Saturday Hot Links
Time for the 163rd installment of Saturday Hot Links!
Today: The Chris Rock Rocks Edition.
2015 Sundance Film Festival lineup announced.
The 2014 New York Film Critics Circle nominations.
The 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards: Complete list.
The 2014 Grammy nominations: Complete list.
Podcast: Broken Projector.
Podcast: Chicks Who Script.
Podcast: Scriptnotes.
A.O. Scott: Is our art up to the challenges of our time?
Why does your nose get stuffy one nostril at a time.
25 things to watch for while watching the 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon.
What’s the origin of the word “dude”.
Sony looking to possible North Korea link to hack attack.
Related: Several Sony films leak online after hack attack.
Related: Sony’s multi-million dollar executive salaries revealed online after hack.
Related: The whole Sony thing just keeps getting worse.
Related: Was the Sony hack attack an inside job.
Related: Security expert offers 5 tips on how to avoid a studio hack.
Related: Sony Pictures employees get email threatening families.
Related: Is there an upside to the Sony Pictures hack.
The science of fear… and how you can fight it.
Why DC Comics’ Diane Nelson is the most powerful person in comics.
The only footage of Mark Twain in existence [video].
Malcolm McDowell on Stanley Kubrick: An all-too-human artistic genius.
Alan Turing’s 5 most powerful quotes.
Attention, filmmakers: Here are the secrets to the ‘Serial’ podcast’s storytelling success.
Another reason to avoid reading comments.
11 essential Native American movies you can watch online now.
7 authors who wrote themselves into their work.
10 awesome movies that slipped through the cracks.
P.J. Harvey to release a book of poetry.
Imitation Game plays to one of the best limited debuts of all-time.
Family gives homeless, dying dog the best week of its life.
YA dystopian films have become what they hate.
Could religion survive contact with extraterrestrials.
Now sober, Lars von Trier says he wrote all his scripts while under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
Will this revolutionize education [video].
15 movies to see in December.
Higgs-boson scientists says our universe is impossible and we shouldn’t exist.
Is streaming the future of TV.
7 Colorado communities just secured the right to build their own broadband.
Mark Hamill predicted Star Wars VII 30 years ago.
Check out The Killers new original Christmas song: “Joel, the Lump of Coal” [video].
Director Philip Kaufman blasts Hollywood for ignoring “mature audiences”.
The world’s 100 highest paid athletes.
Why does Hollywood keep barring minorities from Biblical blockbusters.
“Sybill” and the history of multiple personality disorder.
Excellent feature on Ava DuVernay and the new movie she directed Selma.
21 phrases you use without knowing you’re quoting Shakespeare.
7 obscure literary devices.
Is this the Golden Age for television and movie sex scenes.
Related: Why female-centric sex is everywhere on TV now.
Related: The 30 most important sex scenes in movie history.
Sorta Related: L.A. man first person sentenced to prison under revenge porn law.
Top 50 YouTube and Vimeo channels for filmmakers and cinephiles.
About 100 human brains have gone missing from the University of Texas.
A list of several 2014 movies not eligible for WGA awards.
19 things you may not know about “Peter Pan”.
It’s official: HBO is remastering “The Wire” in the wrong aspect ratio.
Related: David Simon’s thoughts on the matter.
15 out-of-this-world facts about the International Space Station.
The 5 most pointless scenes in big budget movie history.
The science of why cops shoot young black men.
10 podcasts for filmmakers, film fans and industry folks.
4 times the U.S. has invaded Canada.
What economics tells us about the trustworthiness of movie reviews.
25 genre novels that should be classics.
An oral history of the epic space film The Right Stuff.
20 French phrases you should be using.
‘Peter Pan Live’: Best and worst moments.
How to wrap a present with mathematical precision.
Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas sinks to worst rating in IMDb history.
You can own this (potentially haunted) antique sword.
Why people in old movies talk weird [audio].
11 great thinkers’ brilliant study tips for finals week.
Ted Hope: The really good things about the filmbiz 2014.
Billy Eichner gets in touch with his inner Taylor Swift [video].
Mr. Babadook: An oral history of 2014’s most terrifying movie prop.
11 stops that should be on every Harry Potter fan’s vacation list.
Studios to generate record homevideo sales on video platforms in 2014.
Why do spicy foods taste ‘hot’ while minty foods taste ‘cold’.
Why writers are the worst procrastinators.
5 surprising factors that make up your personality.
Excellent first-person essay by LEGO Movie writers Philip Lord and Chris Miller.
A 40 minute conversation with top cinematographers [video].
Two indie distributors who are changing the way we watch movies.
Finally a fantastic interview with Chris Rock.
Screenwriting Master Class tip of the week: Next week, I’m coming to L.A. for a visit and for four days, I’ll be in Santa Monica leading the 4th session of the Quest Writing Workshop. And there are 2 spots left. Find out more here about how this unique 4 day intensive workshop evolves into a writers group who support each other for 16 week during which time they prep and pound out a first draft of an original screenplay.
Dates: Wednesday, December 10-Saturday December 13, 10AM-5PM each day
Location: The Writers Junction, 1001 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica
We have a great group enrolled with room for just 2 more writers. Go here to enroll.
As always I look forward to the opportunity to work with you!
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