Perhaps my favorite part of the last Oscar telecast was when Jon Stewart pulled out an iphone and said he was watching Lawrence of Arabia. In that moment everything good about technology and bad about the film business came into
Bathing with Bierko
Yep, that’s my friend Craig Bierko washing John Malkovich’s head. I am so proud of him. I have known Craig for 25+ years. For four of those years we were either roommates or next door neighbors. We walked around the
A Loss
The writer and director Anthony Minghella died the other day from complications of surgery to remove cancer of the tonsils and neck. He was 54 years old. When you think of the great filmmakers of the end of the 20th
Gone Baby Gone
I can’t believe it has been two weeks since I last posted. It must be the late winter, spring will never come to Chicago, doldrums. When I think of young, contemporary American filmmakers Ben Affleck is not a name that
The Oscars
It has been a week so I think it is about time the dumb filmmaker weighed in on the Oscars. The truth is I didn’t see enough of the nominated films to make an informed decision, but I can say
