9/11 was the tragic, terrifying start of the 21st century. It is estimated that nearly 3,000 people were killed on…
There are great screenwriters and then there are great co-screenwriters. Like Charles Brackett and I.A.L. Diamond (Billy Wilder’s two great…
Move over, May 4th (“Star Wars Day”) and out of the way, “Alien Day” (26 April) – henceforth, June 16…
I have hitherto excluded “writer-directors” from this series, as I have wanted to concentrate on “pure” screenwriters – those writers…
When Amazon Studios announced at the start of the year that it had signed Sharon Horgan to an exclusive two-year…
Jay Presson Allen was one of the finest female screenwriters of the 1960s and 1970s, successfully adapting for the screen…
The Wire is the Citizen Kane of television, revolutionizing television and televisual storytelling just as Citizen Kane revolutionized cinema and…
It is often said that the early 21st century is “the golden age” of television, with remarkable shows such as…
Fish and chips, tea and cake, Powell and Pressburger… some pairings are archetypically English. However, just like so many other…
Paul Schrader was probably the greatest screenwriter, and certainly the most famous screenwriter, of the late 20th century. The man…
