Category: Film Appreciation

• Casablanca turns 83

  November 26, 2025

  Film Appreciation, General, On my mind

  #Casablanca, #Claude Raines, #Conrad Veidt, #film history, #Humphrey Bogart, #Ingrid Bergman, #MostLovedFilms, film, movies

  Eighty-three years ago today, the film Casablanca opened. The script had been plucked from the slush pile and greenlit the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The entire film was shot on a tight budget, on backlot locations quickly modified with a Moorish theme. It had name stars in Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman,…

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  “There You Are” Premiers at OutFest in LA

  June 13, 2018

  Acting, Film Appreciation, General, Theater

  #LisaDonato, #outfest2018, #ThereYouAre, short film, world premiere

  I was part of a wonderful short film project…accepted to premiere at Los Angeles’ OutFest in July.

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  There You Are, a short film

  February 1, 2018

  Acting, Film Appreciation, General

  #AustinFilm, #chartp, #JenRichards, #LisaDonato, #PastoriniBosby, #QueensburyTheater, #SHSU, #SXSW, #ThereYouAre, Country Playhouse, film festival, Jo Perkins, Mickel Picco, short film, South by Southwest film festival, transgender

  As I announced not long ago, I was cast in a short film being directed by Lisa Donato, written by Jen Richards. I travelled to Austin the end of last week and we rehearsed and shot the entire film over four days. Jen Richards is a transgender actress from Los Angeles who met Lisa Donato at South…

• Short Film, “There You Are!”

  January 12, 2018

  Film Appreciation, General

  #ThereYouAre, Jo Perkins, short film

  I just got the call from Cat at Pastorini/Bosby Talent letting me know that I’ve booked a major role in a short film shooting in Austin in two weeks. I’m very excited.  The subject matter is slightly controversial, but the script is touching and lovely. Among the cast, I’ll be working with Jo Perkins for…

• Fun Shorts

  November 30, 2017

  Film Appreciation, General

  #LifeIs2Short, One Minute Fly, Short films

  Here is a short film recommended from my film students.