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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Five Greatest Gay Films
The Five Greatest of Something: an occasional entry when I don’t have anything else to report and just want to put something on line.
The Bitter Tears
of Petra von Kant
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Fox and His
Friends
An Englishman Abroad
Law of Desire
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Biography
My Space Page
The Best Films of 2008 or The Howies
The Best Films of 2009 or The Howies
The Best Films of 2010 or The Howies
The Best Films of 2011 or the Howies
The Best Films of 2012 or the Howies
The Best Films of 2013 or The Howies
Script Consultation
Philosophy, Fees and Testimonials
Sample coverage a
Sample coverage b
Favorite Movie Quote
"I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons."
Lorraine Minosa from Ace in the Hole, aka The Big Carnival
Screenwriting
THE LAST TREE STANDING MOTEL: the first ten pages
THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE, the first 19 pages
Profile
Loglines for Screenplays/Teleplays
Playwriting
Profile
Resume
Log Lines for Full Length Plays
Log Lines for One Act Plays
Log Lines for Monologue Plays
OBSERVATIONS OF A SCREENPLAY READER
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Tenth, which is also Part the Last: What I Look For and What I Like in screenplays
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Ninth: Horror
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Eighth: More Genre Issues: Mystery/Thriller etc. Section three: Murder Mysteries/Conspiracies
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Eighth: More Genre Issues: Mystery/Thriller, etc., Section Two: Tricky Plots and Twist Endings
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Eighth: More Genre Issues: Mystery/Action/Thriller, etc. Section One: Miscellaneous issues
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Seventh, Genre Observations: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Sixth, Genre Observations: Rom Coms
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Fifth, Opening Scenes
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Fourth, Action/Chase/Fight Scenes and Sex Scenes
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Third: Narrative and Formatting-Part Two
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Third: Narrative and Formatting-Part One
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the Second, Incomprehensible Screenplays
WHAT I LEARNED READING FOR CONTESTS THIS YEAR: Part the First, Incomprehensible Screenplays
Backstage at a screenplay contest August 26, 2009
Backstage at a screenplay contest, August 24, 2009
Backstage at a screenplay contest, August 22, 2009
Backstage at a contest: August 12, 2009
Where are the police when you need them
Use of ironic and smirk
Writing mysteries/thrillers/film noirs
Things the piss screenplay readers off: industry standard and basic narrative rights and wrongs
Writing opening scenes that are grabbers
Things that piss screenplay readers off: see films outside your comfort zone
Things that piss script readers off: overwriting narrative
Things that piss script readers off: overuse of slug lines
Where have all the good screenplays gone?
Know Your Job: Storyboarding Deux
Does Size Matter-how long should narrative paragraphs be
How to Please a Screenplay Reader
Proust or Hemingway-what goes into a narrative paragraph
Know Your Job: Storyboard on your own time
OBSERVATIONS ON FILMMAKING/SCREENWRITING
WHAT IS EASIER: FOR A DIRECTOR TO BECOME A GOOD SCREENWRITER OR A SCREENWRITER TO BECOME A GOOD DIRECTOR
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR SCREENWRITERS: A Personal View
YET ANOTHER FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER LITERARY REFERENCE ON WHETHER SCREENWRITERS CREATE THE BLUEPRINTS OR THE VISION FOR A FILM: a scene from The Glittering Prizes
FOLLOW UP TO MY ESSAY ON WHETHER SCREENWRITERS CREATE THE BLUEPRINTS OR THE VISION FOR A FILM: A scene from The Fountainhead
SCREENPLAYS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN BLUEPRINTS FOR A FILM: I CALL SHENNANIGANS
Visual Storytelling as Opposed to Dialog
Viagra needed
December 17, 2012
November 6, 2012
Do writers have anything to say
October 14, 2012
October 14, 2012
August 27, 2012
August 22, 2012
August 19, 2012
August 17, 2012
August 16, 2012
August 15, 2012
ZEITGEIST, SCHMEITGEIST
SCREENWRITING TOPICS; FACEBOOK DISCUSSIONS
Character creation before writing
Discouragement
Hard copy presentation
Ideas and how to evolve them
Length of Screenplays
Marketing
Opening pages
Pitching
Quality in screenwriting; is it important
Rom Coms
Sex and Profanity
MOVIE REVIEWS 2014
7 Boxes
Adult World
After the Dark
Best Offer, The
Broken Circle Breakdown
Child's Pose
Cold Comes the Night
Date and Switch
In Bloom
In Secret
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Lego Movie, The
Lone Survivor
Monuments Men, The
Omar
Wind Rises, The
MOVIE REVIEWS 2013
12 Years a Slave
15 Years and a Day
5 Broken Cameras
56 Up
Adore
Adore
Aftermath
Aliyah
All is Lost
American Hustle
Arthur Newman
Attack, The
August: Osage County
Bastards
Beautiful Creatures
Before Midnight
Birth of the Living Dead
Blancanieves
Bling Ring, The
Blue Caprice
Blue Jasmine
Blue is the Warmest Color
Byzantium
Camille Claudel 1915
Canyons, The
Captain Phillips
Closed Curtain
Company You Keep, The
Concussions
Congratulations!
