September 30, 2021 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Nine crucial lessons from The Wire's pilot September 30, 2021 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Look at any list where the greatest TV series ever are ranked, and you’ll commonly see…
August 20, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Nine crucial lessons from Breaking Bad's pilot August 20, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Breaking Bad did okay for itself. But all of this mayhem began with just one episode…
July 24, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Candivan becomes Cideshow July 24, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School The Candivan is finally arriving at its destination…
July 16, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School AFI film school #17: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Not me July 16, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Up until I hit “watch” on Netflix, I thought I was about to see a biopic on some of the racier moments of Virginia Woolf’s life. Instead…
July 12, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School AFI film school #16: Gone with the Wind — Hungry again July 12, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Eighty years ago a movie came out that affected movies forever. Sure, the same could be said…
July 10, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School AFI film school #15: Midnight Cowboy — I'm talking here July 10, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School There is no movie like this one…
July 5, 2019 Candivan Team Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Petition Granted -- Why most show finales suck and what to do about it July 5, 2019 Candivan Team Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School You invest years into a show. An hour a week--maybe around a hundred hours overall. Talking about it with your friends…
July 2, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School AFI film school #14: Do the Right Thing — The truth Ruth July 2, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School Overall, this movie is asking a question, and it’s a question that Mookie could have asked Da Mayor after he delivered the film’s titular line: “what is the right thing…
February 28, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School AFI film school #13: The Wizard of Oz — Home away from home February 28, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School One of the most beautiful things about the film is its simplicity. It’s a clarity often found in family films. The more “adult” a movie gets…
February 13, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School AFI film school #12: 2001: A Space Odyssey — A movie and a monolith February 13, 2019 Chris Blair Creators, Candivan News, Viewers, Candivan Film School I have to admit: doing these film analyses of the AFI top 100 movies is a daunting task. Not only is it…