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History of TV: Dissecting ‘Scrubs’ as a screenwriter

April 22, 2021

Nine seasons of escapades at the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital, where we followed the medical and surgical interns as well as various staff members through personal and professional highs and lows, was the driving force behind Scrubs. The grounded ...

My True Fairytale' embraces grief through a mystical story inspired by real life

April 22, 2021

My True Fairytale rides the balance between horrific and hopeful, mythical and magical, and learning how to save yourself when it matters most. The film could be described as a suspenseful thriller as much as a drama with a lesson.

In Memoriam: ‘Square Pegs’ Creator, 'SNL' and Screenwriting Pioneer Anne Beatts

April 21, 2021

I didn’t know Anne Beatts by name, but I mourn her passing

Moment of Truth' Filmmaker Matthew Perniciaro On Structuring the Story Of a Real-Life Crime

April 21, 2021

The father of renowned NBA player Michael Jordan went missing for several weeks in the summer of 1993. On Aug. 3, 1993, James Jordan’s dead body was recovered from a swamp in McColl, South Carolina, with a bullet wound in his chest.

With ‘Vanquish’, George Gallo finds a unique take in the action genre

April 21, 2021

When a retired police officer kidnaps the daughter of his caretaker, who used to be a drug courier, he forces her to spend one long night taking out a series of gangsters and collecting cash.

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Genera+ion' Gives Fun Spin To Teen Angst

April 19, 2021

Genera+ion has an inherent unique angle on teen angst in that it’s written by an actual teen: Zelda Barnz, along with her father Daniel Barnes (Cake). The show has a frenetic social media-fueled intensity to it, following a group of teens with mainly...

History of TV: A Dialogue on ‘Gilmore Girls’

April 15, 2021

The family-friendly WB comedy/drama first aired back in 2000 as a lead-in for that other female-focused family drama, the fantasy Charmed. But Gilmore Girls stood apart from all of its melodramatic, family-centric cohorts for its cozy tone, fast-talk...

Writer-Director Ryan Spindell on His Short Film Anthology 'The Mortuary Collection'

April 14, 2021

A masterpiece of short stories told through a creepily charismatic mortician in a chilling funeral home. This is The Mortuary Collection, a horror anthology feature about a young woman seeking employment at a hilltop funeral home and becomes captivat...

Honeydew' Filmmaker Devereux Milburn On Balancing Writing and Directing

April 14, 2021

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Devereux Milburn, writer and director of the upcoming insanely brilliant horror film, Honeydew, starring Sawyer Spielberg (yes, that Spielberg), and Malin Barr (Top Dog). Honeydew is a one-hour and forty-...