Archive for June, 2012
What Would Really Be ‘Brave’? If She Were
by Adam Leipzig
The culture blather-sphere erupted this week with the perfect trifecta: As Disney/Pixar’s Brave won the weekend box office with $66 million, and Gay Pride Month culminated in major civic parades, EW.com’s Adam Markovitz wondered if Brave’s lead character, Merida, is gay.
Markovitz’s piece has its cake and eats it too, with political More...
Warren Pereira: ‘Filmmaking Isn’t Like Sports’
by Adam Leipzig
When he’s not in his native India, Warren Pereira lives between Los Angeles and Portland, which is where I caught up with him, as he was shooting a concert video with electro house artists like Steve Aoki and Datsik. A former competition swimmer, Pereira shoots commercials while also pursuing his other passions – making short films, and soon, More...
Jack White, ‘Love Interruption’
In this first single from Jack White's newest album Blunderbuss, he performs with Ruby Amanfu (born in Ghana, now living in Nashville). More...Best. Flashmob. Ever.
With bravado, gymnastics, synchronicity, choreography, crazy Russian energy and unbridled joy, this Moscow flashmob performs Irving Berlin's classic "Puttin' on the Ritz." As more and more people join in, and the staging (not to mention the camera work) becomes more and more elaborate, you'll probably agree with us: This is the Best. Flashmob. Eve More...7 Signs of the Indie Film Renaissance
by Chris McGurk
Chris McGurk, Chairman and CEO of Cinedigm, soberly delivered this highly intelligent, analytical address as the keynote of the LA Film Festival. In it, he lays out why indie films are poised for a comeback - and how we can get there.
I think his speech is a must-see for every filmmaker and film lover. Among the stunning statistics: 85% of the More...
The Rock and the Pavilion
by Rick Meghiddo
The official inauguration of Michael Heizer “Levitated Mass” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s campus marks the culmination of an artist’s forty-four-yearlong Via Dolorosa. When he first drew the idea, back in 1968, Heizer was twenty-four years old.
Bruce Goff’s Pavilion for Japanese Art was inaugurated in 1988, six years aft More...
Lorca Peress: Growing the Theatre’s Family
by Jaz Dorsey
Lorca Peress goes on the short list of people who have blessed my life and career. Lorca was in both the 1997 and 1999 Equity Showcases of a musical called NELLIE, for which I wrote the score. It was on that adventure that I learned that Lorca is an artist and colleague who always gives 150%. Today, Lorca is, among other things, co-president of Th More...
The Best Year of Her Life
by Gerald Locklin
When my two-year-old daughter sees someone come through the door whom she loves, and hasn’t seen for a while, and has been anticipating she literally shrieks with joy. I have to go into the other room so that no one will notice the tears in my eyes. Later, after my daughter has gone to bed, I say to my wife, “She will never be th More...God, He’s a Huge Sports Fan
by Jerry Kavanagh
Ever since King Saul successfully sent up David to pinch-hit for the Israelites against Goliath and the Philistines, players have been pointing skyward after an individual athletic accomplishment.
Nowadays, it’s commonplace to see a player hit a home run, score a touchdown, or slam home a dunk, and then gesture to the heavens — or at least More...
Surprise + Inevitability
by Adam Leipzig
In a recent workshop, I discussed two concepts that seem like opposites: surprise and inevitability. As diametrically opposed as chance and fate, these twin attributes form the core of great creative works and innovative projects.
They are to be found, dancing together, in every song that works, such as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
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