Film

A harddrive of ROLLERBALLS imagery was taken into police custody after a drug bust on a Miami apartment in 2012 — After the box office flop of Jackie Brown, Hollywood’s favourite bad boy auteur director almost followed the trend towards blockbuster scifi reboots. Rumours regarding Quentin Tarantino’s ROLLERBALLS were hot currency in the LA movie industry for the two years the film was in development.

I watched a movie yesterday. It was no blockbuster or action-thriller or song-dance cliché. It was simple. It was lovely. Only… it made me cry… twice. But that’s when I realised, why do I care enough to cry for a movie? …

Despite the brilliant Halle Bailey, “The Little Mermaid” confirms that inclusion is not for everyone — First of all, why are some people just blessed with a siren-voice while others sound like a bloated horse? In middle-school, I had to sing “Jar of Hearts” for my music class and despite the countless hours I spent (or rather wasted) with YouTube sing-alongs, the teacher had the audacity…

Hello! I attended the Cannes Film Festival for the first time this year and it was such a nutjob that I felt compelled to write up my experiences. If you’re a normal person who doesn’t work in media, and you want to attend Cannes — read on. Before coming to…

How Hollywood violently defends the status quo — I was watching F9 (of the Fast & Furious franchise) and I was struck by one line. The Fast crew is working for the CIA now (who are somehow the good guys) and the bad guy’s plan is to “reboot the world order within minutes.” As if that’s a bad…

A journey back to presence, observation, patience, and beauty — This wasn’t my first roll of 35mm film. That would’ve been somewhere back in the 90’s or so. These are from my first few rolls since I transitioned to shooting digital in earnest about 20 years ago. Have you ever shot film? Have you ever spent time in a darkroom…

I have searched for films featuring open relationships for the past few months. This initially proved challenging. Name any classic romance — Titanic, The Wedding Singer, The Notebook — and all focus on the union of two individuals, with a pesky third as an antagonist. Sometimes three people will be…

“What do you think they were doing in Italy? Sightseeing, eating bucatini, stealing a 20,000-ton bomb.” – Aimes Who’s fast? 🏃️💨 Paul Walker Fast X opens with playback of the climax of Fast Five, so we get to see our boy Brian vroom-vrooming like a boss, no deepfake needed. Brie Larson She’s coming in as Tess, an immediately accepted Family ally at The Agency because Mr. …

My interview with 2022 Black List writer for his script Court 17. Elad Ziv wrote the screenplay Court 17 which landed on the 2022 Black List. I had the opportunity to chat with Elad about his creative background, writing a Black List script, and the craft of screenwriting. Today in…