Is Spike Lee the Jesse Jackson of Film?

From Men's News Daily: Was Spike Lee right to call out Clint Eastwood because there were no black soldiers in his last two war movies? Or, as this nothing-if-not-pithy opinion piece suggests, are his remarks just an appeal to old-school identity politics that the U.S. is well rid of?

Labels: screenwriters, screenwriting

 

Pitch, pitch, pitch

From BlogCritics Magazine: A great article on those PitchFests that take your money to get you a minute or two with somebody who might buy your screenplay. Great, that is, unless you're looking for encouragement. The bad news? "It is a nightmare for all involved." The other bad news? "it just doesn’t really work." Other than that, they're fantastic.

Labels: screenwriters, screenwriting