A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 13 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Interview (Part 3): Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar My interview with 2021 Black List writer for their script The College Dropout.
How They Write A Script: Diablo Cody If there’s a modern day ‘talisman’ for anybody who dreams of breaking into Hollywood as a screenwriter, that would have to be Diablo Cody…
Page One: “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1985) Written by Leonard Schrader, based on the novel by Manuel Puig
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 12 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Interview (Part 2): Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar My interview with 2021 Black List writer for their script The College Dropout.
Screenwriting 101: Tony Gilroy “The movie business has fundamentally changed, as anybody who’s got their eyes open knows, and it’s never changing back. I don’t even know…
Page One: “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” (2005) Screenplay by Shane Black, screen story by Shane Black, novel by Brett Halliday
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 11 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Interview (Part 1): Michael Ballin and Thomas Aguilar My interview with 2021 Black List writer for their script The College Dropout.
Spec Script Deal: “Batshit” Universal Pictures acquires action thriller spec script “Batshit” written by Ryan Belenzon and Jeff Gelber. Via THR:
On Writing “So much of it is luck. Dumb fucking luck. There is so much talent out there — in every area — and it can’t get a set of eyes [to see it]…
Sundays with Sidney Lumet’s “Making Movies” A weekly series featuring reflections on filmmaking by one of the truly great movie directors.
A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 10 This is the 13th year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Why a story idea each day for the month? Several reasons which I’ll work my…
Go Into The Story Script Reading & Analysis: “Nightmare Alley” A week-long analysis of the thriller script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
Video: 10 Screenwriting Tips from Jane Campion How she wrote and directed The Power of the Dog and The Piano.
Script Analysis: “Nightmare Alley” — Part 6: Takeaways A week-long analysis of the thriller script and movie. Download. Read. Discuss.
I've already mentioned the very last line of dialogue which really gets at the core of Stan's… So let me go with this side of dialogue from Pete shared with Stan:
As for the story's central theme, I'd circle back to a point I noted in Part 1: self-identity. Or maybe more accurately, he knows stuff about his inner psychological nature (after all, he tells Lilith that he's not a good person), but…
At Ryan's encouragement, I went ahead and watched the movie, after reading the script. For over two decades, I have been drawn to analyzing movies and TV series through the lens of five primary character archetypes…
