As an Italian-American screenwriter originally from Philadelphia, the Rocky films and Sylvester Stallone’s career have always been a source of inspiration for me. Most often discussed as an actor, then secondly as a director, Stallone’s success and s...

Dolph Lundgren is a busy man these days.

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time is a documentary that was decades in the making: thirty-nine years, to be exact. Or as filmmaker Robert Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth) would put it: “Two-thirds of my life.”

Eating our Way to Extinction is a compelling new documentary from filmmakers Otto and Ludovic Brockway, and produced by Sir Richard Branson and Kate Winslet (who also narrates the film). Spanning the globe and several continents, the film is an explo...

Under the Volcano tells the story of legendary AIR Studios on Montserrat. Built by famed Beatles producer Sir George Martin, this state-of-the-art recording studio was located on a secluded and beautiful Caribbean island with a dormant but looming vo...

California brothers Ron and Russell Mael have been making music together as the band SPARKS for more than 50 years. Their idiosyncratic approach to songwriting and performance has left its mark in various musical genres, including glam rock and synth...

Belushi is a documentary film written, directed and produced by acclaimed filmmaker R.J. Cutler (The War Room, The September Issue). An intimate and stirring portrait of comedy icon John Belushi, the film is based on archival interviews with the coop...

When I first started screenwriting, I didn’t outline my scripts. I’d simply jot down various notes — onto various items — before writing a script, allowing inspiration to take care of the rest. Those initial notes were comprised of rough character de...

The option to insert images into your script was introduced with Final Draft 11. This was something I had wanted for years and I remember being thrilled when this new tool was first announced.