film

April 11, 2016

Take 5 With Award Winning Filmmaker Doug Blush

World Premier: Accomplished Documentarian Brought Beyond Laughter and Tears: A Journey of Hope to CIFF Doug Blush and I first met back in 2012 when CIFF […]
April 7, 2016

Beethoven Rolls Over to Cleveland

CIFF Welcomes What Would Beethoven Do? One of the great joys of the Cleveland International Film Festival is exposure to great culture. Mostly, this culture is […]
November 23, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #13: Writing Seminars – Part 1 – Hay House, Wayne Dyer and Cheryl Richardson

“Writing isn’t something I do. It’s something I am.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer . Along the corporate life trajectory writing has kept me consistent company, decade […]
November 19, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #12: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 2

From January till ~ June of 2013, I lived 6 months in a monastic lifestyle: work, work out, write, sleep, repeat. Once in a while I’d […]
November 17, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #11: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 1

2013 built on the loss of 2012. And more was to follow. Pruning the dead leaves of one’s life is a critical component to letting the […]


March 28, 2012

Of Two Minds – One Powerful Documentary @ CIFF

Of Two Minds One Powerful Documentary @ CIFF                       Of Two Minds made its world debut […]
March 22, 2012

Local Heroes, Global Setting: The Cleveland International Film Festival

Local Heroes, Global Setting Cleveland International Film Festival The 36th Cleveland International Film Festival commences at Tower City on Thu 3/22 and runs through Sun 4/1. […]
February 29, 2012

Road to Red Carpet – Cleveland Celebrates the Oscars

Road to Red Carpet: Cleveland Celebrates the Oscars Gowns, Glamor and Gold The Greater Cleveland Film Commission threw the party of the year. On Sun 2/26, […]
February 22, 2012

Tyler Davidson: Take 5 (Part 2)

Tyler Davidson: Take 5 (Part 2) From Sundance to Spirit Awards to Sunshine Tyler Davidson is having a big year. Another big year. He’s just returned […]
January 4, 2012

Tyler Davidson: Take 5 – Spirit Awards and Back to Sundance

Tyler Davidson’s N.E. Ohio produced cinematic masterpiece Take Shelter recently got nominated for five Independent Film Spirit Awards: Best Film, Best Director (Jeff Nichols), Best Lead Actor […]
December 30, 2010

Screenwriting Take 1: Find Your Road Map

 Written by Alex Sukhoy for Film Slate Magazine. “You must not come lightly on the blank page.” – Stephen King Writers write. Every day they look […]