Tag: Screenwriting
Exclusive Interview with Keith Bearden, Writer and Director of Antarctica
Keith Bearden is the writer and director of Antarctica, a coming of age story that confronts what it means to be a woman, and a…
Aaron Sorkin is Changing History
‘Tis the season of Sorkin. Writing mastermind behind pillars like The Newsroom and Steve Jobs (and The Social Network, I guess), the American screenwriter is…
7 Festival de Cannes Winners to Watch Right Now: Prix du scénario (Best Screenplay)
Setting the scene. Building character. Applying the dialogue. Structuring the story. I mean, it’s a tireless cliché that the motion picture process begins with the…
Writers Guild Awards Can Keep This a Race
Many pundits may have put a fork in this shortened season that has moved so fast, so furious. Barely getting over Golden Globe hangovers, Oscar…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, 2017
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. The Killing Of A Sacred Deer, 2017 Prix…
Masterpiece Memo: Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella / Talk to Her, 2002
*** Potential spoilers ahead *** Spanish comedy-melodrama, lascivious, vibrant, organic, is Pedro Almodóvar‘s forte. Though it is fair to declare that he is the master…
Independent Film: Metropolitan, Whit Stillman (1990)
Have you ever wondered how the other half lives or what goes on at those dazzling high society gatherings? Maybe you’re like Tom Townsend then….
10 Days of Krzysztof Kieślowski: Documentaries and Shorts 1966-1980
Wednesday 13th March 2019 will mark 23 years since the passing of one of cinema’s greatest film-makers – and one who deserved that tag without…
Magnolia: A Children's Story by Paul Thomas Anderson
“But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs.” – Exodus 8:2 In the third movie of…
Film Honors 2017: The Handmaiden and Dunkirk Big Winners
The Film Honors for 2017 were finally announced. As perhaps expected, for those that know me, The Handmaiden and Dunkirk were the big winners. Below…
A Dream-Like Nightmare: The Master Review
In my opinion, Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest three films feel like they are a part of an unofficial experimental trilogy. They each have a less…
10 Days of Paul Thomas Anderson – Where To Stream His Movies
These easy-as-sweet-cherry-pie-mama-baby promoting of some of the finest filmmakers around almost seems arbitrary. Unless you’re too busy greedily scrimmaging for oil or attaching notes into…
The Handmaiden and Dunkirk Lead The Way With The 2017 Film Honors Nominations
Time to honor my own choices for the best in film of 2017. I know we are in mid-February now, but here in the UK…
The Writers Guild Of America Announced Their Annual List Of Nominees
There were some expected inclusions like Get Out, Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, and The Shape Of Water. But there were also some slight…