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"How JT Mollner Used 'Halloween' to Inspire Horror Film 'Strange Darling'"

  • Staff Writer
  • .October 21, 2024
“Strange Darling came to me through an initial image that I saw of a woman running through the woods in distress,” says JT Mollner of his horror film that can be described as a mix of a bloody popcorn wild ride and art.“I’ve read countless stories about serial killers which gave me some inspiration to show a different side of th...
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Screenwriters Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Talk “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”

  • Staff Writer
  • .October 16, 2024
Beetlejuice was a playful foray into horror comedy in 1998 depicting the gentrification of family neighborhood Winter River with left-field visionary director Tim Burton at the helm. A follow up film was discussed for over three decades since Michael Keaton first exclaimed “It’s Showtime” as his iconic Betelgeuse character.After...
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Follow Your Inner Compass

  • Brock Swinson
  • .September 30, 2024
“Follow Your Inner Compass” Richard Tanne on ‘Chemical Hearts’ & ‘Southside With You’:“I’m one of those lifelong film geeks,” joked writer/director Richard Tanne. “I was one of those kids with a lot of creative energy, but didn’t know it at the time, so I channeled it through misbehaving.” Tanne’s parents worked out a system wit...
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Movies Based on Moments

  • Brock Swinson
  • .September 23, 2024
“Movies Based on Moments” Mike Mills on ‘C’mon C’mon,’ ‘Beginners,’ and ‘Thumbsucker’:“I didn’t start off thinking I was going to be a director and writing really wasn’t my thing,” said Mike Mills. “I went to Art School, got into design, and kept looking for more ways to get into the public world.”He continued, “This sounds like...
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There’s both light and dark.. there’s a lot of dark

  • Annabel Jones
  • .August 11, 2024
'There’s both light and dark.. there’s a lot of dark!' - Black MirrorCharlie Brooker & Annabel Jones on screenwriting levers, satire, and why checking your phone is like smoking. Plus great practical advice for writers! Black Mirror. The term refers to the dark, shadowy image you see of yourself while staring at the unlit screen...
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How to Write Authentic LGBTQ+ Characters That Everyone Relates To

Writing for other identities and demographics can be a challenging undertaking when a writer does not belong to that identity group themselves. In the instance of writing for marginalized groups, it’s easy and valid to question if it’s ever okay to write for a character if the writer does not also identify with said group. Conve...
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Story is Story

  • Brianne Hogan
  • .July 13, 2024
Story is Story - Art Holcomb on Screenwriting:When Art Holcomb was eight years old, his maternal grandmother, a poet, gave him a blank book. It was to encourage him to write out his feelings. She also shared with him books by the greats, like Shakespeare and Cummings. By the time he watched A Midsummer Night’s Dream at ten, he w...
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There Will Always Be A Market For A Script We Can’t Put Down

“There Will Always Be A Market For A Script We Can’t Put Down” Says Seth Renshaw. He worked in PR, media sales and then with CAA’s Marketing department before transitioning to film and television with David Dobkin’s Big Kid Pictures at Warner Bros.  He is currently the Head of Development at Benaroya Pictures, a writer of variou...
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When Enlightenment Hits Democracy

  • Tony McNamara
  • .June 24, 2024
“A Time When Enlightenment Hits Democracy” Tony McNamara Talks ‘The Great’:Award-winning screenwriter Tony McNamara (The Favourite, Cruella) originally told his story of Russian empress Catherine the Great through a stage play format. The play was comprised of two 45-minute parts, with the first focusing on a young Catherine and...
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Get To The Same Place In A Less Expectant Way

  • Joby Harold
  • .June 10, 2024
“Get to the Same Place in a Less Expectant Way” Joby Harold on ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’:“The Magnificent Seven. The Great Escape. Star Wars. Jaws. Everything that came out of that late 70s period, as a little kid in England, I loved that and started making little movies. I decided I was going to go for it,” said screenwriter Joby Harold...
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What Make Gangster Films & TV Shows Work? (Part 2)

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Gangster Films:Characters: The CriminalsThe Godfather, perhaps the traditional gangster film most people know, features a family involved in organized crime. They were our focal points, our POV characters. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) was outside of this world – almost. Their daily lives i...
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What Make Gangster Films & TV Shows Work? (Part 1)

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Gangster Films:It’s hard to imagine a more enduring genre film type than the gangster movie. Of course, traditional gangster films, as with most genre films, have mutated into powerful crime TV shows like The Wire, Ray Donovan, and The Sopranos or films like Proud Mary and The Departed, bu...
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Non-Conforming Genres

  • Sharon Horgan
  • .April 22, 2024
If the iconic horror film The Shining and famous author Jane Austin had a TV child, it would be called Shining Vale. Co-creators Jeff Astrof (Trial and Error, In-Laws) and Irish Comedienne Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Pulling) went to work to add credence to the hypothesis that the symptoms of depression and possession are indist...
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Writing Faith-Based Films

Laura Woodworth is a development executive for Cooke Media Group, a freelance writer-producer-director and author in the Christian space. She shared her views on writing in this specialized field and making it accessible to a wider audience,How do you define the faith-based genre?Films with a faith element used to fall under mai...
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My Voice Is A Collection Of My Experiences

  • Mike Gauyo
  • .April 8, 2024
Mike Gauyo (Ginny & Georgia, Insecure) cut his teeth in television as a production assistant on reality TV which led to  paid podcast and webseries gigs, which further led to a writers’ assistant job on Claws. Through a series of recommendations, he landed a writing spot on Ginny & Georgia.Being on set provided Gauyo with valuab...
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Stories are Trances

  • Brianne Hogan
  • .March 4, 2024
According to Steven Barnes, screenplays and stories are “like conversations with friends you have yet to meet,” which is a comforting thought to the lonely writer holed up in their apartment, banging out words.A screenwriter and sci-fi novelist himself, Barnes always wanted to be a writer.“I always told stories,” he says. At fir...
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Win The War On Clichés

Screenwriting instructor and author has taught, inspired, and mentored thousands of screenwriters over his career spanning several decades. His combination of practical exercises and real life film and television examples to illustrate his points has led to many of his students forging highly successful screenwriting careers. In...
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Be Undisciplined And Write Your Voice

  • Basil Iwanyk
  • .February 26, 2024
Basil Iwanyk is a prolific film producer at Thunder Road Pictures known for box office hits including Sicario, John Wick, The Town and Oscar winner, A Star Is Born. “I grew up in New Jersey and you grew up doing one of three things – you commuted into New York City and ran your own business, or you became a lawyer or a doctor… n...
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Unconscious Levels of Funny

  • Brock Swinson
  • .January 29, 2024
“Unconscious Levels of Funny” Judd Apatow on ‘Sicker In The Head’ & Beyond: This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Judd Apatow.The 2022 book Sicker In The Head includes conversations with Cameron Crowe, David Letterman, John Mulaney, Kevin Hart, Margaret Cho, Whoopi Goldberg, and Will Ferrell, among others. By simply asking “ho...
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The Depth Of Comedy Characters

  • Brock Swinson
  • .January 29, 2024
“The Depth Of Comedy Characters” Judd Apatow on ‘George Carlin’s American Dream’ & Beyond: This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Judd Apatow.“When I was a kid, all I wanted to do was stand-up. I probably had some idea of being Eddie Murphy or Bill Murray, like we all did,” said Judd Apatow, “but I love the idea of doing stand-...

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