My wife and daughter went out of town with some friends for the holiday weekend, leaving me here in New Orleans to fend for myself.…
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My wife and daughter went out of town with some friends for the holiday weekend, leaving me here in New Orleans to fend for myself.…
By strange coincidence, I found myself watching The Big Chill Friday night. It’s one of those super-famous movies that I’ve just somehow never seen. Alas,…
Thanks to Sean for turning me on to this animated short. The Waif of Persephone from Nick Cross on Vimeo. At first I was thrown…
I think it was four years ago or so. Definitely pre-Katrina. I couldn’t sleep one night, so I was sitting up at the computer and I googled my name. I came across my entry on the IMDb which I hadn’t looked at for a while.
It puzzled me to notice I had a 2002 story credit for a flick called Toss of the Coin. What could that be? Some more clicking around and I discovered that an old buddy of mine, Patrick Steele, had made a short film based on a story I wrote in high school.
He sent me a copy on DVD, and I was knocked out. The quality of the production was high, but more than that, it was like I’d had a dream many years ago and suddenly that dream was made real. So strange, and definitely one of the coolest things that’s ever happened to me.
I just discovered yesterday that Toss of the Coin is now online. If you’ve got twelve minutes to spare, check it out:
Or see it in full resolution on openfilm.com.
We’ve finished our second pass through the alphabet. The first go-round took three years and was interrupted by Katrina; this second go-round took thirteen months…
Xy and I went to see Sweeney Todd at a suburban cineplex last night. It’s a truly impressive film, masterful, the latest iteration of a…
Last night Xy and I took one of her students out to dinner at Venezia’s. We had pasta and pizza and then got desert at…
Please take a moment to contact your local PBS affiliate and ask them to air the film Helen Hill: Celebrating a Life in Film. You…
Xy and I went to see Left Behind Wednesday night. Despite the title, it’s not based on the popular Christian fiction series. Rather, it’s a serious documentary about a serious subject: the abject failure of public education in New Orleans.