Interview: Kristoffer Borgli A RogerEbert.com conversation with the writer-director of Dream Scenario.
How to Use Go Into The Story (Part 5): Learn the Business Some end of the year advice for blog readers.
Page One: “High Fidelity” (2000) Screenplay by D.V. DeVincentis & Steve Pink & John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg, novel by Nick Hornby
On Writing “Life goes on, and for the sake of verisimilitude and realism, you cannot possibly give the impression of an ending: you must let something…
Well put, Stephen. I've heard this from more than one showrunner, producer, manager, and development exec: How well a writer handles supporting characters is…
More Movies Like This, Please: 2023 List I started something in 2012. Whenever I saw a new movie I liked, I would jump onto Twitter, identify the movie, then simply tweet: “More…
Script To Screen: “Harold and Maude” The delightful 1971 movie Harold and Maude, written by Colin Higgins, is most noted for its co-stars Harold [Bud Cort] and Maude [Ruth…
Script To Screen: “Heat” The face-to-face diner scene confrontation between Neil (Robert De Niro) and Hanna (Al Pacino).
Page One: “Wonka” (2023) Screenplay by Simon Farnaby & Paul King, story by Paul King, based on characters created by Roald Dahl
2023 Black List Word Cloud Logline Challenge: Winners! The challenge started with a word cloud based on the loglines for the 2023 Black List scripts, all 76 of them!