Nine crucial lessons from The Wire's pilot

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Shape a Show and Get Your Name in Lights

Answer a few question about what you want in our new stand-up series, and you’ll be credited as a “Consulting Producer"...

Nine crucial lessons from Breaking Bad's pilot

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AFI film school #17: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Not me

Up until I hit “watch” on Netflix, I thought I was about to see a biopic on some of the racier moments of Virginia Woolf’s life. Instead…

AFI film school #16: Gone with the Wind — Hungry again

Eighty years ago a movie came out that affected movies forever. Sure, the same could be said…

AFI film school #15: Midnight Cowboy — I'm talking here

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Petition Granted -- Why most show finales suck and what to do about it

You invest years into a show. An hour a week--maybe around a hundred hours overall. Talking about it with your friends…

AFI film school #14: Do the Right Thing — The truth Ruth

Overall, this movie is asking a question, and it’s a question that Mookie could have asked Da Mayor after he delivered the film’s titular line: “what is the right thing…