Neil Drumming

'Big Words' finishes filming, and all of a sudden the voices on set are gone.… More »

A first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for 'The Atlantic' enters the final days of shooting.… More »

Reflections on directing a friend and idol… More »

A dispatch from a first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for 'The Atlantic'… More »

A call for extras from a first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for The Atlantic… More »

The fifth dispatch from a first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for The Atlantic… More »

The fourth dispatch from a first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for The Atlantic… More »

The third dispatch from a first-time filmmaker chronicling his experience for The Atlantic… More »

The second dispatch from a first-time film director chronicling his experience for The Atlantic… More »

The first dispatch from a newbie film director who'll be chronicling his shoot for The Atlantic… More »

I've already watched three episodes of Doctor Who today. Three! At just under an hour each. I ate lunch in front of the screen, Netflix streaming away. To clarify, I'm talking about the new Doctor Who, relaunched by the BBC in 2005.… More »

I don't know a whole lot about country music. The overwhelming popularity of pop country acts like Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood has done nothing to pique my interest.… More »

I know MF Doom gets a lot of love around these parts. Obviously, Ta-Nehisi's a big fan. I am, as well. Still, the constellation of indie-hop burns bright beyond the masked Villain. I'd like to call attention to the dimming of a once-white-hot star cluster.… More »

[Neil Drumming]So, this Valentine's Day weekend, my wife and I did the most predictable thing a couple could possibly do besides exchange roses and candy in heart-shaped boxes, go to dinner, and, later, try awkwardly to reclaim "the magic." We went to see Valentine's Day, the New Line event-picture starring Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Patrick Dempsey, Anne Hathaway, Queen Latifah,…… More »

[Neil Drumming](I've been delinquent with this particular post. Fortunately, I don't think time is of the essence in this case.)So, last week, my wife and I were watching "So You Think You Can Dance" (shut up) and the first couple of the evening performed a dance routine to the current Jadakiss hit, "By Your Side" (not to be confused with "By My Side," a way more enjoyable Jadakiss song off of a previous album.) The couple, Karla and Jonathan, were dressed in…… More »

[Neil Drumming]According to Gawker, it looks like Vibe magazine has officially folded. I can't say I'm surprised, considering the state of the publishing industry in general and the fact that the book had long ago lost its clear dominion over the culture so often referred to as "urban."Having worked for Vibe as an editor for a short time and done some freelance for the magazine in recent years, I wish I could say I was more distraught. But as Ta-Nehisi was fond of…… More »

[Neil Drumming](I think that's the second time today John Cleese has been quoted within this particular blogosphere. Anyhoo...)Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Nikki Finke have all raised a nice-sized stink over Transformers II's downright belligerent box office smackdown -- despite the fact that everyone in the film or film-related business seemed to have suspected it was going to go like this from the get-go. I believe the hyphenate I've most heard bandied about…… More »

[Neil Drumming]By way of introduction, I'm a screenwriter and an Aquarius. My interests include drinking, eavesdropping, browsing Blockbuster for films that I will then order OnDemand, streaming Netflix movies through my XBoxLive account, and telling people that I jog.I feel at a loss seeing as how I have little to say about the topic of the day (week, month). MJ died. I was shocked. I'm a little sad. Yada, yada. I guess my great hope is that his death will somehow…… More »