Dear Write Readers, Another year has passed! Another year older, perhaps another year wiser, and another Oscar season is upon us! How time flies! Let’s start our journey in the Wild West. The wild, new West, we could call it. Opening on wide open spaces and vast emptiness, “Closed” signs and motionless trains, this Texas…
Tag: Films
A Writer Teacher(s) Review: Manchester By The Sea
Keep on keeping on, Write Readers. We’re trucking through our list. Let us discuss the Amazon original film, Manchester by the Sea. Manchester by the Sea was written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan, and starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, and Lucas Hedges. The film was first premiered at Sundance, at which point it…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Moonlight
“In the moonlight, black boys look blue.” Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, is perhaps the most beautiful film I’ve seen all season. While I have doubts about it’s ability to beat La La Land, mostly because the Academy likes pretentious films, it’s the film most worthy of the title of Best Picture in 2017. I…
DTLA Film Festival Announcement!
DTLA Film Festival announced today that its 9th annual edition will be held Sept. 21-30, 2017 in venues throughout burgeoning downtown Los Angeles, including Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE. Known for its progressive programming and emphasis on diversity, the festival will present more than 100 films of all genres, as well as related events including live…
Actors & Actresses Q&A Series: Will Townsend
Hello Beautiful People, Will Townsend is best known for the voice of Elliot in the animated film, Open Season. Elliot, Boog and all your favorite woodland creatures are back in a brand new, comedy adventure, OPEN SEASON: SCARED SILLY. When a case of mistaken identity leads both humans and animals to believe there is a…
BACK TO THE FUTURE IN CONCERT
Hello Beautiful People, When I was in first grade, I asked Santa for a Hover Board for Christmas. Sadly, I never got my beloved board…but, the entire Back to the Future Series will always have a special place in my heart, which is why I geeked out when thewriteteachers.com was asked to attend BACK TO THE…
The Write Teacher(s) Film Class – (a growing list)
Hello Beautiful People, Recently I took to polling colleagues about films. I wanted to know, what are great films that high school kids should know – stories that they can learn from, stories that they can relate to, and classic pieces of cinema that would be useful to their repertoire. Here’s what they came up…
COMING SOON: The Overnight
THE OVERNIGHT premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and will be released by The Orchard on June 19, 2015. Cast: Taylor Schilling, Adam Scott, Jason Schwartzman and Judith Godrèche TRT: 80 minutes Country: USA Language: English Synopsis: Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, have recently moved to Los Angeles’ Eastside from Seattle. Feeling lost…
COMING SOON: Appropriate Behavior
APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR Written and Directed by: Desiree Akhavan Cast: Desiree Akhavan, Rebecca Henderson, Halley Feiffer, Scott Adsit, Anh Duong, Arian Moayed OPENING THEATRICALLY IN NEW YORK, LA & ON VOD JANUARY 16TH “Audacious and funny and unique”, Lena Dunham “Winning first feature”, A.O. Scott – The New York Times — ABOUT THE FILM: For Shirin…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
Hello Friends, One thing I’ve learned over the years is that humanity, as a whole, loves a good story. Even if books aren’t as popular as they were years ago, it hasn’t diminished the simple human need for a good yarn. Television and movies simply require less of the viewer, providing the images and the…