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The Keeper of the Black List; Creator of 'The Big C'
Since 2005, Franklin Leonard, creator and keeper of The Black List, has kept Hollywood on pins and needles every December awaiting this compilation o…
15 years, 11 months ago
Director Stephen Frears; Lennon-McCartney of Mock Movie Music
Celebrated director Stephen Frears (The Grifters, High Fidelity, The Queen) talks about his new movie Tamara Drewe and his comfort level working in t…
16 years ago
'Lone Star' and 'The Beaver:' Kyle Killen's Wild Ride
Kyle Killen created the Fox drama, Lone Star, which was recently canceled after just two airings. While that television dream didn't exactly work ou…
16 years ago
The Infamous 'Happy Days' Episode; Pitching at WESTDOC
"Jumped the Shark" may be the most famous thing Fred Fox, Jr. has ever written and in a way he didn't even write it-- not that phrase exactly. Fox i…
16 years ago
TIFF; What's in a Movie Name?
Premieres, parties and press junkets at the Toronto International Film Festival. Kim Masters goes insides a junket to interview Conviction director T…
16 years ago
NBC's Controversial 'Outsourced' and Directing TV Pilots
Director Ken Kwapis's latest TV project is the new NBC series Outsourced, which premieres September 23. The show follows an American running a call c…
16 years ago
The Worst Movie of the Decade, Redux
Battlefield Earth recently won the Razzie for being the "worst picture of the decade." The two credited screenwriters on that film -- J.D. Shapiro a…
16 years, 1 month ago
The Tillman Story's Controversial R Rating, MPAA's Response
The documentary The Tillman Story was given a controversial R rating for language by the Motion Picture Association of America. We talk with filmmake…
16 years, 1 month ago
The Mother-Daughter Writing Partners behind 'Huge'
Veteran television producer Winnie Holzman and Savannah Dooley go from being mother and daughter to writing partners. They run the ABC Family dramedy…
16 years, 1 month ago
Finding 'Salt;' Marketing 'Inception'
Behind every filmmaker stands an assistant. The former assistant to Phillip Noyce, director of Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, read scrip…
16 years, 1 month ago