Project Type: Review of screenplay

by M. Bijman August 5, 2017 0

Corner Gas (TV sitcom), by Brent Butt, Virginia Thompson, Mark Farrell & David Storey

At the time that I relocated to Canada from South Africa, I thought that the situation down South was prettyContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 2, 2017 0

The Piano, by Jane Campion and Kate Pullinger

On the subject of erotic fiction, some of the most gripping sex scenes I’ve ever read are from The Piano –Continue Reading

by M. Bijman August 2, 2017 0

Secretary, by Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), Mary Gaitskill (short story)

On the subject of erotic fiction, an unsettling and memorable example is Secretary, the 2002 film, in which the reservedContinue Reading

Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

Counterpart (2017) October 9, 2018

“There was one reality. And then it duplicated.” — Howard Silk What if you could live your life differently? How many different ways could you live? These are the questions at the heart of Counterpart, Starz’s new show, as well as the prompts used by Creative Director Karin Fong to produce its Emmy Award-winning title sequence.In the Cold War-espionage serie […]

Deep State (2018) August 27, 2018

Max Easton thought he was out. A former British intelligence operative, Easton was living in another part of the world, in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife. But how did he get there?In FOX’s new espionage drama Deep State, he gets pulled back in. Allegiances are murky, information is unreliable, relationships are a lie and nothing is black and white […]