Wednesday was the second and final showing of SIFF's 2006 Fly Film Festival, this year based on scripts submitted to the Screenwriters Salon. We kinda wish they hadn't done that. more ›

Well, another month has rolled around, which means it's time for another installment of SIFF's Screenwriters Salon. In a change-up from the seminar format, this month's offering is a "top-secret" staged script reading, featuring George Wing. The George Wing -- who, by the way, used to be a legal assistant here in Seattle, before they turned 50 First Dates into a hit film and he disappointed his parents by turning his back on a promising legal career. more ›

Listen, you remember the last time you had a great idea. You sat down and sketched it out, outlined the plot, and wrote treatment after treatment. Then some Bobby-Evans-type said, "Kid, I like your stuff," a year-and-a-half later Tim Allen signed on in the lead, and after the three-day crying jag you nearly drove off the Aurora Bridge. more ›