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History of TV: Stopping by ‘Kim’s Convenience’ this week for soda and a script chat

July 1, 2021

The corner store: a place to grab snacks and those miscellaneous household items you forgot during your last big shop. It’s also a nostalgic place, in a way. Maybe your go-to slushy stop where you got to know the person behind the counter, as dependa...

Long Story Short' hits all the feels in a post-pandemic world

July 1, 2021

Long Story Short asks what life would be like if we lost a year just like that. After losing a year to a pandemic, the story feels extra relatable; and this is what happens to director Josh Lawson’s lead character Teddy (played by the infinitely watc...

Lansky' combines biopic with narrative drama for captivating portrayal

June 30, 2021

Meyer Lansky is one of those gangsters without an epic death story. He died quietly in bed in Florida, a very old man suffering from lung cancer. It’s still unknown if he died wealthy or just middle-class; it was rumored there were millions of dollar...

Filmmakers share how ‘Accepted’ exposed the realities of a 21st century student and the American education system

June 30, 2021

“In English,” Michael Landry shouted during the morning meeting at T.M. Landry.

Write On with 'False Positive' Director John Lee

June 29, 2021

False Positive is a horror-thriller about a mysterious and possibly dangerous fertility doctor that tackles some serious themes relating to pregnancy. Director John Lee explains: "'Mommy brain' is a real thing. Postpartum is a real thing, and prepart...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Good on Paper’ sends a gaslighter up in flames

June 28, 2021

Those in the dating world will likely super relate to Iliza Shlesinger’s dark comedy Good on Paper. If you’ve dated for a long time in a big city, it’s likely that someone somewhere along the way did not tell you the full truth about who they were, w...

5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘12 Mighty Orphans’ is Depression sports drama

June 25, 2021

Stories of the Great Depression are plentiful. The ones that take place on the homefront often offer hope during hard times and a group of unlikely heroes coming together. Sports during this time period had helped unite the country and communities at...

Tord Danielsson and Oskar Mellander on their haunting film 'The Evil Next Door'

June 25, 2021

When a newly widowed father moves into a duplex with his son and new girlfriend, unexplainable events start occurring that lead the family down a dark and dangerous path. The Evil Next Door is a one-hour and twenty-seven-minute long spiritual horror....

Write On with 'Werewolves Within' Director Josh Ruben

June 24, 2021

Award-winning writer, actor and director Josh Ruben burst onto the horror scene with the immensely popular Scare Me. His follow-up, Werewolves Within, is a feature adaptation of a videogame about werewolves attacking a small town.