Dallas Buyers Club
Dark Tourist
Dirties, The
Dirty Wars
Disconnect
Don Jon
Dorfman in Love
East, The
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal
Elysium
Enough Said
Escape From Tomorrow
Fifth Estate, The
Fire in the Blood
Frances Ha
Frozen
Fruitvale Station
Gatekeepers, The
German Doctor, The
Ginger & Rosa
Gloria
Gravity
Great Beauty, The
Great Gatsby, The
Great Passage, The
Hannah Arendt
Her
Hijacking, A
History of Future Folk, The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The
Hunger Games, The: Cathing Fire
I'm So Excited
Iceman, The
In a World...
In the House
Informant
Inside Llewyn Davis
Iron Man 3
It's a Disaster
Jack the Giant Killer
Kill Your Darlings
Kings of Summer, The
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Let My Peopl Go!
Like Someone in Love
Look of Love, The
Lore
Love is All You Need
Machete Kills
Man of Steel
Monk, The
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud
Museum Hours
Nebraska
No
No
Now You See Me
Oblivion
On the Road
Only God Forgives
Out in the Dark
Out of the Furnace
Oz The Great and Powerful
Pacific Rim
Past, The
Patience Stone, The
Philomena
Place Byond the Pines, The
Populaire
Populaire
Prince Avalanche
Prisoners
Rabbi's Cat, The
Reality
Rush
Sal
Salinger
Saving Mr. Banks
Seduced and Abandoned
Shanghai Calling
Short Term 12
Short Term 12
Side Effects
Sightseers
Silence, The
Single Shot, A
Spectacular Now, The
Spring Breakers
Star Trek Into Darkness
Stoker
Stories We Tell
Stranger By the Lake
Thanks for Sharing
This is the End
To the Wonder
Tom at the Farm
Touch of Sin, A
Upstream Color
Vic + Flo Saw a Bear
War Witch
Wasteland
Way, Way Back, The
We Are What We Are
We and the I, The
What Masie Knew
White House Down
Wolf of Wall Street
Wolverine, The
World War Z
World's End, The
Yossi
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
You Will Be My Son
MOVIE REVIEWS 2012
Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry
Amazing Spider-Man, The
Amour
Angel's Share, The
Any Day Now
Appropriate Adult
Arbitrage
Argo
Avengers, The
Barbara
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Berberian Sound Studio
Bernie
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
Better Life, A
Beyond the Hills
Bourne Legacy, The
Brave
Bullhead
Burn
Cabin in the Woods, The
Caeser Must Die
Carnage
Cat in Paris, A
Central Park Five, The
Cheerful Weather for a Wedding
Clandestine Childhood
Cloud Atlas
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
Collaborator
Combat Girls
Compliance
Cosmopolis
Craigslist Joe
Dangerous Method, A
Dark Horse
Dark Knight Rises, The
Declaration of War
Deep Blue Sea, The
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Django Unchained
Easy Money
Electrick Children
End of Watch
Everybody in Our Family
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Eye of the Storm, The
Flight
Footnote
Frankenweenie
Gayby
Goodbye First Love
Grey, The
Haywire
Headhunters
Hell and Back Again
Hitchcock
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The
Holy Motors
How to Survive a Plague
Hunger Games, The
Hunt, The
I Wish
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Movement
Imposter, The
In Darkness
Innkeepers, The
Intouchables, The
Invisible War, The
Iron Lady, The
Keep the Lights On
Kill List
Killer Joe
Kon-Tiki
Kung Fu Panda 2
Laurence Anyways
Lawless
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Looper
Lunch
Madrid 1987
Magic Mike
Margaret
Master, The
Miss Bala
Moonrise Kingdom
Natural Selection
Norwegian Wood
On the Sea (Sul Mare) (2012)
Oranges, The
Oscar Documentary Shorts 2011
Our Children
Paperboy, The
Perks of Being a Wallflower, The
Polisse
Prometheus
Promised Land
Quartet
Raid: Redemption, The
Rebellion
Road, The (2011)
Royal Affair, A
Rust and Bone
Safety Not Guaranteed
Savages
Sessions, The
Seven Psychopaths
Shame
Side by Side
Silver Linings Playbook
Sister
Skyfall
Snow White and the Hunstman
Something in the Air
Take This Waltz
Thin Ice
To Rome With Love
Turn Me On, Damn It
Unforgivable
Warrior
We Have A Pope
West of Memphis
Woman in Black, The
Zero Dark Thirty
MISC. MOVIES
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
8 1/2 (1963)
Battleground (1949)
Big Sky, The (1952)
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Cat 'o Nine Tails (1971)
Chase, The (1966)
Entertainer, The (1960)
Equinox Flower (1958)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
History is Made at Night (1937)
Hud (1963)
Indiscretion of an American Wife (1953)
Last Deadly Mission, The (aka MR 73) (2008)
Music Lovers, The (1970)
Night Train to Munich (1941)
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Pan Tadeusz (1999)
Promised Land, The (1975)
Pulp (1972)
Quadrophenia (1979)
Shanghai Gesture, The (1941)
Stendahl Syndrome, The (1996)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Movie Reviews 2011
Brighton Rock
Cedar Rapids
Hanna
