As of late, I write weekly posts at FWD:labs on film, web and design.


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Part of my free time is now back to the cinematography trades like ICG and American Cinematographer. I thought I had a subscription to one, but I'm doing the newsstand route for now.

What a surprise to see the DP from Nip/Tuck written up in here. I met him briefly as I shadowed the gaffer one day on that show like 3-4 years ago. Impressive to read ( Read more... )

Five years and lots of happy distractions, finally I've found fun between the openings and closings at the Hammer Museum, like tonight's "Mourning Becomes Eclectic" reading with writers Bruce Wagner ("Memorial") and James Ellroy ("The Black Dalia," "L.A. Confidential"), and actress Dana Dalaney!

People watching, like the event usher -- was she an ( Read more... )

Olbermann on Bush re: Clinton / Fox interview "free pass"

Man Push Cart "95% fresh"

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, c/o KCRW Matt's Movies "Mean Streets meets Raising Victor Vargas"

lonelygirl15 * not watching, but part of the interview team for the UCLA Law student involved with it

Despite injustice, discrimination, violence, and ( Read more... )

From Merced to San Francisco to Davis, I'm back to the same old.

Same job, same salary, same hours? Let's see if I can make a difference in the next two weeks.

Same studio, same city, same routines? Well, I'm thinking about my options, but it'll start with taking care of a whole lot of new free time.

Same passion, same goal, same strategy? Thanks to ( Read more... )

Eric and Miranda know the last several weeks have included my first and currently only YouTube subscription: the video blogs by "lonelygirl15." Surprisingly well made, assumedly by this 15 year old and her friend, the last few days have unmasked the true nature of this highly-popular series. Today, while I was out having the time of my life with ( Read more... )

• Beautiful location
• 800ft. Kodak Vision2 film
• Masterful producer
• Pro gaffer
• Aspiring actors

Brief

Press conference this morning spells it out, straight to Fox News and beyond: Bush: Iraq Has 'Nothing' To Do With 9/11 - President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his "freedom agenda" and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11. " ( Read more... )

New from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu! In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out - detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple’s frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children and a Japanese teen ( Read more... )

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