Posted on July 19, 2014 at 3:47 pm
Wicked author Gregory Maguire has a wonderful essay on the Smithsonian website about the original screenplay for what is probably the greatest family movie of all time, The Wizard of Oz. By coincidence, I just finished a book by the author of that screenplay, Noel Langley. The book is The Land of Green Ginger and …
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Posted on July 19, 2014 at 8:00 am
One of my favorite stops on our tour of LAIKA Studios to see the sets for “The Boxtrolls” was our visit with Georgina Hayns, Creative Supervisor for Puppet Fabrication. Is that the coolest job title ever or what? She described the world of the film as “fantasy Dickensian.” They began with silhouettes of the era, …
Posted on July 18, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna (“We Bought a Zoo,” “The Devil Wears Prada”) talks about inspiration in this latest in the terrific Academy Originals series from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Posted on July 18, 2014 at 8:00 am
How do you go on when everything that gives life meaning is gone? In this fact-based story, David Duchovny and Hope Davis play a married couple who must face this question when their daughter dies. The movie is Louder than Words and we have an exclusive clip with Hope Davis and Timothy Hutton. It opens …
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Posted on July 18, 2014 at 7:00 am
Many thanks to Betty Jo Tucker for including me in her anniversary special and for all the fun I’ve had on the show over the years.
