Torino Film Festival 2024
Torino Film Festival 2024 I missed the opening weekend of the Torino Film Festival this year, but I can’t complain too much since I was …
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The Canvas of Your Life
The Canvas of Your Life In a recent interview I ran across, Jewel stated that she wants her life to be her best work of …
The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery and Story Structure I love a good heist film — who doesn’t? — and decided to rewatch 1978’s The Great Train …
Ordinary People and Story Structure
Ordinary People and Story Structure – Through the Lens of the Hero’s Journey For where I’m at in my creative journey, I feel like trying …
Torino Film Festival 2023
Torino Film Festival 2023 – Failed State, Soleils Atikamekw, and Oltre La Valle It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I wrote about …
Jeff VanderMeer’s Wonderbook
Jeff Vandermeer’s Wonderbook and His Style Scale A recent discussion in one of my book clubs (it’s a closed one, but you can always join …
Italo Calvino, and Crossing Paths with Anarchists
Italo Calvino, and Crossing Paths with Anarchists Last Saturday afternoon, despite being completely exhausted, and thinking that a walk would make me feel better, I …
A Look Back at the Banff Mountain Film Festival
Banff Mountain Film Festival Santa Monica A Million Years Ago Many years ago, while I was still living in Los Angeles, a friend introduced me …