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5 Screenwriting Takeaways from the ‘Barry’ season 3 premiere
The end of Barry season two is grim, but the season three premiere is even darker. To refresh your memory, season two ended with Barry (Bill Hader) offing police Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), who happened to become the love of Barry’s acting...
Writer Jean-Christophe Meurisse's ‘Bloody Oranges’ is unforgettable
Photo courtesy of The Jokers. Midnight movies can and should be absolutely unhinged. Jean-Christophe Meurisse’s midnight Cannes selection, Bloody Oranges, is no exception. It’s a send-up of the madness we are all dwelling in in the 2020s. No one is s...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
At first glance, the premise of Everything Everywhere All At Once is simple. Nothing is more certain in life than death and taxes, and right, now unpaid taxes are coming for Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh). While working herself silly at her failing laun...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: HBO Max's saucy and sweet 'Minx'
Minx offers a simple premise: Will a side of dick excite ladies enough to also read about politics, women’s rights, and the fact that single women can get their hands on birth control? The answer seems to be yes, but that isn’t to say there aren’t a ...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Amy Schumer gets personal in ‘Life and Beth’
Just as the whole world did, it feels as if Amy Schumer went through some serious self-reflection during the pandemic. Schumer has mentioned much of Life & Beth is autobiographical (at least 50%), revealing “secret” self-struggles in the series, ...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Adam McKay's Lakers deep dive 'Winning Time'
Photo courtesy of Warrick Page/HBO For a show called Winning Time, its thesis seems simply to pose the question: “Isn’t it fun to take such a big risk that it will either tank your whole life, or make you a winner?” Beyond that, Winning Time does not...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Fresh’ is a satire with a vicious bite
Fresh will likely be one of this spring's buzziest releases. The horror-comedy stars Sebastian Stan as charming Steve who can dance the pants off any internet date, along with Daisy Edgar-Jones as Noa who can’t seem to catch a break on the dating sce...
Pamela Adlon reflects on the final season of 'Better Things'
Pamela Adlon’s nearly singular vision for Better Things has always been bright, even when willing to embrace darkness. As the show enters its final season, it’s also a triumph. It survived scandal when Adlon’s collaborator and champion Louis C.K. adm...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Freeform's 'Single Drunk Female' offers catharsis with a shot of comedy
Single Drunk Female is out to redefine the term "hot mess". After Samantha Fink has a very public breakdown and is fired from her job at Bzzz (an allusion to Buzzfeed not so cryptically hidden) she’s forced to move back home and finally face her addi...