

CAST PHOTOS FROM THE WASP-MEN FROM MARS! SHOOT
Suzie in shock (my favorite image of Suzie from last weekend's shoot) Being an indie producer allows for the occasional downtime on set,...


WHAT I LEARNED FROM TAKING STILL PHOTOS DURING FILMING
Old shed on a cattle ranch in Petaluma Being an indie producer allows for the occasional downtime on set, especially with an experienced...


THE SCARY COWÂ EXPERIENCE
First day of shooting on One Good Egg at the Internet Archive, San Francisco I joined the Scary Cow Film Collective two years ago to...


IN SEARCH OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL SAN FRANCISCO FILM
Jeff Bridges in still from Fearless © Warner Bros. Having grown up in San Francisco, I have long yearned to see films that are...


WHY GATSBY IS GREAT
View of the Pacific from Hearst Castle in San Simeon Last fall, J and I drove down the California coast to San Simeon and spent an...


THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN PROVIDES THE ANSWER
Still from The Incredible Shrinking Man © Universal Pictures A good book or film will speak to me differently at different points in my...


LEGACY OF THE L.A. RIOTS
In 1992, I was 20 years old, just a college kid working between classes at the now defunct The Good Guys in Corte Madera. To my...


RALPH FIENNES DIRECTS HIMSELF AS DICKENS IN THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
Originally posted on Anglotopia.net here . Ralph Fiennes’s unlikely follow-up project to his virile directorial debut Coriolanus is The...


ANTHONY HOPKINS TAKES ON HITCHCOCK IN NEW BRIT FILM
Originally posted on Anglotopia.net here. Today, we all know Hitchcock’s Psycho as the iconic film that—with its shocking shower scene,...


BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL EMBRACES CHANGE
Originally posted on Anglotopia.net here . As a film festival veteran—both filmgoer and former staffer—I found myself suffering from...
















