Should Directors Play God with Novels?
I may have been the last person to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and it got me thinking about artistic licence. Namely, how...
How to Avoid Scammers who Prey on Artists
Last week my father had his identity stolen. Somebody opened a mobile cellphone account under his name and racked up a $700. The first my...
Do We Want a Modern Morality Play?
Christina McDowell is the daughter of a man who worked for the infamous Wolf of Wall Street. She wrote an open letter to the filmmakers...
I miss the Writers of Old. . .
I hate to say it, but writers have become very boring these days. Gone are the days of heavy drinking, heavy partying and crazy...
Why we Need more Woman shouting Action!
Last week I wrote about how women are portrayed in front of camera but this week I want to talk about women behind the camera. The film...
Nudity in Film
The Wolf of Wall Street opened on Christmas day but it is anything but a feel-good, cheery Christmas special. It is filled will...
The Year of the Horse: A Few Predictions about what this Year will Bring
Happy New Year everybody and welcome to year of the horse! I hope you all had a great new year and got to have a couple of drinks in the...
Photojournalism: A Faded profession
A picture is worth a thousand words. Especially when it comes to journalism. There is just something about photographs that capture us,...
Should we ban Mein Kampf?: The Book Thief Part 2
Last week I went and saw The Book Thief which is about a girl who learns to read during the Second World War, when the Nazis controlled...
How Scrooge Nearly Didn’t Become Scrooge
Charles Dickens took six weeks to write A Christmas Carol. It was first published in 1843 on December 17th. After a feud with his...
