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'Fellow Travelers' Showrunner Shares Secrets to Writing Mind-Blowing Sex Scenes

November 10, 2023

Starring the irresistible Matt Bomer and the adorably quirky Jonathan Bailey, Showtime’s new miniseries Fellow Travelers delves into queer American history, tracing the intricate and difficult relationships of two gay men that starts in the 1950s wit...

Write On: 'The Holdovers' Writer David Hemingson

November 10, 2023

Director Alexander Payne’s new film The Holdovers, is set in the 1970s and tells the story of a grumpy ancient history instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who’s forced to remain on campus during the Christmas break to babysit the ...

Write On: 'It's a Wonderful Knife' Writer Michael Kennedy

November 8, 2023

One year after saving the town of Angel Falls from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers (Jane Widdop) can’t let the fear and guilt of the event go. Struggling to make sense if her life, she wishes she’d never been born – only to fin...

Write On: 'The Morning Show' Showrunner Charlotte Stoudt

November 7, 2023

Season 3 of The Morning Show is now streaming on Apple TV+. With some of the most engaging actors working in television (Jennifer Anniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup and Nicole Beharie), showrunner Charlotte Stoudt talks with us about some of t...

Write On: 'Nyad' Writer Julia Cox

November 6, 2023

The new film Nyad tells the true story of athlete Diana Nyad (Annette Bening) who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach Bonnie (Jody Foster), commits to achieving her life-long dream: a 110-mile open ocean swim from Cuba to...

Write On: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Writer/Director Justine Triet

November 2, 2023

“Starting to write a project like this, we always begin with a set of very strong personal desires,” says Anatomy of a Fall writer/director Justine Triet, adding, “I’m quite reticent of scripts that are too clever or that clearly have the intention o...

Write On: 'Suitable Flesh' Writer Dennis Paoli

November 1, 2023

“I’m not happy with a script unless I can look through it and find at least five or six pages where there’s no dialogue – where the story tells itself through imagery,” says horror screenwriter Dennis Paoli. Feeling strongly that the screenwriter’s j...

'Tripped Up': A Story About Friendship (and Screenwriting)

October 19, 2023

They say, “Write what you know.” And that’s exactly what scribes Cristina Catanzaro and Carrie Shaw did.

'In The Fire' Writer/Director Conor Allyn on Writing for Amber Heard

October 13, 2023

Set in the late 19th century, the new film In the Fire puts a young boy at the center of a battle between science and religion. Directed by Conor Allyn (No Man’s Land), and written by Allyn, Pascal Borno and Silvio Muraglia, the film explores themes ...