Nino Fidencio Constantino was a healer who lived in Mexico during the 1920's. He was evidently somewhat eccentric, often dressing as the Virgin of Guadalupe. But he was also widely...

[caption id="attachment_3678" align="aligncenter" width="236"] Kelley Saunders[/caption] In some respects Carol is one of the most important characters in EvenHand. The opening scene features her, a woman who has been in a...

[caption id="attachment_3675" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The kitchen at Wong's Grocery[/caption] I feel like I'm back in college again. My rooming house here in San Antonio seems to be populated by a...

What do you picture when someone says "crack house?" Is it a run-down apartment complex on the Lower East Side of New York? That's an image we're all familiar with...

  [caption id="attachment_3666" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Purple House (looking kind of blue)[/caption] The purple house is owned by Sandra Cisneros and is one of many beautiful homes in the Southtown district...

[caption id="attachment_3661" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Woody Allen, Gordon Willis & me (far left) on the set of Zelig[/caption] I am often asked how I got my start in the film business....

[caption id="attachment_3658" align="aligncenter" width="234"] © William WegmanHoliday Greetings from Cypress Films[/caption] Those of you who have been following our progress on EvenHand know that we had a recent setback in the form...

[caption id="attachment_3647" align="aligncenter" width="300"] © 2000 J. Pierson[/caption] Jon and I have been giving a lot of thought to the choices we will have to make to bring EvenHand to the screen....

Its only a year or so after I predicted, and two years after I wanted, but EvenHand will actually be recorded on film this winter. The budget we have raised...

One advantage to not actually making a film is the chance to spend time with the family.  When we made Cherry, I thought it would be great working in New York...