We're seeing a grim scenario play out now on Wall Street, as firms acted unwisely with no government oversight, and the public ends up losing. We don't want to see it play out online as well.
Brad Listi | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home
A lot of people feel like they've lost their voice during the last eight years. This movie is a clear illustration of the fact that you do count... Things can be different. If Obama runs the country like he's run his campaign, we're in good shape.
Juli Weiner | Posted 08.04.2008 | Entertainment
The decision to give cameras to four Baghdadi teenagers is inspired; the boys document school and warfare with neutral equality, and it's thanks to this blind prioritizing that the film is able to capture the interiority of its subjects.
Gillian Caldwell | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green
The climate is constantly on our minds, but the final and most important piece of the climate puzzle is missing -- putting the issue front and center in the minds of our leaders.
Sam Seder | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment
Sometime around the inauguration of Bush in 2000, I began to notice that there was not the slightest hint of outrage expressed in or by the media.
Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment
Not surprising for the country that originated the auteur theory, screenwriters are not the stars of Cannes. But if screenwriters don't garner the glamour, they nonetheless can be found with a bit of searching.
Pablo Ganguli | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment
Anybody mildly interested in the arts in this country will tell you that Edinburgh is the king city of festivals. It's August programme dominates the galaxy of festival-making.
Jared Drake and Brandon Drake | Posted 06.09.2008 | Entertainment
After graduating, the film industry had one thing to offer us: a P.A. job at a production company. Instead, we scrapped together 20k from friends and family. Then, we wrote a script we could shoot for 20k.
Karin Badt | Posted 05.22.2008 | Entertainment
Spike Lee presented an eight minute clip of his upcoming movie Miracle at St. Anna yesterday, and stayed to answer questions about this film and filmmaking in general.
Tracey Hecht | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment
The really amazing thing about making Life in Flight was watching it go from a private experience of conceptualization to a hugely collaborative experience.
Bruno Giussani | Posted 05.02.2008 | Media
OK folks, wherever you are, get your calendar out and write down this under Saturday, May 10th: Pangea Day . I just got the most recent progress repo...
Lorelei Kelly | Posted 04.21.2008 | Politics
Women are agents of change at every level, from the tactical to the strategic. We need to learn to be more intentional about harnessing this positive influence as we move forward.
Greg Takoudes | Posted 03.17.2008 | Entertainment
The most thrilling and frightening moments in directing Up With Me were those when I had to relinquish some creative control of the film, and learn to trust the creative instincts of my teen actors.
Edward Anderson | Posted 03.07.2008 | Entertainment
In the film business, it's not enough to raise money once, you have to do it over and over again.
Jason Reitman | Posted 11.28.2007 | Entertainment
I watched live on the IFC website as they announced the independent spirit nominations. Juno got four! I can't tell you how cool that was.
Patricia Draznin | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment
If we don't start waving our surfing thumbs in protest, we're in for a long winter of no content.
Alec Baldwin | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment
I get uptight when I watch even a snippet of these debates. Is leadership there? Is greatness there? Is the end of the war there? Up on that stage?
Steve Young | Posted 11.18.2007 | Entertainment
The strike has taken away The Daily Show, Real Time and The Colbert Report and left us with The Factor and Entertainment Tonight.
Chris Case | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment
The strike is the perfect excuse to get back in touch with your childish, self-destructive side that drove you to Hollywood in the first place.
Art Brodsky | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media
It's not enough that AT&T is employing its spying expertise on all of your telephone calls. Now it's bringing the spying ethic to its Internet network, monitoring everyone's data.
RJ Eskow | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment
You're trying to withhold a share of money that you haven't even figured out how to collect. Instead, why not collaborate with your creative workforce on ways to profit from new technologies?
Trey Ellis | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment
We're asking for gold-plated Rolex Daytona watches and a fractional share in your corporate jet every time somebody clicks on what we created.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment
One of the problems when dealing with anyone who is not a writer is that none really understands what a writer actually does. Therefore, supporting writers in a strike becomes all the more difficult.
Albert Kim | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media
As a writer who's worked both in Hollywood and journalism, it's clear to me that the arguments used to justify residuals in one field could certainly apply in the other.
Jon Hayman | Posted 11.14.2007 | Entertainment
Have we forgotten that studio wish nothing more than to provide all with much needed respite from the tribulations we all endure here on the planet I like to call earth?
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Art Brodsky | Posted 09.18.2008 | Media