WANDA "You're Jewish." These few words are revelatory in the Oscar-winning Ida, written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. The setting;…
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Exposition is the great bugaboo of all dramatic writing. Exposition in screenwriting is a bit like removing a loose tooth;…
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With auteur filmmaking, we look at the works of directors, their lives and how their movies came to be. We…
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For many years, I didn’t know what the term “nouvelle vague” meant. A new kind of vagueness, or uncertainty? Even…
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John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) is a screenwriter that executes each stroke of the pen with meticulous research…
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Anywhere you go, you are guaranteed to run into some sort of Audrey Hepburn merchandise from her significantly famous look…
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//dcc4iyjchzom0.cloudfront.net/widget/loader.js Here is Part II to our Oscars Screenwriting Quiz. Round two is harder and more honed in on the…
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The Cat Returns, Howl’s Moving Castle, Earthsea, Ponyo, Arrietty, Poppy Hill and The Wind Rises – every post-Spirited Away film…
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New York City. Los Angeles. Hong Kong. These are a few of the recognizable settings writers love to set their…
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Lost River is by no means new, but this trailer is fairly new and boasts some interesting (and telling)…
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