For Those Who Celebrate Christmas and Want to Believe Their Families Are OK This Christmas Eve, a year that will be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons draws nearer to a close on its own terms with its trademark lack of mercy. The pandemic’s toll in lives should be enough…

Last week, the Casting Society of America (CSA) issued a press release announcing a new committee to study the issue of CD-led workshops. …

O Lord, Please save me from bullshit, From creeping fears that I suck, And from the memory of my poor mother’s face When I told her I wanted to be an actor. O God, Let it not be visited upon me The director who thinks all actors are a little stupid, The person…

A Review of “Artist Found in Port Washington Flat” — The set of Burt Young’s solo performance. There are times when casting rises to the level of performance art. In 2008, Mickey Rourke broke our hearts playing the battered, world-weary title character of Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. It’s not that his performance wasn’t powerful. It was. But at the root…

On Saturday, October 26, 2013, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos delivered the keynote address at the 2013 Film Independent Forum at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in Los Angeles. His remarks included critiques of movie theaters, which he claimed had resisted innovation and contributed to the spread of…