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Write On with Black Boy Writes Founder and 'Insecure' Writer Mike Gauyo

October 19, 2021

Mike talks to Write On about his work as a mentor and the founding of his organization Black Boy Writes: "I have 11 mentees; they're all great, and they all span different genres. [We're] just breaking that myth that Black people are monolithic, we c...

The Souvenir Part II' closes a chapter for filmmaker Joanna Hogg

October 19, 2021

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'

October 19, 2021

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...

Filmmaker Ana Lydia Monaco, advertising president Ingrid Otero-Smart share what it means to be a Latina in entertainment

October 15, 2021

When filmmaker Ana Lydia Monaco went to get a haircut from a new hairstylist, she didn’t expect her to be a Guatemalan woman. It was the first time she had ever had her hair cut by a fellow Latina. After sitting down for the session, the hairstylist ...

8 cult classic lessons on 'The Evil Dead'’s 40th anniversary

October 15, 2021

What makes a movie a cult classic? When writer-director Sam Raimi sought to create a supernatural horror film, it’s hard to imagine that he was doing anything more than trying to pool enough money together to make his first feature.

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: How ‘No Time to Die’ keeps action fresh

October 15, 2021

For nearly 60 years, Agent 007 has been saving the world from some of the most villainous heels attempting to rule the world — or destroy it. This month marked the 25th outing for the super spy whose drink of choice and love life are both legendary. ...

Write On with 'You' Showrunner Sera Gamble

October 15, 2021

Sera talks about the latest season of the hit Netflix series starring Penn Badgley as the obsessive and murderous Joe Goldberg: "We [gave] ourselves total permission to go in a new direction. This is not one of those premises that you can repeat in t...

History of TV: The wild, villainous and always over-the-top ‘Gotham’

October 14, 2021

“However dark and scary the world seems right now, there will be light. There will be light, Bruce.”

Write On with 'One Day at a Time' Showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett

October 14, 2021

Gloria talks to Write On about her process for choosing a writers’ room. "For One Day at a Time, we wanted a heavily Latino room because we were doing Latinx storylines, and we wanted to make sure that we were specific because it was a Cuban family, ...