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M uch More Than a Little Feature: The Splendor of the Short Film Film Night and Conference Hosted by the Galileo Studio at Azusa Pacific University Read Full Story

I don't have the time or will to do a complete analysis of all the faults in The Mighty Macs . It is yet the latest disappointing movie effort to be produced and financed by committed Christians. It will not make its money back and will not add anything to the journey of the exclusively Christian audience that will be coaxed into theaters to support it. Subjecting it to a serious analysis would make me look like a fool, because it would mean applying more serious thought and experience to the... Read Full Story

Somebody wrote me recently that their project got rejected in Hollywood for improper formatting. The writer was irate that such a small thing would be used to reject his script. Here, for the general edification was my response.... I wanted to express a brief defense on behalf of those of us who are sticklers about screenwriting grammar, aka formatting. Considered under a professional lens, formatting is not irrelevant. In the vast majority of projects, a correctly formatted page equals one... Read Full Story

I am giving a two day workshop on the use of visual imagery in storytelling in Colorado in February 2012. They asked me to write a short piece about the topic for their magazine. I wrote too much and they will probably lose half of it. For posterity's sake, here's the whole thing. A Good Visual Image is Worth a Thousand Words By Barbara Nicolosi “ The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and... Read Full Story

Here is a new piece I wrote for my friends at Crisis Magazine about the coming battle for euthanasia. Please click on the link, and send it on to other friends. This issue is critically important, and, as always, our side is staring off into the sunset missing the massing of the opposition. "The evidence is undeniable: Somewhere in the middle of the Terri Schiavo tragedy, Hollywood and the cultural left climbed aboard the latest human-killing bandwagon and have since thrown the weight of... Read Full Story

Just passing this on.... _______________________________ Dear friends and fellow artists, It's a great pleasure to invite you to the inaugural event of the Catholic Artists Society on Sunday, May 15th at 5pm at the Church of Our Saviour in Manhattan. A Solemn High Mass of the Holy Spirit will be celebrated for members of our growing Catholic arts and media community. All artists, their families and friends of the arts are invited to attend. Following the mass, Fr. Joseph Koterski, SJ, from... Read Full Story

Here's a snippet from an interview I just did with a Christian magazine called Aletheia . It will be coming out later in the summer. Q: Where would you say our culture stands in regards to good storytellers and stories? BN: My opinion is that we have nearly lost the ability to tell a good story. Part of this is the loss we are seeing in all the art forms, which I think has something to do with the loss of rigor and discipline that is the doorway to the beautiful. Also, I think a lot of the... Read Full Story

Here is a talk that I will be giving to our Hollywood RCIA folks this coming Thursday, April 7th, at Family Theater in Hollywood. It's a good talk. Feel free to attend if you are in the area. Thursday, April 7, 2011 – 7:30pm – 9:30pm TEMPTATION AND PENITENTIAL ACTS / THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING: PENANCE AND ANOINTING OF THE SICK Instructor: Barbara Nicolosi Harrington Reading: CCC 1434-1439; CCC 1422-1424, 1440-1470, 1499, 1511-1525; “The Grand Inquisitor” from The Brothers Karamazov by... Read Full Story

Here's a wonderful writers' conference at which I will be presenting next month. HEDGEBROOK ALUMNAE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: LOS ANGELES CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS Saturday, April 9, 2011 At Mount St. Mary's College, Chalon Campus - Los Angeles, CA The Hedgebrook Alumnae Leadership Council: Los Angeles is pleased to announce its second annual series of creative workshops. This year's focus is on writing for film and TV and magazines. Join us for panels with writers from Seinfeld , Mad Men, Big... Read Full Story

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