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Separation, A
Snowtown Murders, The (aka Snowtown)
Movie Reviews 2010
127 Hours
20 Cigarettes
3 Idiots
8: The Mormon Proposition
Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector, The
Alice in Wonderland
American, The
Animal Kingdom
Another Year
Art of the Steal, The
Biutiful
Black Swan
Blue Valentine
Brotherhood
Cairo Time
Carancho
Carlos
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
City Island
Crazies, The
Cyrus
Date Night
District 13 Ultimatum
Dogtooth
Dossier K
Edge of Darkness
Enter the Void
Everyone Else
Father of My Children, The
Fighter, The
Fish Tank
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
Get Low
Ghost Writer, The
Girl on the Train, The
Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, The
Girl Who Played With Fire, The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The
Green Zone
Greenberg
Guy and Madeleine on a Park Bench
Handsome Harry
Happiness Runs
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suess
Harmony and Me
Heartbreaker
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
Hernanos, Dos
Hideaway
Hot Tub Time Machine
Human Resource Manager, The
I Am Love
Illusionist, The
In a Better World
Inception
Iron Man 2
It Came From Kuchar
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Kids Are All Right, The
Killer Inside Me, The
King's Speech, The
Life During Wartime
Mesrine, Part I: Killier Instinct
Mesrine, Part I: Killier Instinct
Mesrine, Part II: Public Enemy #1
Most Dangerous Man in America, The
Mother
Mother and Child
My Father's Guests
My Name Is Khan
Mysteries of Lisbon
Myth of the American Sleepover, The
Outside the Law
Please Give
Rabbit Hole
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Red Riding Trilogy, The
Restrepo
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Secret in Their Eyes, The
Sex and the City 2
Shutter Island
Social Network, The
Sphinx
Submarino
Terribly Happy
The Kids Are All Right
Tiny Furniture
Town Called Panic, A
Town, The
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Unfinished Film, An
When We Leave
Winter's Bone
Movie Reviews 2009
(500) Days of Summer
12
9
Adventureland
Ajami
And a Warm Heart
Art of Being Straight, The
Avatar
Baader Meinhof Complex, The
Baaria
Baby Love
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans
Beaches of Agnes, The
Blue Tooth Virgin
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, The
Boys, The
Bright Star
Broken Embraces
Brothers Bloom, The
Capitalism: A Love Story
City of Life and Death
Coco Before Chanel
Cold Souls
Collapse
Crazy Heart
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The
Damned United, The
Dark and Stormy Night, A
Departures
District 9
Drag Me To Hell
Duplicity
Easy Virtue
Education, An
Endgame
Evangelion 1.0
Everybody's Fine
Fantastic Mr. Fox, The
Final Arrangements
Fish Tank
Flame and Citron
Frost/Nixon
Girl From Monaco, The
Great Buck Howard, The
Hangover, The
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Headless Woman, The
House of the Devil
Humpday
Hurt Locker, The
I Killed My Mother
I Love You, Man
Il Divo
Imaginarium of Dr. Paranssus,The
In the Loop
Informant!, The
Inglorious Basterds
International, The
Invictus
It's Complicated
Julia
Julie & Julia
Last Station, The
Little Ashes
Lorna's Silence
Love in Transit
Lovely Bones, The
Maid, The
Me and Orson Welles
Merry Gentleman, The
Messenger, The
Milk
Misfortunates, The
Missing Person, The
Mission, La
Moon
Mr. Right
Music on Hold
Must Read After My Death
My One and Only
Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The
New Twenty, The
Newcastle
Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian
Nine
Not Quite Hollywood
O'Horton
Of Time and the City
OSS 117 Rio
OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Outrage
Paris
Paris 36
Perestroika
Phoebe in Wonderland
Pirate Radio
Police Adjective
Precious
Prophet, A
Public Enemies
Reader, The
Red Cliff
Revanche
Road, The
Rudo y Cursi
Secret of the Grain, The
Secrets of State
Seraphime
Serbis
Serious Man, A
Sherlock Holmes
Shuttle
Single Man, A
Sita Sings the Blues
Sleep Dealer
Slumdog Millionaire
Something's Gotta Live
Star Trek
Still Walking
Summer Hours
Sunshine Cleaning
Surveillance
Taxidermia
Tear This Heart Out
Tetro
Thirst
Three Monkeys
Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo!
Uncertainty
Up
Up in the Air
Vicious Kind, The
Vincere
Watchmen
Whatever Works
Where the Wild Things Are
White Ribbon, The
Woman in Berlin, A
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Zombieland
Five Greatest Movies and Five Movies About
Apocalyptic Films
Christianity
Farces
Gay Films
Movies About Movie Making
Musicals
Nazis in Comedies
Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
Romantic comedies
Romantic Dramas
Science Fiction
Serial Killer Comedies
Theatre
Unusual adaptations of literary classics
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