Finally saw Black Panther… and I may have gotten emotional.
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New Video: How to Deal with Filmmaker FOMO
Filmmaker FOMO is a common phenomenon. It’s natural and doesn’t mean you’re a bad person. Here’s how I deal with it.
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New Video: NFS Returns!
It’s been a while — 2 1/2 years actually – since National Film Society posted a new YouTube video. It’s been a busy time,…
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I Called Him Morgan: The Tortured Love and Life of a Jazz Legend and his Wife
Late last year, Damien Chazelle’s much-hyped musical La La Land brought us the story of two wide-eyed Hollywood hipsters falling in and out of…
Life’s a Bitch
The tagline for Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction horror classic Alien said it all: “In space, no one can hear you scream.” Apparently, director Daniel Espinosa didn’t get the memo or Ripley’s log entries. Despite its lofty ambitions, Life falls…
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The Women’s Balcony: Faith, Feminism and Fruit Salad
In Lysistrata, the women of Athens deny their husbands sex to force them to end the Peloponnesian War. The women in Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq,…
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Ramesh Srinivasan on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
This is excellent. My friend Professor Ramesh Srinivasan appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe talk show today to talk about his new book Whose Global…
NFS Notables
NFS Notables: 3/10/17
A quick list of other notable projects, announcements and goings-on. Got something worth sharing? Send me an email here. You can find other Notables…
8 Things To Do Before You Move to Los Angeles
Los Angeles is an amazing place to live, and I’ve loved my time here since the moment I drove down from San Francisco. I’ve previously written about whether or not you should move to Los Angeles. If you’ve decided to…
NFS Notables
NFS Notables: 3/3/17
A quick list of other notable projects, announcements and goings-on. Got something worth sharing? Send me an email here. You can find other Notables…