What Richard Brody Gets Wrong About "Joker" in the New Yorker

With all due respect, I don’t think I have disagreed with an article in the recent past more than I do with Richard Brody's review of Joker in the October 3 issue of The New Yorker. This is the second article I’ve read making accusations against Todd Phillips (who I was no big fan of until this movie) that I believe are largely misplaced. The first is the accusation that he’s whitewashing the infamous Bernard Goetz subway shooting, racializing...

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Auditioning Advice from Vancouver Actor Michael Coleman

Michael Coleman is a Vancouver-based actor who has appeared in Once Upon a Time, Supernatural, Stargate, Smallville, and animated hits like Hello Kitty, Dragonball Z, and Inuyasha. He is also co-founder of the production Rebel West Pictures, with several film and television projects in development, including Thirty-Seventeen and the television series, Hipsterverse, both set for release in 2019. In addition to working in front of and behind...

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How Stories Made, Then Broke, and Can Still Heal The World

I'm not going to lie, the last eight years, one month, and thirteen days of my life have been flat-out amazing. During that time, I have had the incredible honour of learning with and then teaching hundreds of professional and aspiring storytellers, while I myself wrote (sometimes for money!) for comics, film, web series, and corporate advertising.  My students have been screenwriters, novelist, actors, directors, producers, animators,...

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