Anthony Burt
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‘E.T.’ 30th Anniversary: Its Magic Still Resonates
Guest Blog: With 'E.T.,' Steven Spielberg introduced audiences to their inner child in a way that was so intense that it forced us to look at, and confont, the real world in a different way
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Hey Peter Jackson, Can We Slow Down on Faster Film?
Guest Blog: "The Hobbit" director advocates shooting at double the current 24-frames-per-second film speed. It might be technically better, but don't we lose some of the magic?
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Depression Is No Reason to Stop Writing That Screenplay
Guest Blog: The ability to work through adversity is key for many successful writers. Or as Winston Churchill said, “if you’re going through Hell, keep going”
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The Digital Revolution’s ‘Citizen Journalists’ Are Ruining Our Film Experience
If they were bona fide movie fans, they would truly understand the pleasure of being teased with trailers instead of shaky YouTube footage captured on a lunch break from half-a-mile away
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Slicing Up the U.K. Film Industry Pie — Will This Reform Work?
The new British government has finally come up with a solution to “rectify” the demise of the U.K. Film Council
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Get Out of Your L.A. Comfort Zone and Film in the Rest of California
Filmmakers need to leave the city when scouting locations
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Time to Bring Google Down a Peg or Three
Google is attempting to create two Internets – one for the commoners, one for the rich
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Did the U.K. Film Industry Die in Secret?
The abolition is part of the U.K. government’s brand new “cut culture” for saving the British economy
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The 50 People I Want to Work With
With names like Spielberg, Leo, Peter Jackson, it makes me focus on who I’d like to be like
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I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
From small-town England to “East of Eden”-land to the city where I belong