Tweet I recently texted a friend to complain about how overwhelmed I was by my lengthy to-do list — which included, incidentally, writing this blog post. Me: “My to-do list is never ending bleh.” Friend: “It always has been Marps. I’ve never met you when you told me ‘oh I’m so chill I got nothing [...]
Tweet If you’re an IAWTV member or follow the Academy on Twitter — which you should — you’re probably aware the group is calling for submissions to its upcoming awards show in Las Vegas at CES in January 2012. This will be the first show from the IAWTV, of which I am a member, and [...]
Tweet Thanks to Racialicious for reposting! From Blacula to Sleep Dealer, filmmakers of color have always been interested in science fiction and fantasy. But these days in Hollywood, sci-fi/fantasy films demand big budgets, and it seems like only Will Smith and Denzel Washington are powerful enough to greenlight a genre film starring an actor of color. [...]
Tweet Academic publishing is slow. Everybody knows that. So it should come as no surprise that only now is my article on mumblecore, titled “Joe Swanberg, Intimacy and the Digital Aesthetic,” coming out in the latest issue of Cinema Journal. 2011 a strange time for an article on mumblecore, since it is now “over.” I wrote [...]
Tweet A funny thing can happen on your way to success: people start paying attention to your other projects! One happy consequence of Issa Rae’s incredible success with Awkward Black Girl has been greater attention on her “other” web series — her first — Fly Guys Present The “F” Word. Premiering in late 2009, The “F” Word follows [...]
Tweet “Web Series Spotlight” showcases an indie web series I feel is culturally relevant, artistically notable or simply interesting. I’ve been very upfront about my lack of respect for most reality TV, particularly “celebrity rehab,” which preys on our desire to see people at their worst, especially if we once knew them at their best. [...]
Tweet BET surprised a number of video producers this year when it announced it picked up four series for online distribution, many of them serious scripted dramas edgier than BET’s on-air fare. During a panel held at CAA at ITVFest, the tone coming from executives Martez Moore and Monique Ware was clear: they are committed. [...]
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