So far, The Wrong Missy is one of the worst movies in a pretty bad movie year, thanks to the pandemic. It’s one of those films you watch, write about, and then wonder “what am I doing with my time? My life?” It’s a comedy that might have worked better with a different star, a […]
For obvious reasons, 2020’s been a long year and we’re only through four and a half months. Below are some of the best movies of this year that have largely gone unnoticed or underappreciated. LITTLE JOE A BBC indie about plant breeders who engineer a flower so powerful the little plant can influence the human […]
Michael Showalter’s follow-up to The Big Sick is both a wonderful showcase for its two stars, the whip-smart Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, and a disappointing mishmash of comedy and murder mystery. Though we know it was originally intended for theatrical release, the film continues a strange, disquieting trend of so-called “Netflix originals” which feel […]
I didn’t know much, if anything, about Jean Seberg. She was a French actress who flitted back and forth between Europe and Hollywood, enjoying a relatively short career before the FBI ruined her life and sent her packing back home. So in terms of her filmography, she’s been a blind spot for me personally. Amazon’s […]
My gag reflex is notorious for anyone who’s ever called me their dentist or doctor. There’s a strong resistance to the very thought of gagging or choking, a powerful emotion that induces the feeling itself when provoked, even by imagery. So it goes that Swallow, the excellent feature directorial debut from Carlo Mirabella, is such […]
***Originally shared on The Film Experience*** The King of Staten Island is both typical Judd Apatow and a pretty big departure from the world he knows and has often depicted on screen. Make no mistake, it’s an overlong, meandering coming-of-story about a slacker who can’t get his head on straight until he does (very familiar), but […]
via The King of Staten Island, Casually Funny, Humanist Drama — Film Epoch
Film Courage: Story Sloth-to-Story Sleuth? What is this? Matthew Kalil, Screenwriter/Author/Instructor: You’ve seen bits of my book. Story Sloth to Story Sleuth. One of the ways we access the memory well is through senses and being aware of the world when you’re in it. Very often I find for myself my thing that has been […]
Film Courage: What movie are you making…actually…right after this interview? Marty Lang, Screenwriter/Director and Assistant Professor of Film at the University of Central Arkansas/Director: Once we are finished I am going to be driving to Agoura Hills [California] where I will be directing my second feature film. It’s a film called STAY WITH ME. It’s […]
via How Making The Second Feature Film Is Different Than The First by Marty Lang — FilmCourage.com
Film Courage: When did you leave Stockton, California (where you grew up)? Mark Gantt, Actor/Producer/Writer/Director: Let’s see…I left when I was 19-years-old. I was 19 in 1990 and I actually moved my friend’s sister down to San Diego. We all drove down and she was going to San Diego State. She had a summer class […]
via What Does It Take To Be A Filmmaker? by Mark Gantt [FULL INTERVIEW] — FilmCourage.com
Film Courage: How do you know your film found the intended audience? Or maybe there is no intended audience? Maybe it’s just whoever likes the story? BROKEN CEILING has a female protagonist? It’s about a contentious workplace, it’s make-driven. Different things that this person is fighting against. Did you have you have a specific audience […]
via Writing A Character Of The Opposite Gender And A Different Race by Adam Davis — FilmCourage.com
Student & Young Filmmakers FEEDBACK Film & Screenplay Festival 