Paul Bales

Happy Halloween!

All the fun of pumpkin carving and none of the guts.

Piling On

By now, all of the independent film blogs and websites have weighed in on the IFP Gotham Award nomination for the very un-independent film,

Almost Starstruck

I’ve lived in Los Angeles for a long time. You see celebrities all the time in this town and in my line of work

Nothing to do with Movies…

…but everyone deserves to see this oldie but goodie: Download Worst_Album_Covers_Ever.pdf . Can I borrow a feeling?

Commanist

The Hollywood Reporter Risky Business Blog has a good feature on one of my favorite films of all time. Reds is a great film

Will Produce for Food

There’s an interesting article in the New York Times called Surivival Tips for the Aging Independent Filmmaker (free registration required). It paints a pretty

Arrr!

The MPAA is now using DVD-sniffing dogs to locate pirated movies in airports. Of course, the dogs can’t tell the difference between legal and pirated

What’s in it for Me?

As promised, here are some photographs from the SAG member education panel we did in New York on Tuesday evening. The name of the

Where is FEMA?

I’m the boss, so I don’t have to prove to Darrien that I actually had a flood at my condo. In fact, after she

IFP Market: Swag Wars

I opened the Market registration bag yesterday and was shocked to discover that HBO Documentaries had included a light-up pen that is almost identical

Is Our Filmmakers Learning?

I don’t know if they’re national or just in Los Angeles, but The Learning Annex, an adult learning program, asked me to speak at

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