by Film School | Nov 23, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #150 Dr. Strangelove (1964) Gentlemen, there’s no fighting in here! This is the war room! Stanley Kubrick is back on the list, this time with his alternately zany and terrifying comedy (?) Doc Strange(love). Comedic genius Peter Sellers is along...
by Film School | Nov 19, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #149 The Dangers of Turning Pro A lot of us want to turn pro…but what are the downsides? The allure of “turning pro” is obvious: you get to do what you want full-time and get paid for it?! Omg. That’s a no-brainer! And, working...
by Film School | Nov 16, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #148 The Sound of Music (1965) The hills are alive! This classic team-up of legends Julie Andrews, director Robert Wise, and composers Rogers & Hammerstein is an indelible mark in the history of musicals. We’ve all heard the songs. We’ve...
by Film School | Nov 12, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #147 How to Fit in Writing when Life is Crazy Life gets crazy. All the time! And it’s never ever going to go away completely. That fantasy you have of getting everything in order and things being just perfect and right is just that . . . a...
by Film School | Nov 9, 2020 | AFI's Top 100 Films, Episodes
Episode #146 King Kong (1933) Long live the king! Almost 100 years old, and Kong still BRINGS THE NOISE. It’s rather astonishing how much of this movie still delivers the thrills today that it did so long ago. The imagery is iconic. The action...
by Film School | Nov 5, 2020 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #145 How to Get Back Up We all fall off. How do we get back up and keep going? Failure is inevitable, big or small. We all come up short of our goals or expectations. It’s a normal part of life, particularly a creative one. So, when that happens,...
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