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Write On with 'The Girl From Plainville' Creator/Showrunner Liz Hannah

March 22, 2022

Inspired by the true story of Michelle Carter's unprecedented "texting-suicide" case, The Girl From Plainville starring Elle Fanning is a Hulu miniseries that explores Carter's relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death. Sh...

‘Mothering Sunday’ director Eva Husson brings her passions together

March 21, 2022

What was life like in the 1920s just after the First World War ended? That’s the backdrop for the film Mothering Sunday, a historical drama written by Alice Birch, based on the novel by Graham Swift and directed by Eva Husson. Just a few years after ...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Adam McKay's Lakers deep dive 'Winning Time'

March 21, 2022

Photo courtesy of Warrick Page/HBO For a show called Winning Time, its thesis seems simply to pose the question: “Isn’t it fun to take such a big risk that it will either tank your whole life, or make you a winner?” Beyond that, Winning Time does not...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Adam Project,' a time travel adventure

March 18, 2022

(CNS photo/Doane Gregory, Netflix) In The Adam Project, a time-traveler from 2050 ends up in the wrong year:2022. In this year, Adam must team up with an unlikely partner to help save the future, and his 12-year-old self. While the audience doesn’t s...

Writer-director Mariama Diallo develops layers of horror in ‘Master’

March 18, 2022

In the United States, the collegiate experience is supposed to be a formidable and pivotal moment in a young person’s life. It’s a time for you to make new friends, discover your personality and learn valuable lessons. Even during my own two short ye...

History of TV: The best of Irish television

March 17, 2022

Photo courtesy of Hulu. Looking for some solid television to pair with your Guinness this St. Patrick’s Day? Because I'm obsessed with everything Irish, for this week’s History of Television column, I’m doing it a little differently and rounding up s...

Equipped, Part IV: M. Dickson on falling into animation

March 16, 2022

Welcome to part four of "Equipped," a biweekly interview series picking the brains of your favorite showrunners, show creators, EPs, and all-around legends. In part one, we took a dive into the world of comedy writer-producer Dan O'Shannon, and in pa...

Films depicting women and families of color reign supreme at SXSW 2022

March 16, 2022

Photo courtesy of Allyson Riggs/SXSW. Check the hashtags #SXSW #SXSW2022 and #SXSW22 to see what kinds of things have been going on at the first week of a massive cultural event we know as SXSW. It just wrapped, and the remaining three days are expec...

Write On with 'The Thing About Pam' Creator/Showrunner Jenny Klein

March 15, 2022

Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband, Russ' conviction, though he insisted he did not kill her. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp, played by Ren...