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Write On with ‘Y: The Last Man’ Showrunner Eliza Clark

September 10, 2021

Eliza talks to Write On about how she approached adapting a 20-year-old comic book series for FX: “I really wanted to update the way we talk about gender and the diversity of gender in this landscape… it's a more nuanced look at the diversity of the ...

Dating & New York' is a sweet take on modern love

September 10, 2021

Jonah Feingold’s debut feature is a sweet, millennial take on the classic romantic comedy. While it doesn’t break new ground, it’s well executed, has a standout cast, and clearly Feingold has much potential in the genre. The premise feels very of the...

Filmmaker David Gutnik on his award-winning debut film 'Materna'

September 10, 2021

"At the risk of sounding like a Hallmark card or some platitude, the breakthrough for me as a writer was being as personal as I possibly could be," says filmmaker David Gutnik. "Working from that place, not censoring, and being as truthful and honest...

History of TV: The far from elementary 'Sherlock'

September 9, 2021

Some characters grab a hold of the collective psyche to be reincarnated over and over again. First created in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes originally appeared in four novels, 56 short stories, and overall, a ...

‘The Alpinist’ documents a climber’s passion for ascending impossible terrain

September 8, 2021

Who is this elusive Marc-André Leclerc?

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'The Chair' embraces difficult conversations and that's what makes it great

September 7, 2021

The Chair is the most binge-worthy show in recent memory. I sat down and watched it all in one sitting, in large part thanks to Sandra Oh’s Ji-Yoon Kim, the first woman of color to become chair of the English department at a fictional, but clearly st...

Worth’ examines the economic cost of a human life in the wake of tragedy

September 7, 2021

What is the economic cost of a human life? Worth, the latest film by director Sara Colangelo, is the true story of a Washington D.C. attorney who must answer that question when he's tasked with creating the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Write On with 'Teenage Euthanasia' Co-Creators Alissa Nutting & Alyson Levy

September 7, 2021

Alissa and Alyson talk to Write On about creating the adult animated comedy series for Adult Swim starring Maria Bamford and Tim Robinson. Alissa explains: "I had this thought, somehow, that [animation] is easier than live-action, and that is not tru...

How ’12 Mighty Orphans’ tackles the sports genre with heart and inspiration

September 3, 2021

When Rusty Russell took a position as a teacher and head football coach at a Texas orphanage, he likely didn’t think he would give hope to a nation in the midst of a Great Depression. Yet that’s what he accomplished as he took twelve scrawny high sch...