7 Characters From Cannes I Still Can't Get Out of My Mind
June, 18, 2013 7:39 pm | Comments On #cannes film festival, Movies1. THE DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDREL
Found: Glad-handing at the Carlton lobby bar.
Drink: Whatever he orders on your tab (likely some brightly colored French liqueur no one can pronounce).
Transpo: Knowing all the back alleys and secret entrances, he needs no transportation other than his own confidence.
Male, suit and tie, impeccably coiffured hair, bad teeth and worse accent. He is at all the best parties, knows all the VIPs and appears wealthy yet pays only in charm. He has been to Cannes more years than you have been alive, and claims to have had the penultimate affair...
Read More28 Ways I Survived Crowded, Hung-Over Sundance
February, 05, 2013 9:59 am | Comments On #Movies
Sundance is over, and I survived. Here's how -- perhaps these pearls of wisdom will come in handy next year, when you're packed into that premiere or trying to be so.
1. Your food options are pretty much saloons and Irish pubs, so pack snacks or prepare to feel faint. Unless you have that rare Viking stomach that can digest shepherd's pie seven days a week.
2. Nightclub pop-ups are the engineering marvels of the festival. What was a parking lot is now a Vegas club complete with sand dunes, plywood bathroom stalls, and Paris Hilton. Yes ... she's still there.
3. Altitude in Park City is 7,000 feet. So you are constantly out of breath. Not because you...
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Ed McWilliams is a writer/producer and founder of Attic Light Films with his brother, director Jack McWilliams, and producer Milan Chakraborty. Their latest film, "The Lifeguard," premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2013. They also produced "Alter Egos," recently released by Phase 4 & Kevin Smith's Movie Club. Ed began his Hollywood career at Madonna's company, Maverick, where he learned to bind scripts with incredible speed and precision. He speaks fluent Spanish and honors his home state of Texas every year with a notoriously rowdy annual summer BBQ. You can follow him at @edmcwilliams.
