Columns
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Making It as a Band May Be Tough, but Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Guest blog: While it’s much easier these days to release music without big-label assistance, the need to protect musicians and their work remains the same.
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Ang Lee Opens Film Studio, ‘Life of Pi’ in His Native Taiwan
Guest Blog: Director Ang Lee returns to his homeland Taiwan for the premiere of "Life of Pi" and the opening of a new film studio
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Oy … I Almost Peed My Pants Seeing ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’
Guest blog: For me, seeing young actors join in the fun confirms the important tradition of a new generation learning tthe art of repeat-joke-telling
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‘The Sessions,’ My Almost-Father-in-Law Jonas Salk – and the Healing Power of Sex
Guest blog: How repressed a society we are — despite all of our iPad and techno-net ways of relating
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Taiwan’s Golden Horse Filmfest Invites Controversy With Chinese Host
Founded in 1962, the Golden Horse Film Festival — often called the Oscars of Asia — is an annual fixture on Taipei’s cultural calendar. For directors, producers, actors and fans of Chinese-language cinema, the festival — scheduled this year for Nov. 24 — gets better every year. And if you're wondering why it's called…
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‘Skyfall’ Takes Product Placement to Next Level with Heineken
Guest Blog: Heineken is hoping beer drinkers will be stirred by their "Skyfall" campaign, but Sony marketers may be the biggest winners
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Why the Tale of ‘Doc Holliday’s Woman’ Remains Unseen
Guest Blog: The story of "Doc Holliday's Woman," the real-life Hungarian immigrant Kate Elder, has come close to making it onto the small screen several times
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Guest Blog: Hurricane Sandy, First-Person: The Storm That Split New York in Half
Sandy plunged this film exec's family and fellow downtown New Yorkers into darkness, but the recovery proved enlightening
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Uncovering the Past in ‘The Flat’
Guest Blog: Israeli Arnon’s Goldfinger’s compelling documentary “The Flat” reminds us that our relatives may well be saving treasures for us, if only we ask
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‘Argo’ Works, From a Tehran, D.C. and Hollywood Perspective
Guest blog: A former D.C. journalist who was based at the embassy in Tehran and went on to become a Hollywood studio exec says "Argo" gets it right
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Rod Stewart: Learning to Love a Spoiled-Rotten Lothario
Guest Blog: In his new autobiography, rocker Rod Stewart explains why he thinks being called "spoiled rotten" is a bad rap — and blames his mum
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‘Spielberg of Motorcycle Movies’ Building Bridges with Taiwan
Guest Blog: Peter Starr was beaten to the punch on his plan to make a movie about the 700-mile motor scooter trip taken by a group of Taiwanese octogenarians, but he's still revved up
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The Black List: What, How and Why, the Long Answer
Guest blog: The Black List is a compilaton of the "most-liked" screenplays that you've never seen, not the "best of," and that's a strength
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‘Walking Dead’ Boss Glen Mazzara Q&A: Sleeping Soundly, Keeping Others Wide Awake
How to tell actors they'll add to season 3's body count?
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Why Mysterious Istanbul Makes a Perfect Backdrop for the Action in ‘Taken 2’
Guest Blog: Why the writers of "Taken 2" chose Istanbul for its sequel is undoubtedly because of its mystery