When you live in L.A. – in the very heart and guts of the film industry – one of the most exciting things is to find yourself suddenly surrounded by film production vans lining the street as the crews set up lights, cables and set dressing in preparation for shooting. I always found a palpable [...]

Here’s how the late, great Moonlighting riffed on the WGA strike back in the late ’80s:Funny stuff via the delightfully resourceful Pockets of Sanity.

I’ve been lazy blogging about the writers’ strike this week, primarily because reading all of the news about it has alternately transfixed and depressed me into near silence. As a former failed screenwriter myself, I’m entirely sympathetic to the efforts and concerns of the writers – definitely more so than any other faction involved. At [...]

The relatively media-shy Writers Guild of America, working together with Premiere magazine, has announced the completion of their list of 101 Greatest Screenplays. In a third-act twist that even Jenny McCarthy might have seen coming, Casablanca, The Godfather, Chinatown, Citizen Kane and All About Eve are the list’s top five choices.
Hey, we’re all for giving [...]