Last September, judges at the 2017 Austin Revolution Film Festival chose Ashley Marie Ryan as their honoree for Screenwriter of the Year. I decided to touch base with Ryan about how she is doing as a screenwriter and how she got to this spot in her career.
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Music Review: Christina Friis – ‘The Quiet of Knowing: Joni Mitchell Unknown’
My wife and I were standing on a corner in New Orleans admiring some items in a shop window. Then we heard a voice singing. Memories from my youth flashed through my brain – Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Joan Baez – and I was sure this was a recording. Then we looked toward the source of the sound and saw Christina Friis strumming on her guitar and supercharging the New Orleans air.
Read More »Film Review: ‘All the Marbles’ Looking for an Oscar
'All the Marbles' is in the running to be nominated in the Academy Awards short film category. This film that has so much going for it, it’s a shame there are not a full slate of Academy Awards for short films. It would be in contention for all of them. The writing is perfect and delivers a surprise twist at the end. The acting is charming and just over-the-top enough for the fantasy genre. The technical work is superb on many levels.
Read More »Blu-Ray Review: ‘Jabberwocky’ Takes on the Establishment
The Criterion Collection will release a special edition of Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky next week. The film, based on the poem by Lewis Carroll, takes us on a satirical adventure with medieval every-man Dennis Cooper, played by Michael Palin. Cooper is mistaken for a knight and finds himself defending the kingdom against a dragon – the Jabberwock – bent on destroying whatever lays in its path.
Read More »Tax Reform: Seven Political Spins You Need to Know
The debate on tax reform dominates cable news. If you care about your future taxes, you need to understand how politicians are spinning the truth, abusing the language, and corrupting basic economics. It’s time not only to simplify the tax code, but to de-weaponize it. It should be a means of raising revenue not a sword to limit your freedom.
Read More »Adobe MAX: Creativity, Software, Hardware and ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Besides classes, workshops, and presentations, a key element of Adobe MAX is the Community Pavilion. It’s a trade show for companies that make Adobe related hardware and software, and other products that make things easier for or inspire users. It is also a lounge for attendees. They have walls you can draw on and, no, your mother does not yell at you. You can watch web podcasts being created live, read and buy books, get your social media portrait taken, hang out in a simulated campground next to an Airstream RV, and party.
Read More »Adobe MAX: Clicks, Picks, and Building Your Brand with Video
If a video posts on the internet and no one is there to click on it, does it help your brand? No, and worse, you’ve wasted time and resources. The same applies to blog posts and other media.
Read More »Adobe MAX: Can a Keyboard Make You More Creative?
A keyboard may seem like a rather mundane part of a computer system, especially when using software with which you can make Hollywood feature films. This keyboard, however, does amazing things for your productivity with Adobe and Microsoft software and provides an entirely new keyboard component: The Crown.
Read More »Adobe MAX: Kumail Nanjiani Peeks at Sneaks
Kumail Nanjiani, actor, writer and cast member of HBO’s 'Silicon Valley', co-hosted the annual Adobe Sneaks, at Adobe MAX, last month in Las Vegas with Adobe Senior Creative Cloud Evangelist Paul Trani.
Read More »Adobe MAX: Walking Through the Neon Graveyard at Las Vegas’s Neon Museum
I can’t guarantee you’ll find any ghosts, or memories of your own, at the Neon Museum. But it's a side excursion you should definitely take on your next – or first – trip to Las Vegas.
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