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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Flight Attendant’ Soars As Latest Sexy Mystery
The Flight Attendant is an homage to throw-back filmmaking while also being a creation uniquely its own. Fans of Hitchcock, Mad Men, and any female protagonist with sitcom comedy chops (after all, star Kaley Cuoco did earn her stripes on Big Bang The...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Euphoria' Special
Euphoria ended its season on a cliffhanger leaving fans desperate to know more. Emmy® Award-winning Zendaya’s Rue relapsed into drug use, and her girlfriend Jules (Hunter Schafer) left her at a train station as a result. While full-on production of s...
The Climb' Shows The Hard Work of A Good Bromance Makes the Downhill Moments Worth It
The bromance has long been examined on the indie movie scene and The Climb absolutely owes a debt to the Duplass brothers, and even broader pieces like I Love You, Man. That said, The Climb is an achievement that stands all on its own. Stemming from ...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: The Meta Examination of Making a Movie in ‘Black Bear’
Black Bear seems to have stemmed from filmmaker Lawrence Michael Levine’s possible personal struggle with writer’s block that turned into a fever dream of an artistic experiment. It feels personal because the main character, for whom Levine cast the ...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Hulu’s ‘Happiest Season’
Holiday movie season is in full swing and this year it's bringing audiences the first mainstream queer romantic comedy ever. Despite some backlash about the fact that the movie hinges on family acceptance of a closeted main character (most critics to...
‘Luxor’ Is a Luxurious and Subtle Study in Healing
Post-traumatic stress disorder is not something easily portrayed onscreen. It presents itself in different ways — a sneaky ailment that can come and go, and live in the shadows of those it haunts, striking at the most unexpected moments. Luxor tells ...
‘Half Brothers’ Is An Empathetic Buddy Comedy That Examines the Struggle For the American Dream
There is nothing like a road trip to put an untested relationship on trial. Half Brothers is that trial for two brothers who’ve never met prior to their father’s death. The film embraces a lot of buddy comedy tropes: an odd couple, a road trip, bondi...
‘The Nest’ Takes a Brutal Look at Capitalist Destruction Via One Couple's Ailing Relationship
At its core, The Nest is a movie about longing. It’s about always wishing for more, in the wake of a childhood that was lacking. The film is also brutal in its look at love, lust and money, and filmmaker Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene) likes i...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: HBO's 'Industry'
Capitalism is not a dirty word in HBO’s Industry. In fact, for most of the characters, it’s a catalyst — for everything. But this is not Leonardo DiCaprio’s world of capitalist excess à la Wolf of Wall Street, or mystery and intrigue like the big-hai...