One of the most publicized corporate blunders this year began with Netflix’s realization that consumers still like DVDs. A lot. Netflix’s response, including raising subscription prices and its failed Qwikster spinoff, severely compromised Netflix’s subscription base, consumer trus[...]
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April 8th, 2011 - 12:05 pm § in Off Topic
An Interview With Francesco Agresti
Francesco Agresti is an abstract painter, teacher of fine arts and a generous donor to my Kickstarter campaign in the fall. I recently sat down with him to discuss his work and his life. Filmmakers can learn from the experience of artists in other fields. We all go through the same difficulties and [...]
April 2nd, 2011 - 8:20 pm § in News
April Cinema 2011
From Richard Parkin, fellow UCLA Directing Candidate. Needed to take March off. April looks really good. Excited about the Made in Austin screenings at the Cinefamily and the Tindersticks/Claire Denis Concert. LACMA’s schedule looked a little incomplete. Check back in with them throughout the [...]
January 9th, 2011 - 5:38 pm § in News
January Cinema 2011
Welcoming in the new year, sorry this one’s a bit late. From fellow UCLA MFA Director Richard Parkin, a monthly list of classic, independent and art-house screening in Los Angeles. January 2011 is dedicated to Kyle Laursen and his new home at the New Beverly Cinema. ___________________________[...]
Students and Alums @ Sundance 2011
There were over 6,400 short films submitted this year. This is a new column looking at American film school student and alumni representation at major festivals. Sundance is the first major festival to start the year, so I’m going to take a look at the US Narrative feature and short film categ[...]
November 24th, 2010 - 9:10 pm § in Filmmaking, News
5 LA Events To Help You Make Your Feature
I’ve been attending a lot of events in LA in preparation for putting together my first feature, which I’m developing with a UCLA screenwriter. These are five that I have found extremely helpful in understanding the process of making a feature film. The name of the game in independent fea[...]
October 31st, 2010 - 5:39 pm § in News
November Cinema 2010
From UCLA Directing student Richard Parkin, a monthly list of classic, independent and art-house screenings in Los Angeles. November Festivals: November 1 – December 18: New Voices from Vietnam Series hosted at the Hammer Museum, sponsored by A.M.P.A.S November 4 – 11: 2010 AFI Fest, hosted at t[...]
October 1st, 2010 - 11:09 am § in News
October Cinema 2010
A monthly list of independent and art-house screenings in Los Angeles from fellow director Richard Parkin. _______________________________________________________________________________ October 1; 7:30pm – Marco Bellocchio Series: Fists in the Pocket and China is Near @ LACMA October 1; 8:00pm â€[...]
100 New Directors – Where They’re From – Where They Studied – What They Shot On
I recently had the opportunity to purchase the beautiful book pictured above. From the introduction: We asked the artistic directors of ten prestigious film festivals to nominate ten of the best emerging film directors working today. The participants are: Cameron Bailey and Piers Handling, Toronto I[...]
Life After Film School: Aleem Hossain
I saw Aleem Hossain’s Pinkerton in one of my first writing classes at UCLA. It remains one of my favorite short films, a genre-bending joyride. I sat down this week to talk with Aleem via Skype about the making of the film and life after completing his MFA at UCLA. Jason Kohl: Tell me about [...][...]