Finding Fellini

"Sundance unveils complete lineup: New films directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Winterbottom, Nicole Holofcener and Joel Schum...

I got a call from a casting director this week to audition for the new Gus Van Sant film, Restless. I really have no interest in acting any...

Honestly. Truly. I just don't have any interest in artistic process. I don't want to hear actors, directors, writers or producers...

I just unsubscribed from indiewire.com. I've been deleting the daily emails for a while now. It's an interesting process giving up...

Silence is so accurate. Mark Rothko

There is no beginning, there is no end; there is only the infinite passion of life. Federico Fellini

I've started a new blog that has nothing to do with filmmaking. If you would like to read it, please contact me and I'll send you th...

That's a good film, in'it? Yeah.

See it.

If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply wan...

We're in Carlsbad, California in order to fulfill Henry's three year obsession with going to Legoland. Today's the big day. I ...

In wilderness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau

I spent much of Saturday night and yesterday driving to California. I've made that journey south on I-5 many, many times in my life. I...

There's a Morgan Spurlock quote floating around indiewood that goes something like, "This isn't where we are going to make our ...

You can observe a lot just by watching. Yogi Berra

At Portland Center Stage. Thoroughly enjoyable. Laughs and articulate language. Actors with good looks, voices and timing. Oh joy. Very ple...

While I am very fortunate and lead a comfortable life, I am not a wealthy man. The areas in my life that seem to be lived on a scale of deca...

Do I love making films? No, not really. It's been a colossal struggle. I've labored with the technical side of it, the interperson...

Let me say it very very LOUD - Danny Boyle is a hack. He's a music video director. I can never forget I'm watching a movie when watc...

What a lovely combination. I've enjoyed being at high elevations this week on Mountains Hood and Bachelor. Snowshoeing on Sunday and s...