director Doug Allen being…
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2009 Oscar Nominees – Complete List + SAG drops Strike Vote?
After all the haranguing and rhetoric, the ad campaigns and endless comment threads, stories surfaced that SAG has decided to forget the whole vote to authorize a strike thing altogether, citing they didn’t feel they could get the 75% majority they would need to move forward. *Eyebrow raised up into the hairline* WTF? Meanwhile, the…
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Ten Documentaries About Men That Will Change Your Life
Crumb – Dir: Terry Zwigoff This is the film that first made me hyper-conscious of self-imposed, voluntary corporate branding as illustrator Robert Crumb observes that “these days” everyone is walking around wearing t-shirts and clothing advertising one company or another. But the effects of this film cast a far wider net than mere corporate aversion.…