Quoted in Chicago Maroon's Grant Will Explore Echoes of Hollywood in ISIS Propaganda

Story can be found here.

Isis and Storytelling

I make a comment at the end of this story -- 

http://abc7chicago.com/news/how-isis-recruiting-videos-mirror-hollywood-scripts/1194173/

Talk in Prague: endings and beyond

Just gave a talk at the Prague Film School. About understanding what makes a memorable ending, unsatisfying ending, how knowing your beginning can help you know your ending and vice versa, the politics of endings, and how endings can best be represented on the page.  Mostly: your ending is you, your statement as an artist. Be careful with it. Some of the films/televsion shows referenced:

Sunset Boulevard

Back to the Future

Casablanca

Spider-Man 2

Some Like it Hot

Ghost World

A History of Violence

The Graduate

Erin Brockovich

Six Shooter

Fight Club

2001 A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

PSYCHO                                                         

Goodfellas

Memento

Waltz With Bashir    

Jessica jones 

Daredevil (the TV series)

Midnight Cowboy

Form and Void           True Detective          

To Serve Man Twilight Zone

Fire and Blood           Game of Thrones                  

Baelor Game of Thrones                  

The Rains of Castamere       Game of Thrones                  

Martha Marcy May Marlene           

Tin Toy          

Mulholland Drive                

The Hurt Locker       

The Others    

It Follows       

Louie – Bully episode

Silence of the Lambs

Being John Malkovich

Volume containing my short play, Where's the Rest of Me?, is out.

My short play, Where's the Rest of Me?, is part of a volume, The best of the Strawberry One-Act Play Festival (vol. 8) just released and available on Amazon.  Check it out.  (Synopsis: A screenwriter wrestles with his relationship to Spalding Gray, his psychiatrist father and the classic movie, King’s Row.  A dark and funny journey through movies, monologues and mental illness.)

http://www.amazon.com/Plays-Strawberry-One-Act-Festival-Eight/dp/1491784520/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450836186&sr=1-1&keywords=best+plays+strawberry+volume+8

Best Place for a Special Meal - North Pond

I completely agree with this reviewer :) -- 

http://best.newcity.com/2015/11/05/best-place-for-a-special-meal/