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AFI film school #50: Yankee Doodle Dandy -- Dancing about architecture

There’s a wide variety of types of movies on this list and none are quite like this one. Oftentimes movies made in the 30’s and 40’s feel similar to movies made today; however this one.…

AFI film school #49: The Sixth Sense -- Twist and shout

Many directors have become punchlines to jokes. Michael Bay, Dennis Duggan, and Greg Araki have all become known for making popular less than great movies.…

Pilot Writing #2: The Characters

Before, I had explored the first element of creating a great pilot script. And now, we’re moving right along to an element every bit as important: having amazing characters…

AFI film school #48: Blade Runner -- Mixing genres

I’ve spend some time in past AFI articles talking about the genre movies that make it onto the list. Something just as interesting is the movies that aren’t a single genre.…

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…