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AFI film school #47: Chinatown -- Fuhgetabooutit

Like with Silence of the Lambs, sometimes something in the genre convention becomes much more than being just another genre movie and instead becomes an elevated piece of art.…

AFI film school #46: To Kill a Mockingbird -- Beyond Homework

A byproduct of focusing on a list of the most critically acclaimed movies is that there’s something about critically acclaimed movies that feels like homework…

Pilot Writing #1: The World

Going from the golden age of television to the platinum stage isn’t exactly easy. With movie theaters on life support and binge watching still as popular as it was during the heights of the pandemic…

Become a Cideshow writer/showrunner

Are you an aspiring TV writer or showrunner?…

AFI film school #45: Cabaret-- A different sound of music

Not that long ago I looked at another musical, The Sound of Music. The one I’m looking at this week is from around the same time period…

AFI film school #44: Easy Rider -- Born to be a non-conformist

A phenomena I’ve encountered while going through the films on the AFI list is encountering some movies I had watched at some earlier point in time, didn’t like, and had decided I would never see again…

AFI film school #43: Sullivan's Travels -- The Art of Comedy

One of the coolest things about movies about making movies is that they inevitably become meta. They comment on the world, while also, by necessity, living up to the same message that they’re spreading…

AFI film school #42: American Graffiti -- Let's Cruise

So many movies begin with the word “American,” from American Beauty to American Psycho to American Gun to American Hustle

Better Call Vince -- Ideas for More Breaking Bad Spinoffs

Breaking Bad, one of the best and most popular shows of all time, spawned the spinoff, Better Call Saul…one of the best and most popular shows of all time.…

The Most Underrated Ingredient of Great Art

For a great example of creativity vs creative bankruptcy, watch Star Wars episode 5, and then watch episode 9. I’ll wait. Or you can just continue reading too because I’ll extrapolate…