One of the things that literary managers tell new screenwriters is to be prepared to name some of your favorite movies—and specifically,...

Hello friends! Time for one of those periodic notices about FSM CDs that are almost sold out. It’s hard to believe most of these were...

I was wondering how long I could keep doing a daily blog post. Fortunately, the Internet wormhole helps facilitate short posts, like this...

Hello Friends. I am raising money to fight pancreatic cancer, which took my stepfather, HERB PUTNAM, in 2008. He was only 59. Herb was...

I used to love This Week in Baseball. Before ESPN, Sportscenter and a million cable channels with their overpriced sports packages, it...

Like everybody else I saw the announcement earlier this week about new Star Wars films. There have been so many of these announced, and...

Whoa! Another one of my all-time favorite cues: “Luke Pursues the Captives” by John Williams from The Empire Strikes Back. The harmony to...

My twin girls wanted to watch Titanic. They are almost nine and they have friends (girls) at school who are crazy for it. So we started...

I love this: an audio engineer has located and uploaded the original take of the famous “Wilhelm scream,” a sound effect created for the...

Here’s an interesting article from The Atlantic (paywall) about one-hit wonders. Somebody figured out the pattern with them—it’s in the...

SPOILERS for last night’s episode of Succession. Although if you’ve been anywhere online this morning, hard to believe it hasn’t been...

Happy Passover! Happy Easter! And my favorite... Happy new episode of Succession!

Wow—I just saw this and am still digesting it. From Filmmaker Magazine, a deep-dive analysis into indie film profitability (or lack...

Just a heads up that Charlie Vignola and I posted another one of our videos about screenwriting. I felt like venting about a few things!...

I finished watching Daisy Jones & the Six on Amazon and really enjoyed it. This is a “fake biopic” (an Almost Famous-type movie) of a...

I don’t get excited for a lot of movies anymore...but I’m definitely excited for Dune Part Two. Or Dune 2. Or Dune, Part II, however the...

It seems way more likely than not that the WGA will go on strike May 1st. I’m not the best person to explain why, but there are a ton of...

The above image is a gag from Love Boat Insanity, which I highly recommend. But this is real—my compliments to whoever cut this together:...

Sad news as the magnificent Japanese composer and recording artist Ryuichi Sakamoto has died. He had been battling cancer for nearly a...

One of the things I’ve always found fascinating are classical works by composers best known for film. But, a confession...I’ve always...

I read an article in New York magazine that’s way more interesting than it sounds: an exploration of the new LED light bulbs and why they...

Like most Trekkies I am loving Picard season 3. All my TV friends back together! Trekmovie and Trekcore are the best Star Trek fan sites...

Above: what comes up when you Google “Jaws 2 The Menu.” Composer Harrison Ingemarson has created a charming piano reduction of John...

My compliments to whoever swapped out Timothée Chalamet with Elmo in Dune: Haha!