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The animated action-fantasy The Spine of Night is a major throwback and will likely feel satisfying to those who came of age in the 1980s and loved the likes of Fire and Ice and Heavy Metal. The movie is many years in the making, with the detailed ro...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Netflix’s ‘On The Verge’ Gives Comedic Voice to Middle Age
Julie Delpy’s new Netflix show On The Verge is a tale of determination. In all of her recent press interviews, Delpy (who created and stars in the show) speaks of how hard it was to get off the ground. She told The New York Times that financiers and ...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: HBO Max's 'Love Life' season two
Season two of Love Life opens with an omniscient voice-over that feels like the thesis statement for this season: “There is no destiny. There are no soulmates. There is no 'one.'” It may sound dark, but it’s also realistic. Particularly with a season...
The War Below' tells an unusual battle tale
The War Below is not just another war movie. It’s a fantastic achievement that, on a low budget, tells the untold journey of a group of Yorkshire miners who tunneled below battlegrounds to take out 10,000 German soldiers on the frontlines of World Wa...
First time feature-filmmakers Chris Baker and James Kapner's 'The Estate' is dark, thrill-filled fun
The Estate is a wild ride of a movie. It’s got the intrigue and mystery of The Talented Mr. Ripley meets the fun camp (and often dark humor) of Cruel Intentions. From a script by co-star Chris Baker and first-time feature director James Kapner, the s...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Signature Wes Anderson is back with 'The French Dispatch'
The French Dispatch is about as Wes Anderson as Anderson gets, and most fans will likely be pleased with this latest outing from the beloved director. The set design is off the charts, the characters are as quirky as ever, and the droll wit seems to ...
The Souvenir Part II' closes a chapter for filmmaker Joanna Hogg
Filmmaker Joanna Hogg has revisited a mixture of fact and fiction from her early life as a filmmaker once again in The Souvenir: Part II. The first film, The Souvenir, explores young love with the endlessly likable Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne), who fa...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: The dramatic intersecting storylines in Hulu's 'Dopesick'
Dopesick is clearly out to hold Big Pharma accountable for the opioid crisis that still riddles America. It’s also an interesting piece of entertainment, cleverly interweaving unexpected storylines to express the personal toll the crisis has taken on...
5 Screenwriting Takeaways: HBO Max's hilarious comedy 'The Other Two'
The Other Two is very adept at turning tragedy into comedy. In its second season, the half-hour comedy serves up both with a healthy side of pathos. In season one, audiences met Brooke and Cary Dudek (played by Heléne York and Drew Tarver respectivel...