Watching Oliver Stone’s “JFK”
The 50-year anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination is no less disturbing fifty years later: watching Oliver Stone's JFK is proof. The post Watching Oliver Stone’s “JFK” appeared first...
View ArticleA Mention of Gratitude
On Gratitude is the latest installment in my nod to Sei Shonagon: have you ever thought of creating a pillow book of your own? The post A Mention of Gratitude appeared first on IMPROVATEUR.
View ArticleWhere There’s Smoke, There’s a Fabulous Film
The first time I watched the movie Smoke, I couldn’t imagine myself living in the Brooklyn Harvey Keitel’s character, Auggie Wren, photographed. The post Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Fabulous Film...
View ArticleIt’s a Stranger Than Fiction #WellWritten Wednesday!
In honor of Valentine’s Day this Friday, today’s #WellWritten offering is my salute to romance and perseverance, two words not often used in tandem in our modern times. In the movie Stranger than...
View ArticleScreenwriting Legacies at the Academy Awards
As we move toward the 86th Academy Awards this coming Sunday, I salute one of my favorite screenwriting success stories, a remarkable script penned by David Seidler. He wrote this brilliant exchange...
View ArticleWhere the Road Leads
21. In the early morning crispness, pieces of a disassembled Gymboree are scattered on the lawn next door. A moving van appears. Throughout the day, bubble-wrapped and blue-blanketed furnishings are...
View ArticleThe Challenges of Writing Comfortably
25. I still my mind to focus on the sun as it breaks through a cloudbank, the scene hyper-illuminated as towering billows of moisture climb to the heavens like a chignon rimmed in gleaming clarity. How...
View ArticleA Playful Wind in Late Afternoon
29. I try to stare into an intensely bright sunset as a front moves away but the glare bests my eyes in its potency. The weather system drags with it a week’s worth of humidity, leaving a refreshing...
View ArticleHurricane Katrina: an Affirmation of Life
31. Friday, August 29th, is the anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina pillaged New Orleans, the approaching date reminding me of an elderly fisherman named Harvey who had tried to outrun the...
View ArticleThe Luxury of Watching Thunderstorms
32. Storm clouds are fringing north along the coastline of Lido Key, imprinting the ocean’s surface with bruise-like echoes. The rain pulls a dull gray curtain across the expanse of blue to hide the...
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