Author Archives: Bob Hill

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you … Read More

It was noon when I came to, awoken by a clatter in the kitchen. There was a Kenzo named Jay Caufield sitting shirtless at our table. Jay was counting bills out by denomination, scribbling notes out with a pencil. I … Read More

Way back in the early 60s, Behavioral Psychologist Stanley Milgram embarked upon a decade-long series of experiments, geared toward confirming the majority of human beings are more prone toward obeying orders out of a rote sense of fear or responsibility … Read More

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“Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone not yet born, someone who won’t be born for 500 years. Your writing will be a record of … Read More

Jeremy Renner has faced quite an uphill battle in his recent bid to become Hollywood’s biggest little action hero. After garnering a Best Actor nod for his lead role in 2008’s Hurt Locker, Renner’s been forced to play back-up to … Read More

“To me, there’s no creativity without boundaries.  If you’re gonna write a sonnet it’s 14 lines, so it’s solving the problem within the container … and I think for me commercial television and those boundaries, I like it.  I like … Read More

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There are moments in Celeste and Jesse Forever where it’s difficult to discern whether it’s the script, the awkward lack of on-screen chemistry, or poor acting choices that makes you want to cringe. Regardless of whether it’s one, none, or … Read More

There was a time, several years back, when Donald Trump’s trademark brand of unrepentant chauvinism could almost be considered endearing, specifically because he happened to come correct on so many accounts. But all of that’s been rendered moot over the … Read More