Los Angeles Times reporter Rebecca Keegan talks to animation directors Mark Andrews, Peter Ramsey, Chris Butler, Rich Moore and Genndy Tartakovsky on the challenges of making feature animated movies and the future of animation.Read More
While working on his new Superman film, Zack Snyder pontificates on the legacy of Watchmen and what it means inside the superhero genre. HC: There’s another version of “Watchmen” coming out on Blu-ray. This seemingly never-ending interest in the film must be gratifying as a director. ZS: It’s weird because I was talking with some Read MoreRead More
With Hollywood’s avoidance of morally ambiguous dramas, the film about a plane crash had stalled. But then Denzel Washington and Robert Zemeckis came onboard. As an experienced pilot who has logged about 1,600 hours in the cockpit, director Robert Zemeckis understands stalls, turbulence and dead stick landings. But when it came to making “Flight,” his new movie Read MoreRead More
Seventy one years after “Citizen Kane” premiered, Orson Welles’ thinly veiled character study of a mogul resembling William Randolph Hearst is finally getting a screening at the real life version of Xanadu. As part of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, the film will be showcased on a 5 story tall screen at Hearst Castle on March 9, 2012.Read More
You ever look at a movie and wonder how that could have possibly been greenlit? Many times its done to solidify a relationship be it between a studio and a director or actor. LA Times’ Patrick Goldstein takes a closer look at why these “relationship” movies often end up being “just friends”.Read More
Some people will argue we’re in a golden age of television, as networks are more and more likely to gamble on edgy original character driven stories while Hollywood studios retreat back to safe bets and sequels. Perhaps, it’s this reason that big name directors are feeling comfortable jumping the divide and working for the small screen.Read More
Is the Internet a tool or distraction? We it’s certainly both and all writers need to find a balance. Although, finding that balance is easier said than done. Jacket Copy, the book blog of The L.A. Times, takes a look at some of the more drastic measures some writers have implemented to avoid “the web Read MoreRead More
John August replies to Mark Gill’s LA Time’s article “The sky is falling on indie film.” In the process he discusses his independent film “The Nines,” the roll of Sundance in the indie film world, the realities, the future and other great advice for anyone wanting to distribute their small film. Some may find it Read MoreRead More
