Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we celebrate Pride month with some of our favorites LGBTQIA+ stories! Our collection includes: * A Fantastic Woman by Sebastián Lelio and Gonzalo Maza * A Single Man by Tom Ford
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Don't worry, if you don't know which of these types of writer you are (or maybe you think you're more than one), no plot device is going to sort you against your will.
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Heretic (written by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods) is a chamber horror film where two Mormon missionaries, Sister Barnes and Sister Paxton, are welcomed into the home of the inquisitive Mr. Reed to talk about religion. What they don’t realize is that they’re in for more of a
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It's not paranoia when they really are all out to get you.
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Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we slip away to the south of France to look at some notable award winners at the Cannes film festival. Our collection includes: * All We Imagine As Light by
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The whole story in miniature.
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It's not right, but it's okay?
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Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we focus on those episodes of a TV show that keep their characters contained to one set, better known as bottle episodes. Beloved by audiences for the great character
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Paintings that inspire movie moments, paintings featured in movies, and movies about painting.
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Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we celebrate Mother’s Day with stories that explore how rewarding and challenging motherhood can be, and the unique relationships that can exist between moms and their kids. Our
On Scriptnotes, John and Craig asked our listeners for their advice on the one ubiquitous and foundational experience of every early job in the entertainment industry: the lunch run. And like the good PA’s you are (or used to be), wow did you all deliver. We were flooded with
For this week's rebroadcast, we highlight some evergreen questions from readers in 2007.
From heel turns to sudden self-awareness, sometimes it's not easy to know who the baddies are.
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we’re heading off to Summer Camp, where kids can model independence away from their parents, figure out who they really are, and get into plenty of trouble. Our
Not every movie or show gets a reunion reboot or legacy sequel. Sometimes we can feel the influence of the past, but with an additional twist. These are the spiritual successors. They may not always be obvious in what stories they owe a debt to, but you feel the connection.
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at detective TV series -- how their writers set up the intricate mysteries and murders, line up compelling suspects, and create detectives that keep us coming back
Back in 2010, John answered a question about second guessing yourself and deciding what sample to send to a producer if you think your work doesn't match their taste.
Tony Gilroy recently stopped by Scriptnotes to talk about the new season of Andor, but mostly what I took away from it is what a badass he is. Tony has a lot of pride in his work, so his standards are high – which is a quality that many people strive
Likeability. The idea that there's some objective sense of whether or not this person is someone you could be friends with/grab a beer with/watch for 90 minutes on a screen without getting annoyed. It's not just a measurement of morality, because there are plenty
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at those characters that every studio executive will note to death and has online misogynists frothing at the mouth: The “unlikeable” female protagonist. Which, when looking over
We touched on coincidences in storytelling with this week's rebroadcast of John's blog on Spider-Man 3, so let's take a broader look at coincidences both in fiction and how people experience them in the real world. Lisa M.P. Munoz interviews Christian Rominger about
