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Wishful Thinking - the blog
Tribeca Days
Through most of the Tribeca Film Festival, I spent my time at Chelsea, the cool New York district that isn’t actually that close to the Tribeca district. That’s where most of the screenings (and the press office) are located. Still, the first so-called “Tribeca” Film Festival I covered, only a few months ago (but it [...]
Read PostTribeca Film Fest – final comments (only 8 days late!)
Since the Tribeca Film Festival ended, I’ve been exhausted. Actually, I was exhausted for most of the time it was still happening. If you are a film buff at a film festival, and are given a pass to allow to watch as many films as you want (plus the journalistic obligation to see as many [...]
Read PostHow to write an awesome TV script

The Sydney Morning Herald – 31 October 2012 At the London Screenwriters Festival last week, director David Yates was talking about superstar writers. He knows about them, having translated J.K. Rowling’s last three Harry Potter novels to the big screen. But previously he did television, including the 2003 BBC thriller State of Play, working from [...]
Read PostGolf – as explained by a movie buff
At last I can reveal why I never made it big in the corporate world. You might have thought that, like most sane people, I just wasn’t interested in all that stuff. But the truth is: I’m a lousy golfer. Playing golf with the boss, as part of my cunning plan to climb the corporate [...]
Read PostMost Influential People?

Time magazine has been once again working on their list of the world’s 100 Most Influential People (at the moment). As usual, I’ll probably disagree with most of it. Whenever someone comes up with a list of the most influential people (or Australians, or politicians, or writers, or billy-cart racers, or whatever), and they take [...]
Read PostWhy you should be a movie star
The more I hear about the tough life of movie stars, the more I wonder why so many people dream of having that job. I’ve never done it myself, but as someone who writes about the movies, I’ve met a few people who’ve had this job and said that they loved it (including Heath Ledger, [...]
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