Featured Friday
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
Featured Friday
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
Featured Friday
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
Inneresting
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
Featured Friday
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
Featured Friday
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
Scriptnotes Recap
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
Featured Friday
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
Featured Friday
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, it’s basketball season (or so we’ve been told, we were all indoor kids here at Weekend Read)! Whether you’re a fan of the sport or not,
Featured Friday
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, inspired by Christina Hodson’s recommendation on a recent Scriptnotes for great action writing, we look at one of the oldest genres: the sword and sandals epic. Our collection
Featured Friday
Weekend Read, our app for reading scripts on your phone, features a new curated collection of screenplays each week. This week, we look at the many different iterations of the buddy cop character dynamic and the benefits of a clearly-defined central relationship. Our collection includes: * 21 Jump Street by Michael
Scriptnotes Recap
This is only the third recap I’ve done, and I’m assuming that by this point you’re onto me. I highlight that we spoke with a celebrity filmmaker, offer pithy but ultimately empty insights about them, highlight a few bangers from the conversation, and then you click through