The Best TED Talk on Film/Story by Pixar Icon Andrew Stanton

The above video is about 20 minutes of pure anatomy of how to make story work. It's not broken up into Step 1, Step 2, etc. but what Stanton does so brilliantly is tells the audience a story about stories. Leave it to someone from Pixar to tell the world how they do what they do in the form of how they do it. Brilliant.

P.S. If you didn't see John Carter (U.S. box office shows not many of you did) it's not as bad as you might think and actually holds a lot of great moments. I mention this because everyone is quick to point out a misstep from anyone involved with Pixar and though Stanton's film was considered a huge flop, I would put that more on Disney's marketing arm than the director himself.

In Depth Interview with Christopher Nolan to Help You Get Ready for TDKR!

If you enjoy the Nolan Batman films, then this interview with the Director's Guild of America will serve as a wonderful appetizer to get your juices flowing for the main course of The Dark Knight Rises on July 20th. Looking back at Nolan's full body of work now, you can see a man that has his act together.

I wouldn't call it a "planned out career path" so much as I would say that everything he does, he puts his full conviction into and makes a great final product. The article reveals that and more and I found it a wonderful read. Enjoy:
http://www.dga.org/Craft/DGAQ/All-Articles/1202-Spring-2012/DGA-Interview-Christopher-Nolan.aspx

Tao of Rio Bravo Article

Another interesting if not wholly nonsensical look at the 1959 western classic, Rio Bravo. The film itself is one of the four cornerstones of John Wayne's career, along with Stagecoach, The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. There's so much to love about the movie and all the players involved that I won't go into it here. Suffice to say this is one of those movies that I can always watch no matter where or when, even if I saw it a week ago. It hits all the notes and there is rarely a false moment. A true classic. http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/04/11/the-tao-of-rio-bravo-or-a-yakky-way-of-knowledge/

Wardrobe as Character in Hitchcock's Vertigo

Having just changed my desktop wallpaper from The Avengers to the classic spiral of Vertigo's poster, I thought it fitting to post this interesting article I found a few weeks ago. Great analysis of an amazing film and offering insights into the smaller aspects of this fascinating film through the use of the clothes everyone is wearing. Enjoy: http://clothesonfilm.com/costume-identity-in-hitchcocks-vertigo/25039/