Feb 05 Love4 From Script to Screen: La La Land By Jeff Legge Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen The success of 2016’s La La Land is the result of writer-director Damien Chazelle’s ability to blend together familiar elements in…Read More
Feb 04 Love1 The Non-Sports-Fan Movie Fan’s Guide to The Big Game By Tom Dever Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Today, the New England Patriots will play the Philadelphia Eagles. Somewhere in the ballpark of 115,000,000 worldwide will watch the…Read More
Jan 31 Love6 The Allegory of Otherness: Queer Narratives in 2017’s Genre Cinema By Ben Larned Filmmaking, Genre, Screenwriting 101 Genre films saw a resurgence in positive press a few months ago; with Wonder Woman, Get Out and It breaking…Read More
Jan 30 Love2 Box Office Recap — January 30, 2018 By Tom Dever Box Office Recap, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Comrades, the time has come to pour one out for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Raise your glasses and tip…Read More
Jan 28 Love3 From Script to Screen: Logan By Jeff Legge Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen As far as the superhero genre is concerned, Logan belongs to a very special club. Sure, it’s not as fun…Read More
Jan 23 Love1 Box Office Recap — January 23, 2018 By Tom Dever Box Office Recap, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Whether by word of mouth or consistent critical praise, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle firmly retained the box office champ…Read More
Jan 22 Love1 From Script to Screen: Get Out By Jeff Legge Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen Destined to go down as the most talked about film of 2017 (as well as one of the best), Jordan…Read More
Jan 20 Love8 Five Things Star Wars Borrowed from American Graffiti By Tom Dever Character, Events, Filmmaking, Industry Events, Screenwriting 101 The Film Independent screening of American Graffiti at LACMA followed by a Q&A with director Rian Johnson felt like a…Read More
Jan 16 Love1 Box Office Recap — January 16, 2018 By Tom Dever Box Office Recap, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 With a move into China and $300MM-plus foreign box office, the Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle train keeps rolling with no…Read More
Jan 14 Love0 From Script to Screen: The Wolf of Wall Street By Jeff Legge Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen Quentin Tarantino. Aaron Sorkin. David Mamet. Martin Scorsese. If there’s one thing all four have in common, it’s a distinctive…Read More