A YEAR IN THE DARK

by Frederick Bailey  Directing Mentor, IAFT/Los Angeles   When I moved to Los Angeles in 1977, I didn’t know many people, so I spent a lot of time in movie theatres.  This was way before the arrival of VCRs and DVD players—not to mention Netflix, Hulu and YouTube.  That means the only way to see…

GUERILLA MOVIES

A Side Door into the Industry by Nick Aquilino   “The game has changed, and it’s harder to get a foot in the door, anywhere. I think the wave of the future is to get a camera and some editing gear and start shooting a movie.”  —Albert Hughes [director:  Book of Eli, From Hell]  …

WHY OLD MOVIES?

by Frederick Bailey   Sitting in a screening room a couple of weeks ago, watching THE BICYCLE THIEF (1948), brought it home to me once again.  Something I first realized years ago: Movies are time machines. They can literally take us back in time to a place that existed before we were born.  And we…