There are several hot topics in American right now. One, because it’s an election year, is the up-coming election. Two, because she’s questionable, is Sarah Palin’s ability to do anything but look MILFy. Three, is global warming. Although it’s not inherently obvious or overtly stated, I believe the film Take Shelter is all about number…
It took roughly seven years for Prashant Bhargava, a Chicago-born writer and director with Indian ancestry, to research, write, and film Patang (The Kite), a story that centers around an annual kite festival in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. And after all those years and all that work, he produced what amounts to the film…
“Faith must be the hardest thing to have faith in” – a brilliant statement for which I don’t wish to reveal who is responsible. According to a survey of three, equal to about 0.1875% of the audience, the most well-received film of this year’s Ebertfest was Higher Ground, an introspective part-time comedy about one woman’s…
every wednesday madison woods posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you. then post your work on your blog. additionally, on friday, you go back to her site and post a link to your blog entry in the comments on her friday fictioneers post. i’m going to…
Terri It takes courage to be yourself when others want you to change, and it take courage to change when you realize that you’re no longer the same person you used to be. Terri is a story about an obese teen who also isn’t easily accepted. However, since Terri (Jacob Wysocki) wears nothing but pajamas…
Big Fan Sports fans are everywhere. If you’re going to make a movie centered around sports, you’d better get it right. If you’re going to make a movie centered around the NFL, you really better get it right because no sport is more scrutinized here in America. Well, maybe wrestling, but that’s not a sport.…
Wow. Five days in beautiful, downtown Champaign, Illinois. Too many commas there, and too many restaurants instead of home-cooked meals. I’m sure I gained a few pounds, but it was worth it. For those of you who aren’t aware of film critic Roger Ebert, this is the 14th year in which he has held his…
So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment. But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest. And don’t forget to vote on entries from two weeks ago. http://contest.newyorker.com/CaptionContest.aspx?tab=vote Meanwhile, get on with your creative bad self and…
normally, this would be posted on a wednesday, but i might possibly be unable to post anything until sunday, so i’m posting this now. also, i usually enjoy reading and commenting on the blogs that i follow, but i likely won’t be able to do that until monday when i get back from my short…
I don’t have many heroes or people I look up to, and that’s probably not a good thing. But I can think of two: Bruce Springsteen and Roger Ebert. This one’s about Ebert. Some of you might be old enough to remember him and Gene Siskel doing the old “At the Movies” shows on a…
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