Story is a guiding principle for writer-director John Sayles. For nearly forty years, he’s made films outside the studio system…
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UCLA screenwriting instructor Tim Albaugh notes that a story is interesting when someone becomes something, not when someone is what he or she was…
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Identity and humanity are two concepts that science fiction loves to explore, so it’s a shame when a film that…
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The shenanigans of some Scottish lads who used to shoot heroin together is an unlikely foundation for a sequel, let…
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A Little Bit of Familiarity Goes a Long Way Stop me if you’ve heard this one: A hodgepodge of people…
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This article first appeared on the Final Draft blog and is re-published here with permission. Writing a story with an ensemble cast…
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The crime genre unites the tragic and the absurd like little else. Before focusing on fictional mayhem, I was a…
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Keanu Reeves returns as the titular protagonist, a retired hit man who just wants to grieve in peace. Everything except…
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Now is the perfect time to achieve your creative goals, like writing the screenplay for that thriller in your head…
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The considerable charisma and chemistry of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence keep the sci-fi adventure Passengers afloat, even if the script easily fixes…
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