Feature: To Live and Write in LA

LA is where it's at for making it in the film industry. You can't take a meeting with a development exec if you live in Kalamazoo, but "To Live and Write in LA" gives you the insights and the inside stories on the town that makes stars and breaks hearts. You'll find interviews from the trenches, reviews of who and what's hot, coverage of the film festival scene, and how-to's for making it in the biz. So, if you're an LA writer, or want to be, here's where you'll find your creative and networking ammo. Action!

Columnists

Articles in this feature

Subscribe to feature RSS

• Alameda Writers Group: Everything About Screenwriting

  Priceless screenwriting advice from a writer who's been there and done that.

  News by LeoOfMars — on May 06, 2013

• Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge: The Fifteen Dollar Film School

  A Hollywood film contest with a new twist. You have to help your competition succeed.

  News by LeoOfMars — on Apr 27, 2013

• NAB Show: A Newbie Diary

  I explore NAB: 90,000 attendees from 121 countries viewing over 1600 exhibits and a beer garden

  News by LeoOfMars — on Apr 12, 2013

• LA Comedy Shorts: Famous People Talking About Stuff

  Wendi McLendon-Covey told an audience member: “If you don’t do something because you’re afraid you’ll suck, you’ll never do anything.”

  News by LeoOfMars — on Apr 08, 2013

• LA Comedy Shorts: Take My Shorts...Please

  LA Comedy Shorts is consistently the most friendly, least pretentious and most educational festival for filmmakers.

  News by LeoOfMars — on Apr 05, 2013

• Movie Review: Mental - As in the Slang Term for “Crazy”

  You pick up a hitchhiking hippie to be a nanny for your daughters — what could go wrong?

  Review by LeoOfMars — on Mar 25, 2013

• Movie Review: Emperor (2013) - The War After the War

  Secrets, shame and subtrafuge blend into a film noir mystery

  Review by LeoOfMars — on Feb 27, 2013

• The Independent Spirit Awards: Real Reel People

  Independent Spirit Awards: Three films, three approaches to making reel people real

  Opinion by LeoOfMars — on Feb 13, 2013

• Movie Review: Stand Up Guys

  This is a story about values and redemption - oh, and hookers and Viagra, too.

  Review by LeoOfMars — on Feb 02, 2013

• Movie Review: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

  Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters: A non-horror, non-comedy, non-drama from which filmmakers can learn

  Review by LeoOfMars — on Jan 28, 2013

• The Making of "Effigy"

  One year ago, I couldn't spell prodooser, now I is one

  News by LeoOfMars — on Jan 25, 2013

• DocU: The Intersection of Documentary and Journalism

  Are you a documentary filmmaker. Lawyer up. They're coming for you.

  News by LeoOfMars — on Jan 20, 2013

• Reviewing El Cid's Monthly Short Film Night (January)

  The El Cid short film night offers a fun mix of movies, networking, and partying.

  Review by LeoOfMars — on Jan 04, 2013

• How to Succeed in Hollywood by Really Trying

  Writers, directors, producers, and actors get together every month at the Alameda Writers Group.

  News by LeoOfMars — on Sep 18, 2012

• Movie Review: Robot & Frank

  Robot & Frank is a heart warming film, even if it does co-star a robot

  Review by LeoOfMars — on Aug 20, 2012

• PopConLA: Screenwriters Panel Says “Don’t be the Naked Schmooze”

  Want to make it as a TV writer? These guys did and they tell you how.

  News by LeoOfMars — on Jul 20, 2012

• PopConLA: Sybil Danning Shows you a Road to Movie Success

  Transmedia: Not a giant robot. It's a new way to get a movie made.

  Interview by LeoOfMars — on Jul 12, 2012

• PopConLA: Making Music Magic for Indie Producers

  Elmer Bernstein: If all the budget they had left was for a kazoo and a banjo, let’s get the best kazoo and banjo we can get.

  News by LeoOfMars — on Jul 11, 2012

• PopConLA: New Nerd Nirvana Debuts in LA

  Holy culture overload, Batman! It's Billy Dee Williams, Sybil Danning, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Transformers, and 90 movies. Kaboom!

  News by LeoOfMars — on Jul 10, 2012

• Dances With Films: Can a Bat Monster be Cinderella?

  Bat Monsters captures the look and kitchy charm of the corny dialog that was a mainstay of these films

  Review by LeoOfMars — on Jun 07, 2012