Letter from LA: Negotiations
Let's begin where we left off last month. The office at Paramount did not materialize, as we were led to believe it would, right after the July 4 Holiday, and by the time we were mid-month, we were...
View ArticleThe Legal Side of Film
I arrived at the June meeting of the Association for Independent Video and Filmmakers Boston Salon a bit late and so had to grab the slightly ripped Naugahyde chair behind a desk in the back. Either...
View ArticleOn the Set with "Working Stiff"
According to writer-director Greg Joyce, the double entendre in the title Working Stiff is the most ribald aspect of his first feature film. A low-budget dramatic comedy, Working Stiff just wrapped...
View ArticleA Review: Starving Artists
Starving Artists has something for everyone. Puns, anyone? Don't like puns? Don't worry; there's slapstick. Slapstick's not your bag? How about satire? Satire not satisfying? Try romance. And did I...
View ArticleIndustry News
This August, theres something film-related going on in just about every town, so its the filmmaker/film buff/burgeoning film-whatevers lucky month...read more
View ArticleA Report from the Maine International Film Festival
At a time when yet another film festival may seem like the last thing this world needs, the first Maine International Film Festival (or MIFF winner of the prize for best festival acronym!) emerges as...
View ArticleReview: There's Something About Mary
I thought I was prepared for the Farelly Brothers new movie, Theres Something About Mary. I was ready for jokes about bodily functions, jokes about extreme physical pain, jokes about a scantily-clad...
View ArticleSuper 8mm Filmmaking
The old silent, grainy home movies of your youth...Super 8 and 8mm just seem to evoke memory. In the 1930's, 8mm film was introduced to consumers as an easy-to-use and inexpensive way of making home...
View ArticleScreenwriting Q&A
NEF: What are the five (or more) most commonly made mistakes by beginning screenwriters?Do not submit your script before it's ready. You have one shot, this is your calling card - your script must be...
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