Welcome back to ThinkTalk's Hump Day Movie Day. Every Wednesday we're going to pull a favorite interview from the archives. This week, our feature showing is a Director's Cut interview with Richard Linklater, the man behind Fast Food Nation. He sat down in the ThinkTalk studios to answer questions from the University of the District of Columbia. He talks about how he became successful as a director, and also gives tips on becoming a good playwright.

Jared Hess was a relative unknown when his 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite hit theaters. Fresh out of Brigham Young University, Jared struck gold with the big screen adaptation of his short film and hasn't looked back since. His newest film, Gentleman Broncos is a similarly themed off-beat comedy featuring Flight of the Conchords Jemaine Clement, American Pie's Jennifer Coolidge and Michael Angarano. Last week, Jared joined ThinkTalk in the studio to discuss his newest film. The interview is available now and you can watch it below:

News on Women’s Alice Krause does a superb job when it comes to updating the world on what women professionals are doing. This blog delivers favorable and timely developments on women in varied career fields who are redefining corporate America and the way we work.

Welcome to the Daily Roundup. Each day at the ThinkTalk Blog we will post some links that we find informative, interesting, or just plain funny. The goal is to let you know what else is going on out there, and ultimately help you with the development of your career.

While ThinkTalk does its best to provide students with insight into the world of careers that await graduation, I think it is important for us to sometimes step back and gain perspective. College isn't trade school. You aren't learning a craft. More than anything, a Liberal Arts education teaches you how to think and provides a perspective on the world. It prepares you for life, the challenges you will face and the careers you will have.

Simply because you major in econ or poly sci or journalism does not mean that these are the fields in which you will work. Life has a funny way of screwing up your plans, and you never know where you'll end up with your career.

Today's Wall Street Journal features a Q & A with Reality TV producer Sara Mast. The interview details how Mast went from a B.A. in Women's Studies, to an M.A. in Screenwriting and a career producing "The Hills." Sara addresses some great questions from starting at the bottom to making the jump to reality.

Q. How do you distinguish yourself when doing menial tasks like getting coffee or sweeping floors? A. It was my eagerness to do whatever was asked without question. I also had an interest in camera and lighting and so I worked for free on some other small productions. So I also apprenticed in the camera department. And I found somebody who mentored me. I kept asking him a lot of questions until he saw that I had a passion for the work, and so did he. That helped my career a lot.

If TV or film is something that you would like to pursue, I would highly recommend reading the entire article for a great perspective on how to make it in a tough industry (also, you know, check out Director's Cut). Of course, even if you don't think you will pursue this career, you may want to read the piece anyway. After all, you never know where you are going to end up.

Welcome to the Daily Roundup. Each day at the ThinkTalk Blog we will post some links that we find informative, interesting, or just plain funny. The goal is to let you know what else is going on out there, and ultimately help you with the development of your career.

ThinkTalk, if you haven't heard, has a program titled Director's Cut. I routinely serve as host of said show, and consider myself lucky that I have had the chance to interview director's I grew up watching and loving. Of course, we just had Oscar winner Danny Boyle, but I have also had the pleasure to talk with personal fav's Darren Aronofsky, Richard Linklater and Charlie Kaufman. Film is of great interest to me and I still find it unbelievable that I get to pick the brain of the man who directed Hustle and Flow.

Now, I personally feel that Director's Cut is an excellent resource for film students. If you want to be an actor, producer, mogul, etc. the show is a great starting point to see what is going through the mind of the person making the film. But, that being said, there are a variety of aspects that go into making a film. It takes the cooperation of an untold number of people just to give the film the go ahead, let alone get it on screen.

This reason is why a recent Vanity Fair article on the Godfather was such an interesting read. This piece details, in breathtaking minutia, what went in to the development of one of the greatest films of all time (this, by the way, is not debatable). A short excerpt:

In New York, Ruddy met the fire-breathing, profanity-spewing Austrian tycoon Charles Bluhdorn, the acquisition-mad empire builder who had bought Paramount in 1966. “His exact line to me is ‘What do you want to do with this movie?,’” Ruddy says. Ruddy had carefully marked up the book with notes, but since he had heard rumors that Bluhdorn and Gulf & Western had had dealings with the Mob, he decided to go with his gut, street fighter to street fighter. “Charlie, I want to make an ice-blue, terrifying movie about the people you love,” he said. Bluhdorn’s eyebrows shot skyward and his grin grew wide. “He bangs the fucking table and runs out of the office.”

That is all I am going to give you from the piece. If you are interested in pursuing a career in film, or just have a passing interest in the genre, I highly recommend you read this wonderful, insightful and revealing article.

Yes its finally here…Welcome to Oscar season kicked off by the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards!  Thanks to last night’s ceremony I can now predict and place my bets on nominations and possible wins for the coveted naked man.

Acclaimed director Danny Boyle joined the Director’s Cut recently to discuss his newest film Slumdog Millionaire. The film tells the story of an 18 year-old orphan who receives the chance of a lifetime by appearing on India’s most popular game show, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.” The well-told story deals largely with fate, destiny, friendship, and love. Slumdog Millionaire won the People’s Choice Award at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and has been met with critical and popular acclaim.