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Tom’s pieces for The Ankler, plus the conversations and essays posted on this site in 2017 and 2018.

The Ankler

Oscar season, 2018 · Written under the name Nolan Powers

The Critic

The Director

The Documentary Director

The Production Designer

The Costume Designer

The Music Expert

The Sound Editor

Mistakes Screenwriters Make

A series in three parts · 2017

Top Ten Screenwriter Mistakes

Part 1

Ten More Mistakes Screenwriters Make

Part 2

A Few More Mistakes Screenwriters Make

Part 3

Conversations and essays

2017–18

Top 21 Movies 2017

Jan 2018

Carol & Tom talk about Movies vs. TV

Dec 2017

“I’ll follow you into the parking lot and kill you.” Carol and Tom talk about James Toback

Oct 2017

“Mr. Smearkase, that’s my knee!” Carol and Tom talk about Harvey Weinstein

Oct 2017

Passion and Plum Cake: Favorite Love Stories

Sep 2017

Favorite Movie Lines

Sep 2017

Why I’ve Never Seen “Night at the Museum”

Sep 2017

From Screamers to Svengalis: Ten Hollywood Personality Disorders

Sep 2017

Why Quentin Tarantino asked for my autograph.

Aug 2017

The Golden Age of movies is a myth.

Aug 2017

Remakes: Five movies that got better

Aug 2017

Stuff my agents said to me

Aug 2017

How to give notes to writers. How not to.

Aug 2017

Are movie pitches a necessary evil?

Aug 2017

Best movies of the 21st century

Aug 2017

She Said/He Said · A Substack newsletter by Carol & Tom Baum

A Hollywood producer and her writer husband talk shop.

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