National Film Society has launched a new partnership with IMDb on “Awesome Bad Guys” a series about… awesome bad guys. We’ll be exploring some of the greatest villains in TV and movie history. What makes the great, what makes some…
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The Bitter Melon Trailer
Check out the first full trailer to the film I’m in, Bitter Melon, directed by H.P. Mendoza. It was a lot of fun shooting working on this project. Looking forward to seeing it out in the world.
I’m in a Movie!
I’m in a film called Bitter Melon directed by H.P. Mendoza. Check out the trailer and get tickets to the San Francisco premiere! Watch the Bitter Melon trailer: https://vimeo.com/261721516 Get tickets: http://bit.ly/BitterMelonCAAM More on H.P. Mendoza: http://hpmendoza.com https://twitter.com/HPMendoza
I Saw Black Panther and the Hype is Real
Finally saw Black Panther… and I may have gotten emotional.
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.
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, a productive time, but I’ve missed it and decided to bring it back. Let’s do this!
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 love amidst what some might call “white people problems.” While Mia agonizes over trying to catch…
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…
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, a loose interpretation of the Aristophanes comedy, attempt a similar demonstration to end gang wars and…
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 Village?: Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World in relation to Trump and social media. Good stuff…