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Get Lit — Words Ignite Grounds Students in Poetry

August 28, 2018

Like most teenagers, Diane Luby Lane felt disconnected while learning and reading poetry at school.

Write On with 'Support the Girls' Writer-Director Andrew Bujalski

August 28, 2018

Writer-director Andrew Bujalski discusses learning guerrilla filmmaking at Harvard, making his first film Funny, Ha Ha and the tricky tone of his latest film Support the Girls which takes place in a sexist sports bar.

All the Write Moves: 'Castle Rock'

August 27, 2018

The notion behind the recently debuted Hulu series Castle Rock is enticing, because series creators Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason invented new characters and stories that exist within the fictional universe of novelist Stephen King. The series title i...

Jane Anderson on her 15-Year Journey to Adapt 'The Wife'

August 24, 2018

Jane Anderson waited 15 years to see The Wife on the big screen and patience has paid off: The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and was released in New York and Los Angeles on August 17. Now, it is rolling out across ...

Write On with 'Skate Kitchen' Writer-Director Crystal Moselle

August 22, 2018

Writer-director Crystal Moselle recently chatted with us about her new film Skate Kitchen, how she develops characters before story, and her advice for new writers.

Writer-Director Lauren Miller Rogen on Her Process, Acting, and Producing Your Own Projects

August 22, 2018

Not everyone can sublimate personal tragedy into a story about abandonment and Alzheimer’s disease and make it funny. Yet that’s what writer-director Lauren Miller Rogen did with Like Father, her feature film directorial debut. Miller Rogen spoke wit...

All the Write Moves: 'BlacKkKlansman'

August 20, 2018

An outrageous crime story based on real events, BlacKkKlansman ranks alongside director Spike Lee’s most entertaining and vital films, even though he didn’t develop the material. Producers acquired the memoir upon which the film is based, commissione...

Jeremiah Zagar on his Sundance-Winning Film 'We the Animals'

August 17, 2018

Though Jeremiah Zagar’s adaptation of Justin Torres’ We the Animals made its debut only months ago at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, critics are already praising it.

Write On with 'Brothers' Series Creators Emmett Jack Lundberg and Sheyam Ghieth

August 15, 2018

Emmett Jack Lundberg (writer/director) and Sheyam Ghieth (producer) share how they each got their start in the film industry, the benefits of employing Seed & Spark for fundraising and streaming their content, and their advice for getting your ow...