Jan 08 Love1 Box Office Recap — January 8, 2018 By Tom Dever Box Office Recap, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Besting even the ninth feature entry into the iconic Star Wars canon, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle continued its box office rampage…Read More
Jan 06 Love1 From Script to Screen: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind By Jeff Legge Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen The offbeat, genre-defying antics of Charlie Kaufman have made him a rare beast in an increasingly risk-averse industry with a…Read More
Jan 05 Love2 Inclusive Catharsis: The Vitality of 2017’s Diverse Filmmakers By Ben Larned Filmmaking, Genre, Screenwriting 101 Last year’s Oscars appeared to define the schism of American culture: on one hand, we had the nostalgic and saccharine…Read More
Jan 03 Love0 From the Desk of Richard Walter: Life Rights and Wrongs By Richard Walter Authors, Education, Mentoring, Screenwriting 101 Am I allowed to write a movie (or book or article) about you without your permission? Unequivocally and without hesitation…Read More
Jan 02 Love5 How The Shape of Water Teaches Filmmakers About Acceptance By Valerie Kalfrin Creating Characters, Filmmaking, Screenwriting 101 Elisa, the protagonist of The Shape of Water, may be mute, but how the film treats her speaks volumes about…Read More
Dec 29 Love1 Kafka On Video: Themes of Dark Humor in 2017’s Films By Ben Larned Filmmaking, Genre, Screenwriting 101 When life starts taking on absurd hues, sometimes the best comfort is a good comedy, the more bitter the better.…Read More
Dec 27 Love1 From the Desk of Richard Walter: Fire, Bloodshed, and Parking By Richard Walter Authors, Education, Mentoring, Screenwriting 101 It’s not an official faculty meeting, a former dean remarked at a UCLA film department gathering, until someone complains about…Read More
Dec 24 Love0 From Script to Screen: Die Hard By Natasha Guimond Main, Screenwriting 101, Script to Screen It's that time of year again! You know, when die-hard Die Hard fans insist that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Seriously,…Read More
Dec 21 Love3 7 Career Lessons from I, Tonya Screenwriter Steven Rogers By Shanee Edwards Main, Screenwriting 101 The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Dec. 5 -- Based on the 1994 figure skating scandal involving Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan,…Read More
Dec 20 Love2 First Ten Pages: Adventureland (2009) By Danielle Karagannis Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay by: Greg Mottola It’s the 1980s… It’s summer… And newly college graduate, James, is at a loss when he…Read More