★ Confessions of a Mad Filmmaker
Cosmic Agency
This particular rainy August has been rife with synchronicities and clustered omens. A meteor, an earthquake, and a Biblical-grade hailstorm…
Rows Wraps
This shoot was a beyond-summer-camp bonding experience, like no other. I am going to miss all the funny, creative, dedicated…
Fall Hard for the Bard
This is Shakespeare under the stars, except for the Sunday 6pm Matinee. If you have kids, this is the…
Independents Day
Two weeks ago I was calling Enterprise Printers and Stationers on Sunset in L.A. Enterprise was always the place to…
Aftermath
Jason and Kaleigh are the founders of Baltimore-based Aftermath FX Studio. They are both graduates of the Tom Savini School…
Franti Frenzy
I honestly knew nothing about this artist, but I was soon happily engaged. Franti and his crew deliver great songwriting,…
Memo To Self
Do breasts equal money? Keep focused on the goal. Right now the priority is to finish the script. Last summer…
CASTING SHADOWS
Casting is the most important and strange component of film pre-production. We’re holding auditions right now for ROWS. …
The Dish & the Spoon
From the movie, The Dish and the Spoon. Have you ever experienced the temporary psychosis that results from a major…
AUDITIONS NOW OPEN FOR ROWS
WE ARE NOW CASTING. If you want to act, you can send headshots and resumes to info@rowsmovie.com. If you…
Maryland Film Fest 2011
The MFF is a huge success. The streets and restaurants were buzzing, the screenings were well-attended (often packed), the…
Jimmy Joe Roche Has No Tattoos
While interviewers, critics, and scholars must try, analytical discussion with the artist seldom sheds light on the meaning or purpose…
Got Shorty
It’s easy to see feature films on the big screen. Every multiplex and arthouse theater across the country slathers the…
Baltimore For D.C.
What else happens in DC? Well, HBO’s new series VEEP is picked up, and production will start in the…
Wow! Maryland Film Fest Preview
Last Tuesday night I attended the programming preview for the 2011 Maryland Film Festival, and got a small taste of…
Screenings From Asbury Park
When my sometimes-collaborator, Joe Basile, invited me to New Jersey to check out the Garden State Film Festival last weekend,…
The Future of Cinema
These movie ideas from college students tell us something about the minds of young people, and the perhaps the future,…
Spring Fever
There’s a five-star restaurant just for hit men and prostitutes. Even when you pull off a messy hit in the…
Comedy Noir Part 3 of 3
An old saying about country music I heard from singer/songwriter Pam Tillis: “When it’s good it’s okay, but when it’s…
Intolerance Lives
On Saturday night I went to the Colossal Spectacle: Boister performing an original score to D W Griffith’s 1916 film…
