Listening to David Mamet teach dramatic writing is like hearing a raconteur spin tales and tell jokes with middle-class Chicago swagger and the…
A strong antagonist is a lynchpin to any story, but superheroes especially need to face a good foil in order…
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You need more than “blazing hot” creative material to break into Hollywood, though that certainly helps, says development executive turned…
Story is a guiding principle for writer-director John Sayles. For nearly forty years, he’s made films outside the studio system…
UCLA screenwriting instructor Tim Albaugh notes that a story is interesting when someone becomes something, not when someone is what he or she was…
Identity and humanity are two concepts that science fiction loves to explore, so it’s a shame when a film that…
The shenanigans of some Scottish lads who used to shoot heroin together is an unlikely foundation for a sequel, let…
A Little Bit of Familiarity Goes a Long Way Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A hodgepodge of people…
