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This is part of a series of accounts of the strike from Hollywood writers at different levels in their careers. The diarists have been granted anonymity to encourage candor. You can read previous entries by ‘Eastside Warrior’ and others here.

You can know the knife’s coming. You can hunch your shoulders and brace for the impact. You can even tell yourself, it doesn’t matter. You’ve been stabbed before, you survived. You can do all that and it still stings. June gloom came hard this week: the DGA cut its deal.

It was just a little grayer outside Paramount Monday. With a light touch of shitty drizzle, as if the clouds couldn’t even make up their minds whether or not to rain on our parade. And the lines were noticeably quieter. Of course, it might’ve been because half the Guild was out leafleting Apple stores. (A well-meaning,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the series finale of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” has officially come to an end on Prime Video, wrapping up five seasons of the beloved comedy set in the 1960s and, thankfully, healing the rift between Susie and Midge. Still, their final scene together wasn’t actually together – and series stars Alex Borstein and Rachel Brosnahan will be the first to admit that that was a “scary” concept to deal with.

In the series finale, we jump even further into the future, finding Midge (Brosnahan) and Susie (Borstein) in their respective homes. They hop on the phone to watch “Jeopardy!” together, each filling the other in on what their schedules have been like lately.

For some, it may come as a bit of a surprise that the final words of the series weren’t Midge’s signature “Thank you and goodnight!” But for Borstein and Brosnahan,...

In my opinion, kid’s movies are among the best ever made but are often over-looked because they usually lack tragic drama or passionate physical romances, but that’s what makes them great. They are a fantasy escape into a world we’ve never seen but we all wish we had. And that’s what Mary Poppins did so brilliantly in 1964 and I don’t think that anyone anywhere can honestly say that they didn’t yearn for Mary to fly to their doorstep and teach them magic when they were little.

With expert flair, Walt Disney made a spirited, visually captivating and touching adaptation from the P.L. Travers books and it was the first film from his studio to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Featuring a knockout, Oscar-winning performance of prim, proper British beauty and intelligence by Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins, Disney studios most expensive film up to that time,...

We’re back with the latest edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes details on Screamfest’s call for entries, release information for Charlie Casanova and The Midnight Hour, details on The Modern Monster art show, and more:

Screamfest Horror Film Festival’s Call for Entries: The Screamfest Horror Film Festival is accepting submissions in the following categories for the upcoming 2013 Festival:

Film Categories:

Feature Films

Short Films

Student Films

Animated Films

Early Deadline – June 15th Regular Deadline – July 15th Final Deadline – Aug. 1st

Submit your films here - http://screamfestla.com/entries.php

Script Categories:

Feature Scripts (75-130 pages)

Regular Deadline – March 15th Final Deadline – May 15th Winning script receives: $1,000 cash prize Movie Magic Screenwriter software Award Trophy Top 4 finalists receive: $250 cash prize Movie Magic Screenwriter software A six month free Prolific Pro Read Through membership The 2012 winning screenwriter...

With some of us still reeling from the frenzy that was October 2012, it’s hard to believe that we’re already prepping for 2013’s spooky, cinematic mayhem. La’s venerable horror film festival Screamfest is as well, and they’ve now begun accepting submissions.

“Screamfest is celebrating its 13th year this October,” festival founder and director Rachel Belofsky told us, “and it’s already starting off as a big year with [feature films] Thale and American Mary releasing on our Screamfest label via XLrator Media.”

While its October festival dates and location are yet to be released (we will have the skinny on that soon), Screamfest is now accepting submissions in the following film categories for the upcoming 2013 event:

Film Categories:

-Feature Films

-Short Films

-Student Films

-Animated Films

The early film submission deadline is June 15th, the regular deadline is July 15th, and the final deadline is August 1st. For more info on film submissions,...

Getty Images George Clooney arrives at the 84th Annual Academy Awards.

The 84th annual Academy Awards with host Billy Crystal are being held tonight and Speakeasy is live-blogging the show. We have reporters in the audience, in the press room and at the parties getting the latest on all the events of the night. Stars on hand for the show include George Clooney, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Penelope Ann Miller and Christopher Plummer. Top films in contention include “The Help,...

The amount of women making films is fairly small, but there are three that have that left their stamp on cinema, specifically, in the realm of horror/science fiction/fantasy. Mary Lambert directed the best horror film of 1989 with Pet Sematary, and Jennifer Lynch helmed the weird thrillogy that is Surveillance, Hisss and Boxing Helena. Then there is Rachel Talalay, who will forever be remembered for Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and to a lesser extent - Tank Girl. But what about her cyber thriller from 1993 that never gets any love? Well, with my latest chapter of Late Night Classics, I was given the chance to interview Rachel about her favorite flick of mine.

Jason Bene: After producing a few of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, you got to put Krueger to rest, temporarily, with Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. How was it for you from going...

Our final issue of Season 6 has now been mailed to subscribers worldwide, and the general feeling is that it's one of our best yet.

Gary Giblin offers an extensive, in-depth tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho to commemorate the film's 50th anniversary. He shares little-known facts about the movie and also examines its legacy, including the sequels. Matthew Field offers part one of his recent interview with director Lewis Gilbert, who discusses his war movies such as Sink the Bismarck!  and The 7th Dawn. Dean Brierly's ass-kicking interview with ass-kicking Blaxploitation legend Fred ("The Hammer") Williamson

Coverage of Cinema Retro's Movie Magic Tour of England: Richard Johnson joins us at the mansion seen in The Haunting and we catch up with Sir Roger Moore, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Richard Kiel and George Lazenby at a major London James Bond event.

Howard Hughes' special tribute to the life and career...