Feb 27 Love5 The Great Screenwriters: Part 29 – Richard Curtis By Martin Keady Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers It’s the rare screenwriter who gets top billing, such that it is their name that effectively sells (and defines) a…Read More
Feb 22 Love2 The Good Genre Guide: Rom-Coms By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Good Genre Guide In a new series, Martin Keady, our resident cinema historian, examines a particular cinematic genre each month, exploring what makes…Read More
Feb 17 Love5 The Great Screenwriters: Part 27 – Frances Marion By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers It says everything about the status of women screenwriters for most of the 20th century that the woman generally regarded…Read More
Feb 14 Love5 The Good Genre Guide: Sci-Fi By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Good Genre Guide In a new series, Martin Keady, our resident cinema historian, examines a particular cinematic genre each month, exploring what makes…Read More
Feb 12 Love4 The Story Behind The Screenplay: A Clockwork Orange By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Story Behind the Screenplay The Story Behind The Screenplay is a new series by Martin Keady, our resident cinema historian, that examines the origins…Read More
Jan 30 Love5 The Great Television Writers: Part 13 – Peter Flannery By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers In our age of screen ubiquity, in which screens (large, small or mobile phone-sized) are seemingly everywhere and apparently showing…Read More
Jan 06 Love2 The Great Television Writers: Part 12 – John Sullivan By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers If the name John Sullivan is not as familiar to non-British comedy fans as those of other great British comedy…Read More
Nov 27 Love3 The Great Television Writers: Part 11 – Nic Pizzolatto By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers The reputation of Nic Pizzolatto as a great television writer rests not just on one show but on one season…Read More
Nov 11 Love2 The Great Television Writers: Part 10 – Peter Kay By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers Like wine, comedy does not always travel well. Consequently, not all of the best British TV comedy, particularly “northern comedy”…Read More
Nov 05 Love3 The Great Television Writers: Part 7 – David Chase By Martin Keady Main, Screenwriting 101, The Great Television Writers If the current “golden age” of television, which is fast becoming an entirely new age of “internet film and television”…Read More